Or are you such stuff as dreams are made of ? I did not know you were here . I did not know you were home . '' He caught her hands and held them tightly , drawing her a little closer to him , forgetting that she was Tom St. Clair 's wife , remembering only that she was the woman to whom he had given all his love and life 's devotion , to the entire beggaring of his heart . `` I reached home only four hours ago , and was haled straightway here to Leo 's wedding . I 'm dizzy , Esme . I ca n't adjust my old conceptions to this new state of affairs all at once . It seems ridiculous to think that Leo and Alice are married . I 'm sure they ca n't be really grown up . '' Esme laughed as she drew away her hands . `` We are all ten years older , '' she said lightly . `` Not you . You are more beautiful than ever , Esme . That sunflower compliment is permissible in an old friend , is n't it ? '' `` This mellow glow is kinder to me than sunlight now . I am thirty , you know , Selwyn . '' `` And I have some grey hairs , '' he confessed . `` I knew I had them but I had a sneaking hope that other folks did n't until Leo destroyed it today . These young brothers and sisters who wo n't stay children are nuisances . You 'll be telling me next thing that ` Baby ' is grown up . '' ''
` Baby ' is eighteen and has a beau , '' laughed XXXXX .
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