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Ye are not bound! The soul of things is sweet, / The Heart of being is celestial rest, / Stronger than woe is will: that which was good / Doth pass to better -- best. / -- EDWIN ARNOLD.
The shadows of that same exquisite evening fell very softly across the walled-in pleasance at Nicolashof. Dinner was over, and the Governor sat upon the terrace with his cigarette, and Vronsky as his companion. From within the drawing-room, which was but faintly lighted, came the sound of Nadia's singing. Miss Forester played, and the two men -- Denzil Vanston within, and Vronsky without -- listened spellbound to the magic of that mysteriously appealing voice.