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Hoss Cartwright was the happiest man on earth.
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Hoss Cartwright was a married man, now.
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Hoss Cartwright had stood up in front of the reverend and said "I do", and even as much as he had feared that God would never bring this chance to him, even more he had feared that those same words would not be heard from his left, from the lips of a woman he'd fallen in love with, from the lips of a woman who was so much and who would grow up to be even more, a woman who had seen him as he was and yet was able to say "I do".
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Hoss Cartwright had to be the luckiest man on earth.
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Elin is a very old Swedish name, at least from the 11th-12th centuries.
It is derived from Greek "Helena" - she who brings light; she who is radiant; she who is happiness.