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Chapter 35

           Ifoundoutallaboutherthatshewasyoung,good-looking,ofanoblecharacterandunblemishedreputation,andthatheronlyenemieswerethepress-critics.ThislastpointwassomuchinherfavourwithmethatIatonceboughteverythingshehadeverwritten,andherworksbecame,asitwere,myhavenofrest.Hertheoriesoflifearestrange,poetic,idealandbeautiful;thoughIhavenotbeenabletoacceptthemorworkthemoutinmyowncase,Ihavealwaysfeltsoothedandcomfortedforawhileintheveryactofwishingtheyweretrue.Andthewomanislikeherbooksstrange,poetic,idealandbeautifulhowodditistothinkthatsheiswithintenminuteswalkofmenow!IcouldsendforherifIliked,andtellherallbutshewouldpreventmecarryingoutmyresolve.Shewouldclingtomewoman-likeandkissme,andholdmyhandsandsay‘No,Sibyl,no!Youarenotyourselfyoumustcometomeandrest!’Anoddfancyhasseizedme,...Iwillopenmywindowandcallherverygentlyshemightbeinthegardencomingheretoseemeandifshehearsandanswers,whoknows!why,perhapsmyideasmaychange,andfateitselfmaytakeadifferentcourse!

           Well,Ihavecalledher.Ihavesenthername‘Mavis!’softlyoutonthesunshineandstillairthreetimes,andonlyalittlebrownnamesakeofhers,athrush,swingingonabranchoffir,answeredmewithhislowautumnalpiping.Mavis!Shewillnotcometo-dayGodwillnotmakeherHismessenger.

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