`` Poor child ! I suppose when the chains are struck off a prisoner he 'd feel queer and lost without them for a while . Anne , dearie , here 's a thought keeps coming into my mind . What about Owen Ford ? We both know Leslie was fond of him . Did it ever occur to you that he was fond of her ? '' `` It -- did -- once , '' admitted Anne , feeling that she might say so much . `` Well , I had n't any reason to think he was , but it just appeared to me he MUST be . Now , Anne , dearie , the Lord knows I 'm not a match-maker , and I scorn all such doings . But if I were you and writing to that Ford man I 'd just mention , casual-like , what has happened . That is what I 'd do . '' `` Of course I will mention it when I write him , '' said Anne , a trifle distantly . Somehow , this was a thing she could not discuss with Miss Cornelia . And yet , she had to admit that the same thought had been lurking in her mind ever since she had heard of Leslie 's freedom . But she would not desecrate it by free speech . `` Of course there is no great rush , dearie . But Dick Moore 's been dead for thirteen years and Leslie has wasted enough of her life for him . We 'll just see what comes of it . As for this George Moore , who 's gone and come back to life when everyone thought he was dead and done for , just like a man , I 'm real sorry for him . He wo n't seem to fit in anywhere . ''
`` He is still a young man , and XXXXX he recovers completely , as seems likely , he will be able to make a place for himself again .
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