Going to see Fanny was out of the question now
There was a late train connecting with a Hudson River boat and I
took it
CHAPTER VII WHEN I got home and my business reasserted its
multitudinous demands on my attention, the Catskill incident
seemed to be fading into the character of a passing summer-resort
episode, but I was mistaken; the pang it left in my heart persisted
A fortnight after my return to the city I forced myself to take a trip
to Tannersville. Fanny came to meet me at the train. As we kissed
it was borne in upon me that I was irretrievably estranged from
her. I tried to play my part, with poor success
"Are you worried, Dave? What's the matter with you?" Fanny
demanded again and again.
Her "What's the matter with you?" jarred on me
I offered her sundry excuses, but I did not even take pains to make
them ring true
Finally she had a cry and I kissed her tears away. While doing so I
worked myself into a mild fit of love, but my lips had scarcely
released hers when it was again clear to me that she was not going
to be my wife
Our engagement was broken shortly after the family came back to
the city.
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