In Sight of St. Paul's — page 40: what you’re looking at

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LOVE MAKING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 30 He wished, too, Harry had not seen her before she left. Would she tell him what had happened? ‘Tom, on the whole, thought not. To-morrow, however, he would have a long talk with his brother. He must listen to reason. If he didn’t marry Aileen, it would break his father’s heart. At this thought, Tom paused in his descent of the stairs. How about his own heart? Every word that woman had spoken was true. He did love Aileen with all his being. It was a love that had begun in his boyhood and had grown, increasing in strength, until, now in his manhood, it was an integral part of himself. How had the woman discov- ered what he had striven so hard to keep a secret - from every one save himself? That was a question he could not answer. But, one thing he was sure of, and that was this: Henceforth, his life would ‘be passed in a torture chamber, but, thank Heaven! he would be the only one to suffer! With Tom’s departure, pretty little Gracie and her companion were left alone upon the roof. By the way, her companion deserves a more ex- tended introduction to the reader. Gillespie Fletcher—or Gillie Fletcher, as he was more generally and familiarly called—was a rising young barrister, not entirely dependent, fortunately cS (E(6) > comichoo