Ed was extremely fond of his grandmother, Mabel, who had raised him after his parents died when he was eight years old, but she was worried about him.

She knew that he was too young to be spending all of his time with bucks and an old woman.

Mabel prayed every night for a companion for her grandson, for she did not want to leave her

Eddie alone on the earth.

One morning, Ed awoke to the clamor of pouring rain outside his window.

He bundled himself up, kissed Mabel goodbye, and left for the bookstore.

Returning home that evening, he decided to take an alternate route to avoid the mudslides from the cliffs.

As he drove, he spotted a young woman, standing, soaking wet, at a bus stop.

Ed offered to give her a ride home. She got into the car and shook off her long black hair that was dripping from the rain.

My name is Louisa, she said.

She was exquisite, or raided.

This nymph who had fell upon his arms and chanted Ed.

They drove and talked and laughed and fell madly in love.

Every day for two weeks, Ed would pick Louisa up at a bus stop and drive her home.

Ed was completely changed.

His amorous affections brought him new light. Ed was so in love that he decided he would bring Louisa home to meet his grandmother.

That evening, when he got to the bus stop, she was not there.

Puzzled, he drove to the house he had been dropping her off at for two weeks.

He knocked on the door. An old woman

answered in a tired voice, What do you want? Ed introduced himself as Louisa's Ed, the man

who had been driving her home the past two weeks. The woman was startled, but invited Ed

in the house.

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