Chapter 18

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

           "Womenareallalike,"hesaidwithahardlaugh,whenhehadheardmynews"Fewofthemhavemoralforceenoughtoresistthattemptationofarichmarriage."

           Iwasirritatedatthis.

           "Itisscarcelyfairofyoutojudgeeverythingbythemoney-standard,"Isaidthen,afteralittlepauseIaddedwhatinmyownheartIknewtobealie"SheSibyllovesmeformyselfalone."

           Hisglanceflashedovermelikelightning.

           "Oh!setsthewindinthatquarter!Whythen,mydearGeoffrey,Icongratulateyoumoreheartilythanever.ToconquertheaffectionsofoneoftheproudestgirlsinEngland,andwinherlovesocompletelyastobesureshewouldmarryyouevenifyouhadnotasoutoblessyourselfwiththisisavictoryindeed!andoneofwhichyoumaywellbeproud.

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