The Place Beyond the Winds by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
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page 252 of 351 (71%)
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"No one but Priscilla!" Farwell added.
They talked before the fire until late that evening. Priscilla's plans were discussed and considered. So full was she of excitement and joy that she did not notice the shock of surprise that Farwell showed when the names of Ledyard and Travers passed her lips. Seeing that she either did not connect the men with her past, or had reasons for not referring to it, Farwell held his peace. It was long afterward that he confided his knowledge to Boswell, and that wise friend bade him keep his secret. "It's her life, and she's treading her Road," he said; "she has an odd fancy that her Heart's Desire lies just ahead. I cannot see that either you or I have the right to awaken her to realities while she lives so magically in her dreams." After Priscilla's own plans were gone over and over again, Boswell said quietly: "I'm going back to that blessed In-Place of yours, Butterfly. You remember how I told you, the first day I met you, that I could not understand any one choosing the dangerous Garden when he might have--the Place Beyond the Winds?" Priscilla leaned forward, her breath coming sharply. "You mean--you are going to--to live in Kenmore?" "Yes! _Live!_ That is a bright way of putting it. Live! live! The Beetle is--going to live!" |
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