Was not
life good to me to give me power to do that thing?
"We shall be together in Chicago very soon--you and Karl and I. For as
the days go on Karl comes closer. I hope, most of all, that the picture
will bring him very close to you."
That was three months before, and to-day he had this note from her, dated
Chicago:--"Yes, I am here, and the picture is here. The public exhibit
does not open for a few days, but the picture will be hung this morning,
and we may see it this afternoon. I shall be there at three, waiting for
you."
CHAPTER XLIII
"AND THERE WAS LIGHT"
He spent the intervening hours restlessly; the hands of his watch moved
slowly; his duties occupied only a small portion of his mind.
He was at the Institute at just three, and they directed him where to go.
His heart was beating fast as he walked down the corridor. The hand which
he laid upon the door-knob shook a little.
He opened the door, and a woman came toward him with outstretched hand.
It was Ernestine--but the three years had done much.
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