[The Man and the Moment by Elinor Glyn]@TWC D-Link bookThe Man and the Moment CHAPTER XII 2/7
Perhaps she would tell him about it on the morrow, when he met her as was his custom on days that were not saints' days interfered with by mass. "I shall be at the gate at nine o'clock, _ma fille_," he said, when he wished her good-day.
"With your permission, we must decide about the clematis trellis for the north wall without delay." Henry accompanied the old man on his walk back to the village--and they conversed in cultivated and stilted French of philosophy and of Breton fisher-folk, and of the strange, melancholy type they seemed to have. "They look ever out to sea," the priest said; "they are watching the deep waters and are conscious forever of their own and loved ones' dangers--they are _de braves gens_." "It seems so wonderful that anything so young and full of life as Mrs. Howard should have been drawn to live in such an isolated place, does it not, _mon pere_ ?" Henry asked.
"It seems incongruous." "When she came first she was very sad.
She had cause for much sorrow, the dear child--and the sea was her mate; together she and I, with the sea, have studied many things.
She deserves happiness, Monsieur, her soul is as pure and as generous as an angel's--if Monsieur knew what she does for my poor people and for all who come under her care!" "It will be the endeavor of my life to make her happy, Father," and Lord Fordyce's voice was full of feeling. "Happiness can only be secured in two ways, my son.
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