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451
"
Mr.
Isaacs
has
advanced
us
fifty
pounds
to
pay
off
our
debts
,
and
to
get
a
proper
outfit
for
James
.
You
must
not
forget
that
,
Sibyl
.
Fifty
pounds
is
a
very
large
sum
.
Mr.
Isaacs
has
been
most
considerate
.
"
452
"
He
is
not
a
gentleman
,
mother
,
and
I
hate
the
way
he
talks
to
me
,
"
said
the
girl
,
rising
to
her
feet
,
and
going
over
to
the
window
.
453
"
I
do
n't
know
how
we
could
manage
without
him
,
"
answered
the
elder
woman
,
querulously
.
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454
Sibyl
Vane
tossed
her
head
and
laughed
.
"
We
do
n't
want
him
any
more
,
mother
.
Prince
Charming
rules
life
for
us
now
.
"
Then
she
paused
.
A
rose
shook
in
her
blood
,
and
shadowed
her
cheeks
.
Quick
breath
parted
the
petals
of
her
lips
.
They
trembled
.
Some
southern
wind
of
passion
swept
over
her
,
and
stirred
the
dainty
folds
of
her
dress
.
"
I
love
him
,
"
she
said
,
simply
.
455
"
Foolish
child
!
foolish
child
!
"
was
the
parrot-phrase
flung
in
answer
.
The
waving
of
crooked
,
false-jewelled
fingers
gave
grotesqueness
to
the
words
.
456
The
girl
laughed
again
.
The
joy
of
a
caged
bird
was
in
her
voice
.
Her
eyes
caught
the
melody
,
and
echoed
it
in
radiance
;
then
closed
for
a
moment
,
as
though
to
hide
their
secret
.
When
they
opened
,
the
mist
of
a
dream
had
passed
across
them
.
457
Thin-lipped
wisdom
spoke
at
her
from
the
worn
chair
,
hinted
at
prudence
,
quoted
from
that
book
of
cowardice
whose
author
apes
the
name
of
common
sense
.
She
did
not
listen
.
She
was
free
in
her
prison
of
passion
.
Her
prince
,
Prince
Charming
,
was
with
her
.
She
had
called
on
Memory
to
remake
him
.
She
had
sent
her
soul
to
search
for
him
,
and
it
had
brought
him
back
.
His
kiss
burned
again
upon
her
mouth
.
Her
eyelids
were
warm
with
his
breath
.
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458
Then
Wisdom
altered
its
method
and
spoke
of
espial
and
discovery
.
This
young
man
might
be
rich
.
If
so
,
marriage
should
be
thought
of
.
Against
the
shell
of
her
ear
broke
the
waves
of
worldly
cunning
.
The
arrows
of
craft
shot
by
her
.
She
saw
the
thin
lips
moving
,
and
smiled
.
459
Suddenly
she
felt
the
need
to
speak
.
The
wordy
silence
troubled
her
.
"
Mother
,
mother
,
"
she
cried
,
"
why
does
he
love
me
so
much
?
I
know
why
I
love
him
.
I
love
him
because
he
is
like
what
Love
himself
should
be
.
But
what
does
he
see
in
me
?
I
am
not
worthy
of
him
.
And
yet
--
why
,
I
can
not
tell
--
though
I
feel
so
much
beneath
him
,
I
do
n't
feel
humble
.
I
feel
proud
,
terribly
proud
.
Mother
,
did
you
love
my
father
as
I
love
Prince
Charming
?
"
460
The
elder
woman
grew
pale
beneath
the
coarse
powder
that
daubed
her
cheeks
,
and
her
dry
lips
twitched
with
a
spasm
of
pain
.
Sibyl
rushed
to
her
,
flung
her
arms
round
her
neck
,
and
kissed
her
.