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Chapter 19

           LadySibylisverylovelyIrememberherasabeautifulchildwhenIwasachildmyselfIneverspoketoher,butIoftensawher.Shemustbecharmedattheprospectofreturningasabridetotheoldhomeshelovedsowell."

           Heretheservantenteredwiththetea,andMissClare,puttingdownhertinydog,wenttothetabletodispenseit.IwatchedhermoveacrosstheroomwithasenseofvaguewonderandreluctantadmirationsheratherresembledapicturebyGreuzeinhersoftwhitegownwithapalerosenestledamidtheoldFlemishlaceatherthroatandassheturnedherheadtowardsus,thesunlightcaughtherfairhairandturnedittothesimilitudeofagoldenhalocirclingherbrows.Shewasnotabeauty;butshepossessedanundoubtedindividualcharmadelicateattractiveness,whichsilentlyasserteditself,asthebreathofhoneysucklehiddeninthetanglesofahedge,willdelightthewayfarerwithsweetfragrancethoughtheflowersbeunseen.

           "Yourbookwasveryclever,MrTempest"shesaidsuddenly,smilingatme"Ireaditassoonasitcameout.ButdoyouknowIthinkyourarticlewasevencleverer?"

           Ifeltmyselfgrowinguncomfortablyredintheface.

           "Towhatarticledoyouallude,MissClare?"Istammeredconfusedly"Idonotwriteforanymagazine."

           "No?"andshelaughedgaily"Butyoudidonthisoccasion!You‘slated’meverysmartly!Iquiteenjoyedit.

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