`` Una ! '' he said . He had been very blind , but he was beginning to see . He took a step nearer and took her hands . She threw up her head and gazed , blushingly , steadfastly , into his eyes . From the folds of her gown she drew forth the little packet of letters and kissed it . `` Your dear letters ! '' she said bravely . `` They have given me the right to speak out . I will speak out ! I love you , dear ! I will be content to wait through long years until you can claim me . I -- I have been so happy since your letters came ! '' He put his arms around her and drew her head close to his . Their lips met . The Story of Uncle Dick I had two schools offered me that summer , one at Rocky Valley and one at Bayside . At first I inclined to Rocky Valley ; it possessed a railway station and was nearer the centres of business and educational activity . But eventually I chose Bayside , thinking that its country quietude would be a good thing for a student who was making school-teaching the stepping-stone to a college course . I had reason to be glad of my choice , for in Bayside I met Uncle Dick . Ever since it has seemed to me that not to have known Uncle Dick would have been to miss a great sweetness and inspiration from my life .
He was one of those rare souls whose friendship is at once a pleasure and a benediction , showering light XXXXX their own crystal clearness into all the dark corners in the souls of others until , for the time being at least , they reflected his own simplicity and purity .
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