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In all the mysterious ways of man, is there anything quite so mysterious as that? IN ALL THE MYSTERIOUS WAYS OF MAN IS THERE ANYTHING QUITE SO MYSTERIOUS AS THAT
ke her a walk up the lane, but he had been too busy—with words! O God, if only she might come and ask again. Now when she was so far away his fancy teemed with stories. Every roadside flower had its fairy-tale which cried, "Tell me to little Wonder"—and once he tried to make believe to himself that Wonder was holding his hand, and looking up into his face with her big grave eyes, as he told some child's nonsense to the eternal hills. He broke off—half in anger with himself. Was he changing one illusion for another? "Fool, no one hears you," and he threw himself face down in the grass and sobbed. But a gentle hand was laid upon his shoulder and Beatrice's voice said,— "I heard you, Antony—and loved you for it." So Antony had found the heart of a father when no longer he had a child. CHAPTER XVIII THE SECOND TALK ON THE HILLS "But to think," said Antony presently, in answer to Beatrice's soothing hand, "to think that I might have lived with a child—and I chose instead to live with words. E HER A WALK UP THE LANE BUT HE HAD BEEN TOO BUSY WITH WORDS O GOD IF ONLY SHE MIGHT COME AND ASK AGAIN NOW WHEN SHE WAS SO FAR AWAY HIS FANCY TEEMED WITH STORIES EVERY ROADSIDE FLOWER HAD ITS FAIRY TALE WHICH CRIED TELL ME TO LITTLE WONDER AND ONCE HE TRIED TO MAKE BELIEVE TO HIMSELF THAT WONDER WAS HOLDING HIS HAND AND LOOKING UP INTO HIS FACE WITH HER BIG GRAVE EYES AS HE TOLD SOME CHILD'S NONSENSE TO THE ETERNAL HEELS HE BROKE OFF HALF IN ANGER WITH HIMSELF WAS HE CHANGING ONE ILLUSION FOR ANOTHER FOOL NO ONE HEARS YOU AND HE THREW HIMSELF FACE DOWN IN THE GRASS AND SOBBED BUT A GENTLE HAND WAS LAID UPON HIS SHOULDER AND BEATRICE'S VOICE SAID I HEARD YOU ANTONY AND LOVED YOU FOR IT SO ANTHONY HAD FOUND THE HEART OF A FATHER WHEN NO LONGER HE HAD A CHILD END OF CHAPTER SEVENTEEN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE SECOND TALK ON THE HILLS GOOD TO THINK SAID ANTHONY PRESENTLY IN ANSWER TO BEATRICE'S SOOTHING HAND TO THINK THAT I MIGHT HAVE LIVED WITH THE CHILD AND I CHOSE INSTEAD TO LIVE WITH WORDS
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