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Chapter 29

           SoIwascarefultoletnohintofmyactualpositionescapeme—andIcomportedmyselfonalloccasionstoSibylwithspecialtendernessandconsideration,thoughshe,Ithought,appearedrathertoresentmyplayingthepartoflover-husbandtooopenly.Shewasherself,inLucio’spresence,strangelyerraticofhumour,byturnsbrilliantandmournful—sometimesmerryandanondepressed:yetneverhadshedisplayedamorecaptivatinggraceandcharmofmanner.HowfoolishandblindIwasallthewhile!—howdeadtoanyperceptionoftheformationandsequenceofevents!Absorbedingrossmaterialpleasures,Iignoredallthehiddenforcesthatmakethehistoryofanindividuallifenolessthanofawholenation,andlookeduponeachdaythatdawnedalmostasifithadbeenmyowncreationandpossession,towasteasIthoughtfit—neverconsideringthatdaysarebutsomanywhiteleafletsfromGod’schronicleofhumanlife,whereonweplaceourmark,goodorbad,forthejustandexactsumming-upofourthoughtsanddeedshereafter.

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