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Chapter 27

           ‘Now’wasevidentlyMavis’smotto—tolosenomoment,buttowork,topray,tolove,tohope,tothankGodandbegladforlife,allinthe‘Now’—andneithertoregretthepastnorforebodethefuture,butsimplydothebestthatcouldbedone,andleaveallelseinchild-likeconfidencetotheDivineWill.Igotuprestlessly—thesightofthecrucifixcuriouslyannoyedme;—andIfollowedthepathmywifeandMavishadtakenthroughthegarden.Ifoundthemlookinginatthecageofthe‘Athenæum’owls—theowl-in-chiefbeingasusualpuffedoutwithhisownimportance,andswellingvisiblywithindignationandexcessoffeather.Sibylturnedasshesawme—herfacewasbrightandsmiling.

           "MissClarehasverystrongopinionsofherown,Geoffrey,"shesaid—"SheisnotasmuchcaptivatedbyPrinceRimânezasmostpeopleare—infact,shehasjustconfidedtomethatshedoesnotquitelikehim."

           Mavisblushed,buthereyesmetminewithfearlesscandour.

           "Itiswrongtosaywhatonethinks,Iknow—"shemurmuredinsomewhattroubledaccents—"Anditisadreadfulfaultofmine.PleaseforgivemeMrTempest!Youtellmetheprinceisyourgreatestfriend—andIassureyouIwasimmenselyimpressedbyhisappearancewhenIfirstsawhim,...butafterwards,...afterIhadstudiedhimalittle,theconvictionwasborneinuponmethathewasnotaltogetherwhatheseemed."

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