. The light of the star; a novel. on. Leave business till to-morrow. Come,let us go to mother; she is anxious to see you—and you are to breakfast with us in the goodold spirit. It was sweet to sit with them again on theold footing—to be released from his load ofguilty responsibility. To face the shiningtable, the dear old mother — and Helen!Something indefinably domestic and tendercame from her hesitating speech and shonein her liquid, beaming eyes. 231 THE LIGHT OF THE STAR The room swam in vivid sunshine, andseemed thus to typify the toilers escape frompoverty and defeat. Dont expect me to t
. The light of the star; a novel. on. Leave business till to-morrow. Come,let us go to mother; she is anxious to see you—and you are to breakfast with us in the goodold spirit. It was sweet to sit with them again on theold footing—to be released from his load ofguilty responsibility. To face the shiningtable, the dear old mother — and Helen!Something indefinably domestic and tendercame from her hesitating speech and shonein her liquid, beaming eyes. 231 THE LIGHT OF THE STAR The room swam in vivid sunshine, andseemed thus to typify the toilers escape frompoverty and defeat. Dont expect me to talk, he said, slowly,strangely. Im too dazed, too happy tothink clearly. I cant believe it. I havelived two months in a horrible nightmare; butnow that the business men, the practical ones,say you are to be saved by me, I must believeit. I would be perfectly happy if only I hadwon the success on my own lines without com-promise. Put that aside, she commanded, fuller success will come. We have thatto work
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