chapter one ~ 1869-3

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Maisie had not been able to travel while she was tending to her sick husband, but at least she could have read books and Lord Selwyn knew well that the library at Brambury Hall was very extensive. ‘I will take her to the places that she has only read about,’ he told himself. ‘I will take her to Notre Dame in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome, the Parthenon in Athens and the Pyramids in Egypt.’ He was sure, although he had never discussed it with her, that she would appreciate them as much as he did. Perhaps she would find in all the places she visited, as he had, a deeper meaning of life that was really spiritual. It was something that the average tourist would miss entirely. Lord Selwyn prided himself that, like the Chinese, he was able to look at the World Behind the World. ‘I will see

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