That about sums up my
history. If I go back as Police Commissioner, I shall feel much more
useful.
"Lucy, love is a very important thing in a man's life. Sometimes, I
think that the less he has of it, the more important it becomes. I had
thought that as I grew older my career would more and more fill my
life, that youth and passion were synonymous and that with maturity
would come calm and surcease. This is not the truth. The older I grow
the more difficult it becomes for me to feel that work can fully
satisfy a man. Nor will merely caring for a woman be sufficient. A
man must care for a woman whom he knows to be fine, who can meet his
mental needs, or love becomes merely physical and never satisfies him.
Well, I must not whimper. I have talent and tremendous opportunities,
many friends and splendid health. And I have you. And each year you
become a more intrinsic part of my life. How patient you have been
with me all these years! I've been wondering, lately, if you haven't
rather a marked sense of humor. It seems to me that nothing else could
make you so patient, so tender and so keen! I'm sure I'm an object of
mirth to Jonas at times, so I must be to you. All right! Laugh away!
I laugh at myself!
"Lucy, it has been over eighteen months since I touched a card.
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