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ous world seen now for the first time. To her, everything was new and novel-- even mystifying--and terribly in- teresting. After all, she had been imprisoned in Henry's being for untold years. She was, from her very beginning, an out-going, vital and inquisitive 'natural' person. So radiant was her personality that all who came in contact with her accepted and admired her for the lady she was. Just how Henry managed to 'groom' the unknown person within is not known; but however it happened, Alice was most certainly 'all-woman'. And like a true woman, she understood her partner and knew that Henry, too, had to live. At such times she would retire gracefully from the

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Now, some ten days after his precipitous departure from his former life, Henry had made peace in his troubled soul and was ready to resume life, but on tirely different terms. He felt that in being so much of an indecisive nonentity he was much to blame for his marriage's sinking into the doldrums. With the insight gained through Alice, he at last comprehended Ellen's own frustrated personality. Thus, with a reasoned-out plan to make amends, Henry busily prepared for his de- parture. Because he came without luggage, there was a little problem with Alice's things, but nothing that a convenient luggage shop and Railway Express couldn't handle.

As the train clattered it's way homeward, Henry felt at peace with the world and happily anticipated how different life would be in the future.

It was mid-afternoon when Henry arrived home. He rang the bell and waited only a moment when Ellen appeared, tousled and red-eyed. She, poor girl, was certain that Henry had abandoned her forever, Naturally, seeing Henry again was quite a shock. Her surprise gave way to anger and she began to scold Henry but had scarecly started when she saw that there was something "different" about Henry--an air of gentle concern; he neither cringed nor was defiant. Her feminine instincts overruled her anger and she rushed forward into his welcoming arms, sobbing with relief that her beloved Henry had come back to her. Henry, too, was greatly moved and whispered tender words of endearment that she had not heard in many

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