England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Love stories; Right of way -- Fiction
"I hope to have no need to travel far on the Feast of St. John!" cried
Lynborough.
They went out on the lawn. Nothing was asked, and nothing told, that
day. In truth there appeared to be no need. For it seems as though Love
were not always invisible, nor the twang of his bow so faint as to elude
the ear. With joyous blood his glad wounds are red, and who will may
tell the sufferers. Sympathy too lends insight; your fellow-sufferer
knows your plight first. There were fellow-sufferers on the lawn that
day--to whom, as to all good lovers, here's Godspeed.
She went with him in the afternoon through the gardens, over the sunk
fence, across the meadows, till they came to the path. On it they
walked together.
"So is your right recognized, my lord," she said.
"We will walk together on Helena's Path," he answered, "until it leads
us--still together--to the Boundless Sea."
THE END
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
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Minor typographical errors and inconsistencies have been silently
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