Chapter 54

           

           Thebachelor,amonghisvariousoccupations,foundintheoldchurchaconstantsourceofinterestandamusement.Takingthatprideinitwhichmenconceiveforthewondersoftheirownlittleworld,hehadmadeitshistoryhisstudy;andmanyasummerdaywithinitswalls,andmanyawinter’snightbesidetheparsonagefire,hadfoundthebachelorstillporingover,andaddingto,hisgoodlystoreoftaleandlegend.

           AshewasnotoneofthoseroughspiritswhowouldstripfairTruthofeverylittleshadowyvestmentinwhichtimeandteemingfancieslovetoarrayherandsomeofwhichbecomeherpleasantlyenough,serving,likethewatersofherwell,toaddnewgracestothecharmstheyhalfconcealandhalfsuggest,andtoawakeninterestandpursuitratherthanlanguorandindifferenceas,unlikethissternandobdurateclass,helovedtoseethegoddesscrownedwiththosegarlandsofwildflowerswhichtraditionwreathesforhergentlewearing,andwhichareoftenfreshestintheirhomeliestshapeshetrodwithalightstepandborewithalighthanduponthedustofcenturies,unwillingtodemolishanyoftheairyshrinesthathadbeenraisedaboveit,ifanygoodfeelingoraffectionofthehumanheartwerehidingthereabouts.

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