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He was apparently well. You should not feel so anxious about him.
He is very young, yet, but he comes from good stock. Sooner or
later he is bound to find himself; you must not doubt that. Also he
knows that he can always come to me when he wishes.
"No, I have not ridden in the Park since you and Nina and the
children went to Silverside. I walked there Sunday, and it was most
beautiful, especially through the Ramble. In his later years my
father was fond of walking there with me. That is one reason I go
there; he seems to be very near me when I stand under the familiar
trees or move along the flowering walks he loved so well. I wish
you had known him. It is curious how often this wish recurs to me;
and so persistent was it in the Park that lovely Sunday that, at
moments, it seemed as though we three were walking there
together--he and you and I--quite happy in the silence of
companionship which seemed not of yesterday but of years.


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