He learned all trades in succession, Love being his only master. He
had many odd days to spare from his farm work, and if he had not found days he
would have taken nights. Scarcely a nail was driven without Rose's advice; and
when the plastering was hard and dry, the wallpapers were the result of weeks
of consultation.
Among the quiet joys of life there is probably no other so deep, so sweet, so
full of trembling hope and delight, as the building and making of a home,--a
home where two lives are to be merged in one and flow on together, a home full
of mysterious and delicious possibilities, hidden in a future which is always
rose-colored.
Rose's sweet little nature broadened under Stephen's influence; but she had
her moments of discontent and unrest, always followed quickly by remorse.
At the Thanksgiving sociable some one had observed her turquoise engagement
ring,--some one who said that such a hand was worthy of a diamond, that
turquoises were a pretty color, but that there was only one stone for an
engagement ring, and that was a diamond. At the Christmas dance the same some
one had said that her waltzing would make her "all the rage" in Boston. She
wondered if it were true, and wondered whether, if she had not promised to
marry Stephen, some splendid being from a city would have descended from his
heights, bearing diamonds in his hand.
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