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Diana of the Crossways Chapter 8 - In which is Exhibited How a Practical Man and a Divining Woman Learn to Respect One Another
In which a practical gentleman undertakes a moonlit journey across the Sussex Downs to the deserted ancestral home of a woman dear to his heart, guided by a lady whose sympathy and insight illumine his purpose like a steady flame; and in the interplay of earnest endeavour and quiet divination, the night reveals both the solitude of place and the warmth of human allegiance. The frost-bound lanes and humble village inns form a stark yet stirring theatre for the faithful messenger’s quest, where ancient patriotism and modern enterprise mingle amid the twilight shadows, until a sudden meeting at…
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