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ALL AV A GARDEN FAIR. 119<br />

CHAPTER VI.<br />

THE TYRANNY OF THE THOUGHT.<br />

M. Phi LI PON, <strong>the</strong>refore, as soon as he recovered<br />

consciousness, submitted to <strong>the</strong> dom<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Thought. It was, <strong>in</strong> fact, <strong>the</strong> wisest th<strong>in</strong>g<br />

he could do, and he was rewarded presently by<br />

fiill<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to an ecstasy or rapture which carried<br />

him out <strong>of</strong> himself for <strong>the</strong> space <strong>of</strong> ten days.<br />

This is a th<strong>in</strong>g which happens to none but tlie<br />

most exalted souls. Dur<strong>in</strong>g this period he con-<br />

versed not at all with any one. It was <strong>the</strong> last<br />

fortnight <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> summer vacation wlien this<br />

strange th<strong>in</strong>g befell him.<br />

Claire first observed <strong>the</strong> strangeness <strong>of</strong> it at<br />

d<strong>in</strong>ner. Her fa<strong>the</strong>r took <strong>the</strong> meal without a<br />

word, answer<strong>in</strong>g when he WiW addressed, but<br />

advanc<strong>in</strong>g no remark or proposition <strong>of</strong> any

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