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Reverend Jonathan. She had always had a
great liking for Swedes, she had even once been
engaged to a Swedish parson, love at first sight
which however had not lasted. She was
surprised to find me so young-looking, just the
same age as the Swedish parson, she even thought
there was a certain likeness between us. She
had a strange feeling as if we had met before,
as if we could understand each other without
words. As she spoke she looked at me with a
twinkle in her eye which would have made the
Reverend Jonathan feel very uncomfortable had
he been watching over her just at that moment.
I hurried to tell her that I was no accoucheur
but that I felt sure she would be safe in the
hands of any of my colleagues who, I understood,
were all specialists in this branch of our
profession. There was for instance my eminent
colleague Doctor Pilkington. . . .
No, she wanted me and nobody else. Surely
I could not have the heart to leave her alone
and unprotected amongst strangers, alone with
a fatherless child! There was besides no time
to lose, the baby was expected any day, any
moment. I rose rapidly from my seat and
offered to send for a cab to take her at once to
Hôtel de Russie where she was staying.
What would not the Reverend Jonathan have
given, had it been granted to him to see their
child, he who had loved its mother so
passionately! Theirs had been a love-match if ever
there was one, a melting into one of two ardent
lives, of two harmonious souls. She burst into
a paroxysm of tears ending in a fit of convulsion
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