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It had all been a mad fancy. What was Silencieux herself but a wilful, selfish dream? He saw it all now. How could a lifeless image have power over the life of his child? And yet again, was Silencieux a lifeless image? And still again, if she were an image, was it not always to an image that humanity from the beginning had been sacrificed? IT HAD ALL BEEN A MAD FANCY WHAT WAS SELA HERSELF BUT A WILFUL SELFISH DREAM HE SAW IT ALL NOW HOW COULD A LIFELESS IMAGE HAVE POWER OVER THE LIFE OF HIS CHILD AND YET AGAIN WAS SELA A LIFELESS IMAGE AND STILL AGAIN IF SHE WERE AN IMAGE WAS IT NOT ALWAYS TO AN IMAGE THAT HUMANITY FROM THE BEGINNING HAD BEEN SACRIFICED
ep, had sprung awake at the first hint of danger to the little child that in his neglectful way he loved deeply all the time; and, in spite of the danger to Wonder, a faint joy stirred in Beatrice's heart to see him thus humanly aroused once more. "Kiss me, Beatrice," he said, as he set out upon his errand. "Don't be anxious, it will be all right." It was the first time he had kissed his wife for many days. The doctor's was some three miles away across the moor. It was a bright starlit night, and Antony, who knew the moor well, had no difficulty in making his way at a good pace along the mossy tracks. Presently he gave a little cry of pain and stood still. "O God," he cried, "it cannot be that. Oh, it cannot." At that moment for the first time a dreadful thought had crossed his mind. Suddenly a memory of that afternoon when he had bade Wonder kiss Silencieux flashed upon him; and once more he heard himself saying: "Silencieux, I bring you my little child." But he had never meant it so. HEY WERE OUTSIDE THE ROOM THE FATHER SO LONG ASLEEP HAD SPRUNG AWAKE AT THE FIRST HINT OF DANGER TO THE LITTLE CHILD THAT IN HIS NEGLECTFUL WAY HE LOVED DEEPLY ALL THE TIME AND IN SPITE OF THE DANGER TO WONDER A FAINT JOY STIRRED IN BEATRICE'S HEART TO SEE HIM THUS HUMANLY AROUSED ONCE MORE KISS ME BEATRICE HE SAID AS HE SET OUT UPON HIS ERRAND DON'T BE ANXIOUS IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD KISSED HIS WIFE FOR MANY DAYS THE DOCTORS WERE SOME THREE MILES AWAY ACROSS THE MOOR IT WAS A BRIGHT STARLIT NIGHT AND ANTONY WHO KNEW THE MORE WELL HAD NO DIFFICULTY IN MAKING HIS WAY AT A GOOD PACE ALONG THE MOSSY TRACKS PRESENTLY HE GAVE A LITTLE CRY OF PAIN AND STOOD STILL O GOD HE CRIED IT CANNOT BE THAT OH IT CANNOT AT THAT MOMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME A DREADFUL THOUGHT HAD CROSSED HIS MIND SUDDENLY A MEMORY OF THAT AFTERNOON WHEN HE HAD BADE WONDER KISS SELA FLASHED UPON HIM AND ONCE MORE HE HEARD HIMSELF SAYING SILAJO I BRING YOU MY LITTLE CHILD BUT HE HAD NEVER MEANT IT SO
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