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Chapter 27

           ‘Now’wasevidentlyMavis’smottotolosenomoment,buttowork,topray,tolove,tohope,tothankGodandbegladforlife,allinthe‘Now’andneithertoregretthepastnorforebodethefuture,butsimplydothebestthatcouldbedone,andleaveallelseinchild-likeconfidencetotheDivineWill.Igotuprestlesslythesightofthecrucifixcuriouslyannoyedme;andIfollowedthepathmywifeandMavishadtakenthroughthegarden.Ifoundthemlookinginatthecageofthe‘Athenæum’owlstheowl-in-chiefbeingasusualpuffedoutwithhisownimportance,andswellingvisiblywithindignationandexcessoffeather.Sibylturnedasshesawmeherfacewasbrightandsmiling.

           "MissClarehasverystrongopinionsofherown,Geoffrey,"shesaid"SheisnotasmuchcaptivatedbyPrinceRimânezasmostpeopleareinfact,shehasjustconfidedtomethatshedoesnotquitelikehim."

           Mavisblushed,buthereyesmetminewithfearlesscandour.

           "Itiswrongtosaywhatonethinks,Iknow"shemurmuredinsomewhattroubledaccents"Anditisadreadfulfaultofmine.PleaseforgivemeMrTempest!YoutellmetheprinceisyourgreatestfriendandIassureyouIwasimmenselyimpressedbyhisappearancewhenIfirstsawhim,...butafterwards,...afterIhadstudiedhimalittle,theconvictionwasborneinuponmethathewasnotaltogetherwhatheseemed."

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