God's hand on "The Thing's The Play"

"And then with a woman's reasoning (oh, yes, they do, sometimes) she leaped over common syllogism and theory, and logic, and was sure that her husband had come back to her. For she saw in his eyes love, which no woman can mistake, and a thousand tons of regret and remorse, which aroused pity, which is perilously near to love requited, which is the sine qua non in the house that Jack built."

(Taken from The Thing's The Play by O. Henry)

After reading a couple of short stories at www.short-stories.co.uk I must admit I was feeling a bit disappointed by the overall quality of the content. Line after line my eyes were left with the unforgiving feeling of boredom. But luckily it all changed with "The Thing's The Play" by O. Henry. The story itself is very well written, the plot is smoothly structured and the ending is nothing short of phenomenal. Thanks to this story, this assignment came out to be much more than I bargained for. Definetely a must-read!