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Chapter 27

           IntheprofoundegotismwhichhadalwaysbeenpartofmynatureInowactuallyallowedmyselftobelievethatImight,hadIchosen,haveweddedMavisClare—neverforonemomentimaginingthatallmywealthwouldhavebeenuselesstomeinsuchaquest,andthatImightaswellhaveproposedtopluckastarfromtheskyastowinawomanwhowasabletoreadmynaturethoroughly,andwhowouldneverhavecomedowntomymoney-levelfromherintellectualthrone—no,notthoughIhadbeenamonarchofmanynations.IstaredatthelargetranquilfeaturesofthePallasAthene—andtheblankeyeballsofthemarblegoddessappearedtoregardmeinturnwithimpassivescorn.Iglancedroundtheroom,andatthewallsadornedwiththewisesayingsofpoetsandphilosophers—sayingsthatremindedmeoftruthswhichIknew,yetneveracceptedaspracticable;andpresentlymyeyeswereattractedtoacornernearthewriting-deskwhichIhadnotnoticedbefore,wheretherewasasmalldimlampburning.Abovethislampanivorycrucifixgleamedwhiteagainstdraperiesofdarkpurplevelvet—belowit,onasilverbracket,wasanhour-glassthroughwhichthesandwasrunninginglisteninggrains,androundtheentirelittleshrinewaswritteninlettersofgold"Nowistheacceptabletime!"—theword‘Now’beinginlargercharactersthantherest.

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