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She would go to meet her at night, that the light might lead her steps. SHE WOULD GO TO MEET HER AT NIGHT THAT THE LIGHT MIGHT LEAD HER STEPS
ce for her in the world. Wonder was gone, and Antony was even further away. She knew now that he would never come back to her. Never again could return even the illusion of those happy weeks on the hills. Antony would be hers no more for ever. There but remained for her to fulfil her destiny, the destiny she had vaguely known ever since Antony had brought home the Image, and shown her how the Seine water had moulded the hair and made wet the eyelashes. For some weeks now Beatrice had been living on the border of another world. She had finally abandoned all her hopes of earthly joy—and to Antony she was no longer any help or happiness. He had needed her again for a few brief weeks, but now he needed her no more. His every look told her how he wished her out of his life. And she had no one else in the world. But in another world she had her little Wonder. Lately she had begun to meet her in the lanes. In the day she wore garlands of flowers round her head, and in the night a great light. AS NOW NO USE OR PLACE FOR HER IN THE WORLD WONDER WAS GONE AND ANTONY WAS EVEN FURTHER AWAY SHE KNEW NOW THAT HE WOULD NEVER COME BACK TO HER NEVER AGAIN COULD RETURN EVEN THE ILLUSION OF THOSE HAPPY WEEKS ON THE HILLS ANTONY WOULD BE HERS NO MORE FOR EVER BUT THERE REMAINED FOR HER TO FULFIL HER DESTINY THE DESTINY SHE HAD VAGUELY KNOWN EVER SINCE ANTONY HAD BROUGHT HOME THE IMAGE AND SHOWN HER HOW THE SAME WATER HAD MOULDED THE HAIR AND MADE WET THE EYELASHES FOR SOME WEEKS NOW BEATRICE HAD BEEN LIVING ON THE BORDER OF ANOTHER WORLD SHE HAD FINALLY ABANDONED ALL HER HOPES OF EARTHLY JOY AND TO ANTONY SHE WAS NO LONGER ANY HELP OR HAPPINESS HE HAD NEEDED HER AGAIN FOR A FEW BRIEF WEEKS BUT NOW HE NEEDED HER NO MORE HIS EVERY LOOK TOLD HER HOW HE WISHED HER OUT OF HIS LIFE AND SHE HAD NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD BUT IN ANOTHER WORLD SHE HAD HER LITTLE WONDER LATELY SHE HAD BEGUN TO MEET HER IN THE LANES IN THE DAY SHE WORE GARLANDS OF FLOWERS ROUND HER HEAD AND IN THE NIGHT A GREAT LIGHT
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