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"
On
the
contrary
,
I
think
you
are
quite
right
"
--
said
Sibyl
earnestly
--
"
And
I
admire
you
for
your
courage
and
independence
.
Some
of
the
aristocracy
are
,
I
know
,
such
utter
snobs
that
often
I
feel
ashamed
to
belong
to
them
.
But
as
far
as
we
are
concerned
,
I
can
only
assure
you
that
if
you
will
honour
us
by
becoming
our
friend
as
well
as
neighbour
,
you
shall
not
regret
it
.
Do
try
and
like
me
if
you
can
!
"
She
bent
forward
with
a
witching
smile
on
her
fair
face
.
Mavis
looked
at
her
seriously
and
admiringly
.
"
How
beautiful
you
are
!
"
she
said
frankly
--
"
Everybody
tells
you
this
of
course
--
still
,
I
can
not
help
joining
in
the
general
chorus
.
To
me
,
a
lovely
face
is
like
a
lovely
flower
--
I
must
admire
it
.
Beauty
is
quite
a
divine
thing
,
and
though
I
am
often
told
that
the
plain
people
are
always
the
good
people
,
I
never
can
quite
believe
it
.
Nature
is
surely
bound
to
give
a
beautiful
face
to
a
beautiful
spirit
.
"
Sibyl
,
who
had
smiled
with
pleasure
at
the
first
words
of
the
open
compliment
paid
her
by
one
of
the
most
gifted
of
her
own
sex
,
now
flushed
deeply
.
"
Not
always
,
Miss
Clare
,
"
--
she
said
,
veiling
her
brilliant
eyes
beneath
the
droop
of
her
long
lashes
--
"
One
can
imagine
a
fair
fiend
as
easily
as
a
fair
angel
.
"
"
True
!
"
and
Mavis
looked
at
her
musingly
--
then
suddenly
laughing
in
her
blithe
bright
way
,
she
added
--
"
Quite
true
!
Really
I
can
not
picture
an
ugly
fiend
--
for
the
fiends
are
supposed
to
be
immortal
,
and
I
am
convinced
that
immortal
ugliness
has
no
part
in
the
universe
.
Downright
hideousness
belongs
to
humanity
alone
--
and
an
ugly
face
is
such
a
blot
on
creation
that
we
can
only
console
ourselves
by
the
reflection
that
it
is
fortunately
perishable
,
and
that
in
course
of
time
the
soul
behind
it
will
be
released
from
its
ill-formed
husk
,
and
will
be
allowed
to
wear
a
fairer
aspect
.
Yes
,
Lady
Sibyl
,
I
will
come
to
Willowsmere
;
I
can
not
refuse
to
look
upon
such
loveliness
as
yours
as
often
as
I
may
!
"
"
You
are
a
charming
flatterer
!
"
said
Sibyl
,
rising
and
putting
an
arm
round
her
in
that
affectionate
coaxing
way
of
hers
which
seemed
so
sincere
,
and
which
so
frequently
meant
nothing
--
"
But
I
confess
I
prefer
to
be
flattered
by
a
woman
rather
than
by
a
man
.
Men
say
the
same
things
to
all
women
--
they
have
a
very
limited
répertoire
of
compliments
--
and
they
will
tell
a
fright
she
is
beautiful
,
if
it
happens
to
serve
their
immediate
purpose
.
But
women
themselves
can
so
hardly
be
persuaded
to
admit
that
any
good
qualities
exist
either
inwardly
or
outwardly
in
one
another
,
that
when
they
do
say
a
kind
or
generous
thing
of
their
own
sex
it
is
a
wonder
worth
remembering
.
May
I
your
study
?
"
Mavis
willingly
assented
--
and
we
all
three
went
into
the
peaceful
sanctum
where
the
marble
Pallas
presided
,
and
where
the
dogs
Tricksy
and
Emperor
were
both
ensconced
--
Emperor
sitting
up
on
his
haunches
and
surveying
the
prospect
from
the
window
,
and
Tricksy
with
a
most
absurd
air
of
importance
,
imitating
the
larger
animal
's
attitude
precisely
,
at
a
little
distance
off
.
Both
creatures
were
friendly
to
my
wife
and
to
me
,
and
while
Sibyl
was
stroking
the
St
Bernard
's
massive
head
,
Mavis
said
suddenly
,
