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Chapter 55

           Theiryoungdelightinspeakingtoeachother,andsayingwhatnooneelsewouldcaretohear,wasforeverended,andbecomeatreasureofthepast.Forthisveryreasonshedweltonitwithoutinwardcheck.Thatuniquehappinesstoowasdead,andinitsshadowedsilentchambershemightventthepassionategriefwhichsheherselfwonderedat.Forthefirsttimeshetookdowntheminiaturefromthewallandkeptitbeforeher,likingtoblendthewomanwhohadbeentoohardlyjudgedwiththegrandsonwhomherownheartandjudgmentdefended.Cananyonewhohasrejoicedinwoman’stendernessthinkitareproachtoherthatshetookthelittleovalpictureinherpalmandmadeabedforitthere,andleanedhercheekuponit,asifthatwouldsoothethecreatureswhohadsufferedunjustcondemnation?ShedidnotknowthenthatitwasLovewhohadcometoherbriefly,asinadreambeforeawaking,withthehuesofmorningonhiswingsthatitwasLovetowhomshewassobbingherfarewellashisimagewasbanishedbytheblamelessrigorofirresistibleday.Sheonlyfeltthattherewassomethingirrevocablyamissandlostinherlot,andherthoughtsaboutthefuturewerethemorereadilyshapenintoresolve.Ardentsouls,readytoconstructtheircominglives,areapttocommitthemselvestothefulfilmentoftheirownvisions.

           OnedaythatshewenttoFreshitttofulfilherpromiseofstayingallnightandseeingbabywashed,Mrs.Cadwalladercametodine,theRectorbeinggoneonafishingexcursion.

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