Short Stories From Life — Greater Love Hath No Man By Selwyn Grattan

By Selwyn Grattan The empty vial--the odour of bitter almonds--and in the chair what had been a man.

On the desk this note: "Farewell.

From the day of our marriage I have known.

I love you.

I love my friend.

Better that I should go and leave you two to find happiness than that I should stay and the three of us wear out wretched lives.

Again farewell--and bless you.

"Robert."

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By William Johnston