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The Jewel of Seven Stars

CHAPTER XV
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One man had had his dreaming; for the other, his dreams were to come.
For myself, I was like one in a trance.

Who was this new, radiant being who had won to existence out of the mist and darkness of our fears?
Love has divine possibilities for the lover's heart! The wings of the soul may expand at any time from the shoulders of the loved one, who then may sweep into angel form.

I knew that in my Margaret's nature were divine possibilities of many kinds.

When under the shade of the overhanging willow-tree on the river, I had gazed into the depths of her beautiful eyes, I had thenceforth a strict belief in the manifold beauties and excellences of her nature; but this soaring and understanding spirit was, indeed, a revelation.

My pride, like her father's, was outside myself; my joy and rapture were complete and supreme! When we had all got back to earth again in our various ways, Mr.
Trelawny, holding his daughter's hand in his, went on with his discourse: "Now, as to the time at which Queen Tera intended her resurrection to take place! We are in contact with some of the higher astronomical calculations in connection with true orientation.


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