after-page

Updated: May 2, 2025

But never mind, chere amie" he would add as he saw the hot tears starting to my eyes, while face, neck, and brow, were suffused with the hue of mortification, "there was an after-page in the sick-room, when I beheld, with surprise, my crazy heroine transformed into the demure, and gentle nurse, and learned to distinguish a soft-toned voice, which always lingered in my ears like pleasant music; so that after all, I am really indebted to you, Amy, for making me break my leg for, if you had not done so, I am afraid I never should have discovered my jewel of a wife."

Ella Rodman Church - A Grandmother's Recollections