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He gripped the hammer in his hand joyfully, eager to smite featureless the face which had so misled him, brought such tragic sorrow to those he had loved. HE GRIPPED THE HAMMER IN HIS HAND JOYFULLY EAGER TO SMITE FEATURELESS THE FACE WHICH HAD SO MISLED HIM BROUGHT SUCH TRAGIC SORROWROW TO THOSE HE HAD LOVED
numerable. It was more like a palace than a graveyard, and they went away happy for their little one. There remained now to take leave of the valley, which indeed looked its loveliest, as though to allure them to remain. Some days they must stay to make the necessary preparations for their departure. Among these, in Antony's mind, the first and most necessary was that destruction of Silencieux which he had promised himself and his wife upon the hills. The first afternoon Beatrice noted him take a great hammer, and set out up the wood. She gave him a look of love and trust as he went—though there was a secret tremor in her heart, for she knew, perhaps better than he, how strong was the power of Silencieux. But in Antony's heart was no misgiving, or backsliding. In those months on the hills he had realised human love, in the love of a true and tender and fairy-like woman, and he knew that no illusions, however specious, were worth that reality—a reality with all the magic of an illusion. BIRDS AND BLOSSOMS AND GREEN LEAVES INNUMERABLE IT WAS MORE LIKE A PALACE THAN A GRAVEYARD AND THEY WENT AWAY HAPPY FOR THEIR LITTLE ONE THERE REMAINED NOW TO TAKE LEAVE OF THE VALLEY WHICH INDEED LOOKED ITS LOVELIEST AS THOUGH TO ALLURE THEM TO REMAIN SOME DAYS THEY MUST STAY TO MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS FOR THEIR DEPARTURE AMONG THESE IN ANTONY'S MIND THE FIRST AND MOST NECESSARY WAS THE DESTRUCTION OF SELA WHICH HE HAD PROMISED HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE UPON THE HILLS THE FIRST AFTERNOON BEATRICE NOTED HIM TAKE A GREAT HAMMER AND SET OUT UPON THE WOOD SHE GAVE HIM A LOOK OF LOVE AND TRUST AS HE WENT THOUGH THERE WAS A SECRET TREMOR IN HER HEART FOR SHE KNEW PERHAPS BETTER THAN HE HOW STRONG WAS THE POWER OF SELA BUT IN ANTONY'S HEART WAS NO MISGIVING OR BACKSLIDING IN THOSE MONTHS ON THE HILLS HE REALIZED HUMAN LOVE IN THE LOVE OF A TRUE AND TENDER AND FAIRY LIKE WOMAN AND HE KNEW THAT NO ILLUSIONS HOWEVER SPECIOUS WERE WORTH THAT REALITY A REALITY WITH ALL THE MAGIC OF AN ILLUSION
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