She hoped she was being made to pay for it, suffer for it
in some way!
And then, all at once, came the realisation that if she had remained
faithful, Eliot would probably have been married years ago ... she herself
would never have met him.... A burning flush mounted to her very temples,
and she hid her face in her hands, trying to shut out the swift, unbidden
thought which had wakened within her a strange tumult of emotion. When at
last she uncovered her face, her eyes held the wondering, startled look of
a young fawn.
She was very young and whole-hearted, utterly innocent of that great
miracle which transforms the world, as yet unrecognising of the voice of
love--the Voice which, once heard, can never again be muted and forgotten.
And now something stirred within her--something new and disturbing and a
little frightening.
It was as though she had heard some distant call which she but half
understood and, only partly understanding, feared.
CHAPTER XVI
DREAM-FLOWERS
The news of Mrs. Hilyard's visit to the Cottage soon spread abroad, and the
following day, when she was allowed downstairs for the first time, Ann held
quite a small reception.
Lady Susan, escorted by Forrester and the ubiquitous Tribes of Israel, was
the first to arrive.
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