[Running Water by A. E. W. Mason]@TWC D-Link bookRunning Water CHAPTER XXII 18/21
I am also very glad for mine.
A minute ago I was sitting here alone--now you are both here and together.
Madame, it was a kind thought which brought you both here to me at once." "To whom else should we come ?" said Sylvia with a smile, "since it was you, Michel, who would not let me ascend the Aiguille des Charmoz when I wanted to." Michel was taken aback for a moment; then his wrinkled and weatherbeaten face grew yet more wrinkled and he broke into a low and very pleasant laugh. "Since my diplomacy has been so successful, madame, I will not deny it. From the first moment when I heard you with your small and pretty voice say on the steps of the hotel 'I am sorry' to my patron in his great distress, and when I saw your face, too thoughtful for one so young, I thought it would be a fine thing if you and he could come together.
In youth to be lonely--what is it? You slip on your hat and your cloak and you go out.
But when you are old, and your habits are settled, and you do not want to go out at nights to search for company, then it is as well to have a companion.
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