John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose．Thirteen months ago, in a Florida 1 he took a book off the shelf and found himself 2 with the notes in the margin(
页边空白)．The soft handwriting 3 a thoughtful soul and insightful mind．
In front of the book, he discovered the previous owner's 4 , Miss Hollis Maynell．With time and effort he located her address．He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to 5 ．
During the next year and one-month the two 6 knew each other through the mail．A Romance was budding．John requested her 7 , but she refused．She felt that if he really cared, it 8 matter what she looked like．Later they 9 their first meeting 7∶00 pm at Grand Central Station in New York．
“You'll recognize me,” she wrote, “by the red 10 I'll be wearing on my suit．” 11 at 7∶00 he was in the station looking for the girl with the red rose．
A young woman in a 12 suit was coming toward him, her figure long and slim and her eyes were blue as flowers．Almost 13 he made one step closer to her, and just at this moment he saw Hollis Maynell-a woman well past 40．The girl was walking quickly 14 ．He felt as though he split in two, so strong was his desire to 15 her, and yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned him．
He did not hesitate and said, "I'm John, and you must be Miss Maynell．I am so 16 you could meet me; may I take you to 17 ?"
The woman smiled, “I don't know what this is about, son,” she answered, “but the young lady in the green suit begged me to 18 this rose on my coat．And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should tell you that she is waiting for you in the 19 across the street．She said it was some kind of 20 !”
It's not difficult to admire Miss Maynell's wisdom．The true nature of a heart is seen in it's response to the unattractive．