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The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance

Chapter 10 THE HOUR FOR WHICH THE YEARS DID SIGH

Word Count: 956    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

of my mind to Sylvia that evening. No doubt the reader may be a little astonished to hea

nd, whose face Sylvia had not even momentarily banished from my dreams, and whom, with an unaccountable certitude, I still believed to be the woman God had destined for me;

k up along the river-side; and when we were quiet in the moonlight, dappling the lovers' path

,-"Sylvia, I have sought you through the world and found you at last; and

as an irregularity in the road threw he

that I want you

nd I like you very much, and I think you're rather fond of me; but-well, the truth is, I wa

re is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, where in fact nobody minds whether you're ma

less for my being without; and why should one put a yoke round one's neck when nobody expects it? A wedding-ring is like a top-hat,-you only

d just been set the seal of so unmistakable a kiss; but the vision in my heart seemed to smile at me in high and happy triumph. To hav

an go on being chums

e first verse of that famou

, dance for you, and-perhaps-flirt with you; bu

enly broadened into a little circular glade into which the moonlight poured in a silver flood. In the centre of

an impulsive kiss, and springing on to th

e the nightingale and th

moon," said she, "

is a handful of glow-wo

ise of chiffons, Sylvia swayed for a moment with her face full in the

mbs on the haunted banks of the Rhine; it was thus the fairy women flashed their alabaster feet on the fa

g," I said, "that John t

in my arms. "I always want some one to kiss whe

've done anything that seems wonderful,

isn't it, dear?" said Sylvia, her face

which I extemporised for Sylvia on our way home to Yellowsand

ncing 'neat

star in

dancing

k have ta

light her

fairy t

Sylvia i

who is

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The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance
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1 Chapter 1 IN WHICH I RETURN TO MY RIGHT AGE AND2 Chapter 2 IN WHICH I HEAL A BICYCLE AND COME TO THE WHEEL OF PLEASURE3 Chapter 3 TWO TOWN MICE AT A COUNTRY INN.4 Chapter 4 MARRIAGE A LA MODE5 Chapter 5 THE MOORLAND OF THE APOCALYPSE6 Chapter 6 COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS! 7 Chapter 7 THE TWELVE GOLDEN-HAIRED BAR-MAIDS.8 Chapter 8 SYLVIA JOY9 Chapter 9 IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS10 Chapter 10 THE HOUR FOR WHICH THE YEARS DID SIGH 11 Chapter 11 AT THE CAFE DE LA PAIX12 Chapter 12 THE INNOCENCE OF PARIS13 Chapter 13 GRACE O' GOD14 Chapter 14 THE GOLDEN GIRL