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CHAPTER XIV. A BANQUET ON OLYMPUS
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On this occasion Athlyne did not continue to sit out on the lawn. Now that he wished to overtake Joy unawares he was as careful to hide his presence from her as he had previously1 hidden it from her father. He had hardly ensconced himself in his usual cover when Joy came out on the steps. Her maid was with her and together they stood on the steps speaking. As she turned to come down the steps Joy said:
“Perhaps I had better arrange to come back after a short walk; there might be some telegram from father to be attended to. If there is not, I can then go for a real, long walk.” She did not say more but moved briskly down the roadway without ever turning her head. Athlyne slipped through the gate of the garden, following at such distance that he could easily keep out of view in case she should turn. When she had cleared the straggling houses which made the outskirts2 of the little town she walked slowly, and then more slowly still. Finally she sat on a low wall by the roadside with her back partially3 turned to Ambleside and looked long at the beautiful view before her where, between the patches of trees which here shut out the houses altogether and heightened the air of privacy of the bye road, the mountain slopes rose before her.
This was the opportunity for which Athlyne was waiting. He had hardly dared to hope that it would be in a spot so well adapted to his wishes. Dear simple soul! he never imagined that it had been already chosen—marked down by a keener intellect than his own, and that intellect a woman’s!
Joy knew that he was coming; that he was drawing closer; that he was at hand. It was not needed that she had now and again thrown a half glance behind her at favourable4 moments as she went. There was at work a subtler sense than any dealing5 with mere6 optics; a sense that can float on ether waves as surely as can any other potent7 force.
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outskirts
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dealing
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regain
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pinnacle
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complacent
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obedience
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repulse
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mechanism
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machinery
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organisation
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bosom
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marrow
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lashes
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bower
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touching
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prosaic
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veins
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pointed
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gracefully
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chagrin
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rendezvous
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chauffeur
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noted
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luncheon
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leisurely
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scarlet
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demureness
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lithe
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exacting
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wrought
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acquiescence
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prettily
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adornment
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retrieve
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sentimental
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dressing
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languorous
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ecstasy
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eloquent
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pouted
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ardent
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caresses
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conspicuous
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delightful
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delicacy
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