But there is no doubt that he and Blanche love each other devotedly and that fact sufficed to make the service very beautiful to me -- those two people pledging each other to go through life together , meeting its storm and sunshine hand in hand , thinking joy the sweeter because they shared it , finding sorrow sacred because it came to them both . When Sara and I walked home from the church Sara said , `` Well , considering the chances she has had , Blanche Lawrence has n't done so well after all . '' `` Oh , Sara , '' I cried , `` she has married the man she loves and who loves her . What better is there to do ? I thought it beautiful . '' `` They should have waited another year at least , '' said Sara severely . `` Ted Martin has only been practising law for a year , and he had nothing to begin with . He ca n't have made enough in one year in Atwater to justify him in setting up housekeeping . I think a man ought to be ashamed of himself to take a girl from a good home to an uncertainty like that . '' `` Not if she loved him and was willing to share the uncertainty , '' I said softly . `` Love wo n't pay the butcher 's bill , '' said Sara with a sniff , `` and landlords have an unfeeling preference for money over affection . Besides , Blanche is a mere child , far too young to be burdened with the responsibilities of life . '' Blanche is twenty -- two years older than I am . But Sara talks as if I were a mere infant . July Thirtieth . Oh , I am so happy ! I wonder if there is another girl in the world as happy as I am tonight . No , of course there can not be , because there is only one Walter ! Walter and I are engaged . It happened last night when we were sitting out in the moonlight under the silver maple on the lawn .
I can not write down what he said -- the words are too sacred and beautiful to be kept anywhere but in my own heart forever and ever XXXXX long as I live .
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