I still maintain that it is a very silly
thing for us to quarrel about, but I am not going to hector you about
it now. I trust you will forgive me if I add to your annoyance by
saying that I'd like to be where I could shake a little sense into
that stubborn head of yours.
You are returning my gift. As I told you when I sent it to you, it
was given me by a French lady whose son I had taken care of and for
whose ultimate recovery I was perhaps responsible. She appreciated
the fact that I could not and would not accept pay for my services.
This much I have told you before. Now, I shall tell you something
more. When she pressed it upon me she said that I was to give it
to my sweetheart back in America. I gave it to you. I daresay I am
greatly to blame for never having told you before that you were my
sweetheart, Alix.
Very sincerely yours,
DAVID.
To this Alix replied:
DEAR DAVID:
By this time you will have received the bracelet. It is not beyond
the bounds of probability that you may yet be in a position to
carry out the terms imposed by the lady in France. All the more
reason for my returning it to you. You are now free to give it to
any one to whom you may have confided the astonishing secret you
so successfully withheld from me. You seem to have forgotten that
I gave you a receipt in full for the amount you are supposed to
have owed my grandfather's estate.
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