She will set the teeth of my spirit on edge a dozen times a day and rub all the bloom off my dear , only , little romance with her horrible practicalities . I know one must learn about those things of course and I do want to make Walter 's home the best and dearest and most comfortable spot on earth for him and be the very best little wife and housekeeper I can be when the time comes . But I want to dream my dreams first and Sara will wake me up so early to realities . This is why we determined to keep one month sacred to ourselves . Walter will graduate next spring -- he is to be a doctor -- and then he intends to settle down in Atwater and work up a practice . I am sure he will succeed for everyone likes him so much . But we are to be married as soon as he is through college because he has a little money of his own -- enough to set up housekeeping in a modest way with care and economy . I know Sara will talk about risk and waiting and all that just as she did in Ted Martin 's case . But then Sara does not understand . Oh , I am so happy ! It almost frightens me -- I do n't see how anything so wonderful can last . But it will last , for nothing can ever separate Walter and me , and as long as we are together and love each other this great happiness will be mine . Oh , I want to be so good and noble for his sake . I want to make life `` one grand sweet song . '' I have gone about the house today feeling like a woman consecrated and set apart from other women by Walter 's love . Nothing could spoil it , not even when Sara scolded me for letting the preserves burn in the kettle because I forgot to stir them while I was planning out our life together . Sara said she really did not know what would happen to me some day if I was so careless and forgetful . But then , Sara does not understand . August Twentieth . It is all over .
Life is ended XXXXX me and I do not know how I can face the desolate future .
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