God's Good Man by Marie Corelli (best young adult book series .txt) đ
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âFor,â said she, âwhen Miss Maryllia first come âome she âadnât an idee oâ goinâ to hear Passon Walden, anâ sez I âdo-ee go anâ hear âim,â anâ she sezââNo, Spruce, I cannot, I donât believe in itââ anâ I sez to myself, ânever mind, the Lord âe knows âis own, which He do, but âard as are His ways I never did think Heâd aâ brought her to be Passonâs wife,âthat do beat me, though itâs just what it should be, anâ if the Lord donât know what should be why then no one donât, anâ that âminds me oâ when I sent for Passon to see me unpack Miss Marylliaâs boxes, he was that careful he made me pick up a pair oâ pink shoes what âad fell on the floorââTake care oâ them,â he sezâLor!ânow I come to think of it, he was mortal struck over them pink shoes!â
And Bainton commenting on general events observed:â
âWell, I did say once that if Passon were married heâd be a fine man spoilt, but Iâve altered my mind now! I think heâs a fine man full growed at last, like a plant whatâs stopped a bit anâ suddenly takes a start anâ begins to flower. Anâ so far as my own line goes, if Missis Walden, bless âer, comes round me talkinâ about the rectory garden, which is to be kepâ up just the same as ever, anâ fusses like over the lilac bush what he broke a piece off of for her, well!âI DID say Iâd never âave a petticut round MY workâbut a pretty petticutâs worth looking at, it is reely now!â
So the harmless chatter among the village folks went on, and the feasting, dancing and singing lasted long. Chief of important personages among all that gathered under the old beech-trees was Josey Letherbarrow,âvery feeble,âvery dim of eye, but stout of heart and firm of opinion as ever. Beside him sat Bishop Brent,â with Walden himself and his bride,âfor from his venerable hands Maryllia had sought the first blessing on her marriage as soon as the wedding ceremony had ended.
âEverythingâs all right if weâll only believe it!â he said now, looking with a wistful tenderness from one to the otherââLifeâs all rightâdeathâs all right! Iâm sartin sure Iâll find everything just as Iâve hoped anâ prayed forât when I gets to thâ other side oâ this world, for Iâve âad my âartâs best wish given to me when all âope seemed overâanâ that was to see Squireâs gel âappy! Anâ she IS âappy!âlook at âer, as fresh as a little rose all smilinâ anâ ready to bloom on âer husbandâs lovinâ âart! Ah! Thâ owld Squire would aâ been proud to see âem this bright day! And as for the Lord Aâmighty He knows what Heâs about I tell ye!â and Josey nodded his head with great sagacityââSome folks think He donâtâbut He do!â
The Bishop smiled.
âVerily I have not found so great a faithâno, not in Israel!ââhe murmured, as presently he rose and strolled away by himself for a while to muse and meditate. Towards sunset Walden, going in search of him found him in the rose garden, looking at the profuse red clusters of bloom in the old French damask border.
âHow they smile openly to the sun!â he said, pointing to them, as John approachedââLike love!âor faith!â
John was silent a moment. Then he said suddenlyâ
âAre you going over to Rome, Harry?â
âNo!â And Brentâs eyes looked full into those of his friend, straightly and steadfastly. âNot now. I will do the work appointed for me to the end!â
âThank God!â said Walden, simply. And their hands met in a close grasp, thereby sealing a wordless compact, never to be broken.
The sun sank and the moon began to rise. Song and dance gradually ceased, and the happy villagers began to disperse, and wend their ways homeward. Love was in the airâlove breathed in the perfume of the flowersâlove tuned the throats of the passionate nightingales that warbled out their mating songs in every hazel copse and from ever acacia bough in the Manor woods, and love seemed, as the poet says, to âsit astride oâ the moonâ as its silver orb peered over the gables of the Manor itself and poured a white shower of glory on the sweet face and delicate form of Maryllia, as she stood in the old Tudor courtyard, now a veritable wilderness of flowers, with her husbandâs arm round her, listening to the faint far-off singing of the villagers returning to their homes through the scented green lanes.
âEveryone has been happy to-day!â she said, looking up with a smile- -âAll the world around us seems to thank God!â
âAll the world would thank Him if it could but find what we have found!â answered John, drawing her close to his heartââAll it wants, all it needs, both for itself and others, for this world and the next, is simplyâLove!â
THE END
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