[Halcyone by Elinor Glyn]@TWC D-Link bookHalcyone CHAPTER VIII 10/12
But I do not know at all about such things, or what it means.
For me there is nothing towards other people; it only is towards yourself. You must be honorable to yourself." And suddenly it seemed to John Derringham as if all the paltry shams of the world fell together like a pack of cards, and as if he saw truth shining naked for the first time at the bottom of the well of the child's pure eyes. An extraordinary wave of emotion came over him, finely strung as he was, and susceptible to all grades of feeling.
He did not speak for a minute; it was as if he had quaffed some elixir.
A flame of noble fire seemed to run in his veins, and his voice was changed and full of homage when at last he addressed her. "Little Goddess of Truth," he said, "I would like to be with you always that you might never let me forget this point of view.
And you believe it would have won for Jason in the end--if he had been true to himself? Tell me--I want greatly to know." "But how could there be any doubt of that ?" she asked surprised.
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