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It was true that the thought which Mrs. Simm had suggested had never crossed her mind before; yet it is no less true, that, all-unconsciously, she had been weaving a golden web, whose threads, though too fine and delicate even for herself to perceive, were yet strong enough to entangle her life in their meshes.
And all-unconsciously, in that moment she won a battle which she had deemed irrevocably lost. Mordaunt's hands fell from her, setting her free. "In Heaven's name," he said, "why didn't you go with him?" She did not understand his tone. It held neither anger nor contempt, and so quiet was it that she could still have fancied it almost indifferent. Yet, inexplicably, it cut her to the heart.
I'll never bring Tessa out here when she's grown up, or she'll marry and be stuck here for the rest of her life." "You can do as you like with Tessa," said Stella, and turned again to Sir Reginald. "Is that all you want of me now?" "One thing more," he answered gently. "I hope I may say it without giving offence." With a gesture all-unconsciously regal she gave him both her hands.
They were singing a hymn, but not in the customary untuneful yell of the village school. The voices were clear and sweet and true, and the words came distinct and pure to the two men standing at the table. "He comes, the prisoners to release In Satan's bondage held, The gates of brass before Him burst, The iron fetters yield." Piers' hand tightened all-unconsciously upon Sir Beverley's arm.
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