Famous Love Story
The Test Part 2
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She was standing almost directly behind the girl. A
women well past 40, she had graying hair tucked under
a worn hat. She was more than plump, her thick-ankled
feet thrust into low-heeled shoes. The girl in the green
suit was walking quickly away. I felt as though I split
in two, so keen was my desire to follow her, and yet so
deep was my longing for the women whose spirit had truly
companioned me and upheld my own
And there she stood. Her pale, plump face was gentle
and sensible, her gray eyes had a warm and kindly twinkle.
I did not hesitate. My fingers gripped the small worn
blue leather copy of the book that was something precious,
something perhaps even better than love, a friendship
for which I had been and must ever be grateful.
I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book
to the women, even though while I spoke I felt choked
by the bitterness of my disappointment. "I'm Lieutenant
John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so
glad you could meet me; may I take you to dinner?"
The women's face broadened into a tolerant smile. "I
don't know what this is about, son," she answered,
"but the young lady in the green suit who just went
by, she begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she
said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go
and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big restaurant
across the street. She said it was some kind of test!"
It's not difficult to understand and admire Miss Maynell's
wisdom. The true nature of a heart is seen in it's response
to the unattractive. "Tell me whom you love,"
Houssaye wrote, "And I will tell you who you are."
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