ife of our handsome
country vicar, doing good all her days in her timid faithful way.

But I cannot think of Kitty Sherard as caring for any one except the
boy who, whatever his faults may have been, had never an unkind or
ungentle thought of any man or woman, and who played the game as
honourably as he knew it, and then laid down his life in the simple
manner of a gentleman.

Peter will never forget him. When he has boys of his own he will call
them after his dead friend's name, and will tell them absurd stories
about him, for even when his name has become only a memory it will be
surrounded with something lovably humorous. His old jokes and stories
are much more a reality than his death. He often risked his life for a
good sporting race; and he did not grudge giving it up during that last
lap in the Argentine River when day was breaking. He was trying to
help a friend to do the right sort of thing at considerable cost to
them both, and, when all is said and done, none of us can do much
better than that.

Well, good luck and long life to bride and bride-groom! They love each
other in a manner refreshingly whole-hearted and delightful, and we
will, if you please, ring down the curtain upon them in orthodox
fashion to the sound of wedding-bells. Good luck to Kitty, who will
never tell her mad little stories again, or enjoy herself as she used
to do when she goes to race-meetings or drives her horses tandem
through the lanes. Good luck to Mrs. Avory, with her pathetic brown
eyes, doing her daily work amongst the poor; and to the genial vicar
and his wife. Good luck to all our friends in this book, and to you,
dear reader, who have followed them so far.

And so, good-bye.

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