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cry of delight. To him, of course, she had left
nothing in particular, unless it were her diary. Fifteen little volumes, bound
in green leather, stood behind him on her writing table. Ever since they were
married, she had kept a diary. Some of their very few ¡ª he could not call them
quarrels, say tiffs ¡ª had been about that diary. When he came in and found her
writing, she always shut it or put her hand over it. ¡°No, no, no,¡± he could
hear her say, ¡°After I¡¯m dead ¡ª perhaps.¡± So she had left it him, as her
legacy. It was the only thing they had not shared when she was alive. But he had
always taken it for granted that she would outlive him. If only she had stopped
one moment, and had thought what she was doing, she would be alive now. But she
had stepped straight off the kerb, the driver of the car had said at the
inquest. She had given him no chance to pull up. . . . Here the sound of voices
in the hall interrupted him. ¡°Miss Miller, Sir,¡± said the maid. She came in.
He had never seen her alone in his life, nor, of course, in tears. She was
terribly distressed, and no wonder. Angela had been much more to her than an
employer. She had been a friend. To hims. Air
Max 90 UK elf, he thought, as he pushed a chair for her and asked her to sit
down, she was scarcely distinguishable from any other woman of her kind. There
were thousands of Sissy Millers ¡ª drab little women in black carrying attache
cases. But Angela, with her genius for sympathy, had discovered all sorts of
qualities in Sissy Miller. She was the soul of discretion; so silent; so
trustworthy, one could tell her anything, and so on. Miss Miller could not speak
at first. She sat there dabbing her eyes with her pocket handkerchief. Then she
made an effort. ¡°Pardon me, Mr. Clandon,¡± she said. He murmured. Of course he
understood. It was only natural. He could guess what his wife had meant to her.
¡°I¡¯ve been so happy here,¡± she said, looking round. Her eyes rested on the
writing table behind him. It was here they had worked ¡ª she and Angela. For
Angela had her share of the duties that fall to the lot of a prominent
politician¡¯s wife. She had been the greatest help to him in his career. He had
often seen her and Sissy sitting at that table ¡ª Sissy at the typewriter,
taking down letters from her dictation. No doubt Miss . Womens
Air Max 90 VT Miller was thinking of that, too. Now all he had to do was to
give her the brooch his wife had left her. A rather incongruous gift it seemed.
It might have been better to have left her a sum of money, or even the
typewriter. But there it was ¡ª¡°For Sissy Miller, with my love.¡± And, taking
the brooch, he gave it her with the little speech that he had prepared. He knew,
he said, that she would value it. His wife had often worn it. . . . And she
replied, as she took it almost as if she too had prepared a speech, that it
would always be a treasured possession. . . . She had, he supposed, other
clothes upon which a pearl brooch would not look quite so incongruous. She was
wearing the little black coat and skirt that seemed the uniform of her
profession. Then he remembered ¡ª she was in mourning, of course. She, too, had
had her tragedy ¡ª a brother, to who m she was devoted, had died only a week or
two before Angela. In some accident was it He could not remember ¡ª only Angela
telling him. Angela, with her genius for sympathy, had been terribly upset.
Meanwhile Sissy Miller had risen. She was putting on her gloves. Evidently she
felt that she ought not to intrude. But he could not let her go without saying
something
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