She's a beautiful young mother! What's she ever done in her life
that she has everything, and I go without? You may spend your time
shedding tears over her and what may happen to her but for my part,
I say this--let her take her chances! Let her take her chances with
the other women in the world--the women she's too good and too pure
to know anything about!"
10. I came out of Claire's house, sick with horror. Not since the
time when I had read my poor nephew's letter had I been so shaken.
Why had I not thought long ago of questioning Claire about these
matters. How could I have left Sylvia all this time exposed to
peril?
The greatest danger was to her child at the time of birth. I figured
up, according to the last letter I had received; there was about ten
days yet, and so I felt some relief. I thought first of sending a
telegram, but reflected that it would be difficult, not merely to
tell her what to do in a telegram, but to explain to her afterwards
why I had chosen this extraordinary method. I recollected that in
her last letter she had mentioned the name of the surgeon who was
coming from New York to attend her during her confinement. Obviously
the thing for me to do was to see this surgeon.
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