CLASSIFICATION. This work, and the following one, “Penance” might be
characterized as stories that are short, rather than short-stories. If
the point were argued, however, it might be said that because of the
situation, the theme quality, and the historic interest, all of which
contribute to unity of effect, the two are outlying specimens of the
_genre_. The time of the action, here, is forty years. So it is in “The
Waiting Years” (Page 172), but whereas there the time of the action is
only twenty-four hours (see the management) here it is the full forty.