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the mental enigma when the woman herself was to him a
physical riddle? It was extraordinary that the child he had
seen growing up by his side day by day should be a young
woman with little secrets, now to be revealed to him for the
first time. He found that she had a mole on her neck, and
remembered that he had noticed it when she was a child.
Then it was a thing of no moment, now it was a marvellous
discovery. He was in daily wonderment at the treasure he
had obtained. He marvelled at her feminine devices of dress
and adornment. Her dainty garments seemed to him per-
fumed with the odour of sanctity.
The fact was that the patron of Sarah Purfoy had not met
with many virtuous women, and had but just discovered
what a dainty morsel Modesty was.

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