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he　was　safe！　　He　had　done　the　rightthe　natural　thing！　　And　in　time
he　would　be　happy！　　He　would　rise　now　to　that　pinnacle　of　desired
authority　which　she　had　dreamed　of　for　him；　ever　since　he　was　a　tiny
thing；　ever　since　his　little　thin　brown　hand　had　clasped　hers　in
their　wanderings　amongst　the　flowers；　and　the　furniture　of　tall
rooms。　　But；　as　she　stoodcrumpling　the　letter；　grey…white　as　some
small　resolute　ghost；　among　her　tall　lilies　that　filled　with　their
scent　the　great　glass　house…shadows　flitted　across　her　face。　　Was　it
the　fugitive　noon　sunshine？　　Or　was　it　some　glimmering　perception　of
the　old　Greek　saying'Character　is　Fate；'　some　sudden　sense　of　the
universal　truth　that　all　are　in　bond　to　their　own　natures；　and　what　a
man　has　most　desired　shall　in　the　end　enslave　him？







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