"You are right, little woman," he answered. "He was all but married once. Long ago. And once."
"Did the lady die?"
"No--but she died to him. That time has had its influence on all his later life. Would you suppose him to have a head and a heart full of romance yet?"
"I think, guardian, I might have supposed so. But it is easy to say that when you have told me so."

"You are right, little woman," he answered. "He was all but married once, long ago."
"Did the lady die?"
"No - but she died to him. That time has had its influence on all his later life. 