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"A Dead Reckoning" in CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL. (Sept 14. 1889.)
https://books.google.com/books?id=jCYZAAAAYAAJ
(Princeton University)
"Aunty, dear, do you know what day this is?"
"If the almanac may be believed, it is the 24th of April."
"Six months ago to-day, Gerald and I were married. I feel as if I hadbeen married for years."
"How dreadful to feel that you are growing old so quickly! I hope allmarried people don't feel like that."
"You misunderstand me, Aunt Jane. I have been so happy since thatevening last year when Gerald whispered something to me in thesummer-house, that all my life before I knew him seems as unreal as adream."
"Such short courtships are positively dreadful. Now, when I wasengaged to Captain Singleton"----
A third lady, who had been lounging on a sofa and making-believe to beintent on a novel, gave a loud sneeze and sat bolt upright. She hadheard Captain Singleton's name introduced so often of late, that shemight be excused for not caring to hear it mentioned again--at leastfor a little while.
The first speaker, Clara Brooke, was a charming brunette oftwenty-two, with sparkling black eyes, a pure olive complexion, and amanner that was at on