Chapter 18

           Lookingbackthroughthespaceofonlythreeyearstothisparticularperiodofmylife,IcanrememberdistinctlythesingularexpressionofLucio’sfacewhenItoldhimthatSibylEltonhadacceptedme.HissuddensmilegavealighttohiseyesthatIhadneverseeninthembefore—abrilliantyetsinisterglow,strangelysuggestiveofsomeinwardlysuppressedwrathandscorn.WhileIspokehewas,tomyvexation,toyingwiththatuncannyfavouriteofhis,the‘mummy-insect,’—anditannoyedmebeyondmeasuretoseetherepulsivepertinacitywithwhichtheglitteringbat-likecreatureclungtohishand.

           "Womenareallalike,"—hesaidwithahardlaugh,whenhehadheardmynews—"Fewofthemhavemoralforceenoughtoresistthattemptationofarichmarriage."

           Iwasirritatedatthis.

           "Itisscarcelyfairofyoutojudgeeverythingbythemoney-standard,"—Isaid—then,afteralittlepauseIaddedwhatinmyownheartIknewtobealie—"She—Sibyl—lovesmeformyselfalone."

           Hisglanceflashedovermelikelightning.

           "Oh!—setsthewindinthatquarter!Whythen,mydearGeoffrey,Icongratulateyoumoreheartilythanever.ToconquertheaffectionsofoneoftheproudestgirlsinEngland,andwinherlovesocompletelyastobesureshewouldmarryyouevenifyouhadnotasoutoblessyourselfwith—thisisavictoryindeed!—andoneofwhichyoumaywellbeproud.

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