暂无简介Travers, a lonely old bachelor, on the eve of a holiday, when everyone is abroad on pleasure bent, goes to the club for companionship to drown old memories, but finding no congenial souls there he wanders forth to watch the people in the street. Happy lovers pass, oblivious to all save themselves. Married couples are met, joyous in their offspring's delight at the gay sights. All this but intensifies Travers's isolation, and he hastens to his bachelor apartments where he is greeted by his faithful Japanese servant. Memories still haunt him, and he decides that he will not sup alone. Directing his servant, he orders a table set for seven, with flowers and favors; then dismissing the faithful one for the night, he places before each plate a card bearing the name of a former loved one, and adds a souvenir or keepsake to remind him of the past. He dines alone, in the quiet and solitude of his chambers, and, drinks to each fair face as memory brings it to view; and as he drinks, the vision of the fair one arises before him, and, in fancy, partakes with him, until, one by one, the chairs are occupied. Each former sweetheart responds to his toast and then the lights grow dim, the shadows deepen; at the stroke of twelve the last candle flickers out; he is alone! His head sinks on his breast, and when his loyal servant arrives in the morning he finds that his beloved master is lonely no more, for his spirit has gone to join his loved ones in the shadow-land.
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