For se
 ven years, Co
*r[@alie loved Malachi wi:th no *[=_title, no ring, no ![#$pla
ce in his;# wor_?ld. T-hen his[ first love[=* re_`turne,[%d—and he proposed. Not for love.  Fo# r a p#/#,re\nup that would p.;o_,u ^r his fortune
#)/ int#o a*[nother w+;oman's\
 hands. Tha+t.::^ night, (
,her g@%randmo,the+))r's  `:. last wish;/ shattere@,d, 
a#n;.-d so did Cora@ lie.-'s patience.. She left New` York with =?[/nothi=ng but dignity.
`,When he finally learne::?d w `hat ]%@love loo[k;]ed li-,ke, s)-he had alrea:
dy sto;**pped *;needing his.