"And next summer the 'S. W. F. Club' will
continue its good work," Jack said.
Going back, Pauline found herself sitting
in the stern of one of the boats, beside her
father. The club members were singing the
club song. But Pauline's thoughts had
suddenly gone back to that wet May afternoon.
She could see the dreary, rain-swept garden,
hear the beating of the drops on the
window-panes. How long ago and remote it all
seemed; how far from the hopeless discontent,
the vague longings, the real anxiety of that
time, she and Hilary had traveled. She
looked up impulsively. "There's one thing,"
she said, "we've had one summer that I shall
always feel would be worth reliving. And
we're going to have more of them."
"I am glad to hear that," Mr. Shaw said.
Pauline looked about her--the lanterns at
the ends of the boats threw dancing lights out
across the water, no longer quiet; overhead,
the sky was bright with stars. "Everything
is so beautiful," the girl said slowly. "One
seems to feel it more--every day."
"'The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the
Lord hath made even both of them,'" her
father quoted gravely.
Pauline drew a quick breath. "The
hearing ear and the seeing eye"--it was a good
thought to take with them--out into the new
life, among the new scenes. One would need
them everywhere--out in the world, as well as
in Winton. And then, from the boat just
ahead, sounded Patience's clear
treble,--"'There's a Good Time Coming.'"
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