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Learning to Forget

           

           Hehadratherimaginedthatthedenoumentwouldtakeplaceinthechateaugardenbymoonlight,andinthemostgracefulanddecorousmanner,butitturnedoutexactlythereverse,forthematterwassettledonthelakeatnoondayinafewbluntwords.Theyhadbeenfloatingaboutallthemorning,fromgloomySt.GingolftosunnyMontreux,withtheAlpsofSavoyononeside,MontSt.BernardandtheDentduMidiontheother,prettyVevayinthevalley,andLausanneuponthehillbeyond,acloudlessblueskyoverhead,andthebluerlakebelow,dottedwiththepicturesqueboatsthatlooklikewhite-wingedgulls.

           TheyhadbeentalkingofBonnivard,astheyglidedpastChillon,andofRousseau,astheylookedupatClarens,wherehewrotehisHeloise.Neitherhadreadit,buttheyknewitwasalovestory,andeachprivatelywonderedifitwashalfasinterestingastheirown.Amyhadbeendabblingherhandinthewaterduringthelittlepausethatfellbetweenthem,andwhenshelookedup,Lauriewasleaningonhisoarswithanexpressioninhiseyesthatmadehersayhastily,merelyforthesakeofsayingsomething...

           "Youmustbetired.Restalittle,andletmerow.Itwilldomegood,forsinceyoucameIhavebeenaltogetherlazyandluxurious."

           "I’mnottired,butyoumaytakeanoar,ifyoulike.There’sroomenough,thoughIhavetositnearlyinthemiddle,elsetheboatwon’ttrim,"returnedLaurie,asifheratherlikedthearrangement

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