"
"But she will do that."
"No, she will not."
"What then?"
"If the war lasts long, we shall have to shut our factories."
"That is not a pleasant thought, John. Let us put it aside this lovely
morning."
Yet she kept reverting to the subject, and as all men love to be
inquired of and to give information, John was easily beguiled, and the
breakfast hour passed without a word that in any way touched the
sorrowful anxiety in his heart. But at length they rose and John said,
"Jane, my dear, come into the garden. We will go to the summer-house. I
want to speak to you, dear. You know----"
"John, I cannot stay with you this morning. There will be a committee of
the ladies of the Home Mission here at eleven o'clock. I have some
preparations for them to make and if I get put out of my way in the
meantime I shall be unable to meet them."
"Is not our mutual happiness of more importance than this meeting?"
"Of course it is. But you know, John, many things in life compel us
continually to put very inferior subjects before either our personal or
our mutual happiness.
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