VIII

HIS answer came. . . thanks for her charming letter...
Kept at the office every afternoon. . .
But when the market got a little better. . .
He'd do himself the pleasure very soon
Of dropping in . . . And meantime he'd remain
Truly. . . a scrawl that meant James Henry Wayne.

A woman though much less quick and clever
Than Lee could see that this meant "never."

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