After His Sweetheart Moved In, He Came Home Every Night

AliceYorkalwaysthoughtshewasspecialinWyattSterling'seyes.Evenwithoutatitleorstatusbyhisside,shemanagedtobeutterlyobedientandsensible,gladlybeingathisbeckandcall,andlovinghimdeeplywithoutreservation.UntilthenewsofWyattSterling'sengagementbroke,AliceYorkrefusedtobelieveitandfoolishlyrantoconfronthim,onlytobemetwithhiscasualremark:“WasInotgoodenoughtoyou?”ItwasatthatmomentAliceYorkrealizedthatherwholehearteddevotionwasnothingbutajoke,andinhiseyes,shewasmerelyaplaything.Later,AliceYorkwasgettingmarried.Onherweddingday,thegroomclearedanentirecitystreetforher,withhundredsofluxurycarsinagrandandluxuriousprocessionrarelyseenindecades;everyonemarveledatwhatagoodmatchshehadmade.WyattSterlingalsoshowedupatthewedding.Hewasneitherthegroomnoraguestintheaudience;hewastheretocrashthewedding.Holdingherbouquetandhergroom'shand,AliceYorkwalkeduptoWyattSterlingandremindedhiminthesametoneheonceused:“Istheposterofmyweddingphotonotbigenough?Orhaveyoureyesgrowntoodimtosee,ThirdUncle?”