“Will he never marry?” I thought,—­but as I put the question to myself I dismissed it almost as a blasphemy.  For Robin Clifford is one of those rarest souls among men who loves but once, and when love is lost finds it not again.  Except,—­perhaps?—­in a purer world than ours, where our “fancies” may prove to have had a surer foundation than our “facts.”

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