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Chapter 27

           IntheprofoundegotismwhichhadalwaysbeenpartofmynatureInowactuallyallowedmyselftobelievethatImight,hadIchosen,haveweddedMavisClareneverforonemomentimaginingthatallmywealthwouldhavebeenuselesstomeinsuchaquest,andthatImightaswellhaveproposedtopluckastarfromtheskyastowinawomanwhowasabletoreadmynaturethoroughly,andwhowouldneverhavecomedowntomymoney-levelfromherintellectualthroneno,notthoughIhadbeenamonarchofmanynations.IstaredatthelargetranquilfeaturesofthePallasAtheneandtheblankeyeballsofthemarblegoddessappearedtoregardmeinturnwithimpassivescorn.Iglancedroundtheroom,andatthewallsadornedwiththewisesayingsofpoetsandphilosopherssayingsthatremindedmeoftruthswhichIknew,yetneveracceptedaspracticable;andpresentlymyeyeswereattractedtoacornernearthewriting-deskwhichIhadnotnoticedbefore,wheretherewasasmalldimlampburning.Abovethislampanivorycrucifixgleamedwhiteagainstdraperiesofdarkpurplevelvetbelowit,onasilverbracket,wasanhour-glassthroughwhichthesandwasrunninginglisteninggrains,androundtheentirelittleshrinewaswritteninlettersofgold"Nowistheacceptabletime!"theword‘Now’beinginlargercharactersthantherest.

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