Chapter I
“No,” he said, looking down upon a lamp which was being lit, “it is just that Ambrose Clark wants to be happy. That’s why I got him the chance to light lamps. I thought it might help to make him happy.”
“Happy!” scoffed one. “He’s drunk—perpetually drunk!”
“Nevertheless,” objected the Doctor, “he is looking for happiness.”
“Why doesn’t Ambrose get it then and stop—” began a young married woman, the Doctor’s daughter-in-law.
“And stop sun-chasing?” completed the Doctor. “Because so often happiness is hard to find and still harder to keep.”
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