He had found no disillusioning change . I saw Rose Lawrence merely with the cold eyes of the stranger . He saw her through the transfiguring medium of a love that made her truly his Rose of joy . And all was well . They were married the next morning and walked together over the clover meadow to their home . In the evening I went over , as I had promised Uncle Dick to do . They were in the garden , with a great saffron sky over them and a glory of sunset behind the poplars . I paused unseen at the gate . Uncle Dick was big and splendid in his fine new wedding suit , and his faded little bride was hanging on his arm . Her face was upturned to him ; it was a glorified face , so transformed by the tender radiance of love shining through it that I saw her then as Uncle Dick must always see her , and no longer found it hard to understand how she could be his Rose of joy . Happiness clothed them as a garment ; they were crowned king and queen in the bridal realm of the springtime . The Understanding of Sister Sara June First . I began this journal last New Year 's -- wrote two entries in it and then forgot all about it . I came across it today in a rummage -- Sara insists on my cleaning things out thoroughly every once in so long -- and I 'm going to keep it up . I feel the need of a confidant of some kind , even if it is only an inanimate journal . I have no other . And I can not talk my thoughts over with Sara -- she is so unsympathetic . Sara is a dear good soul and I love her as much as she will let me . I am also very grateful to her . She brought me up when our mother died .
No doubt she had a hard time XXXXX it , poor dear , for I never was easily brought up , perversely preferring to come up in my own way .
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