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Hearing the Last of it

           Thedreamsofchildhooditsairyfables;itsgraceful,beautiful,humane,impossibleadornmentsoftheworldbeyond:sogoodtobebelievedinonce,sogoodtoberememberedwhenoutgrown,forthentheleastamongthemrisestothestatureofagreatCharityintheheart,sufferinglittlechildrentocomeintothemidstofit,andtokeepwiththeirpurehandsagardeninthestonywaysofthisworld,whereinitwerebetterforallthechildrenofAdamthattheyshouldoftenersunthemselves,simpleandtrustful,andnotworldly-wisewhathadshetodowiththese?Remembrancesofhowshehadjourneyedtothelittlethatsheknew,bytheenchantedroadsofwhatsheandmillionsofinnocentcreatureshadhopedandimagined;ofhow,firstcominguponReasonthroughthetenderlightofFancy,shehadseenitabeneficentgod,deferringtogodsasgreatasitself;notagrimIdol,cruelandcold,withitsvictimsboundhandtofoot,anditsbigdumbshapesetupwithasightlessstare,nevertobemovedbyanythingbutsomanycalculatedtonsofleveragewhathadshetodowiththese?Herremembrancesofhomeandchildhoodwereremembrancesofthedryingupofeveryspringandfountaininheryoungheartasitgushedout.Thegoldenwaterswerenotthere.Theywereflowingforthefertilizationofthelandwheregrapesaregatheredfromthorns,andfigsfromthistles.

           Shewent,withaheavy,hardenedkindofsorrowuponher,intothehouseandintohermother’sroom.Sincethetimeofherleavinghome,Sissyhadlivedwiththerestofthefamilyonequalterms.

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