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PART EIGHT

The Wedding

The wedding took place three weeks later. The Dean of Chichester read the service. Everyone agreed that Lord Arthur and Sybil were not only a beautiful couple but a happy one, too. Lord Arthur had no regrets and Sybil was a perfect partner. They loved each other greatly. Reality did not kill romance and so they always felt young.

Some years later Lady Windermere visited them. They now had two beautiful children, a boy and a girl. In the garden, Lady Windermere and Sybil were talking. ‘Do you remember Mr Podgers?’ Lady Windermere asked. ‘What a horrible man he was!

He wanted to borrow money from me. He was an impostor, too. I never believed in chiromancy after him.’

‘Never criticise chiromancy here, Lady Windermere,’ Sybil replied. ‘Arthur believes in it totally.’

‘I don’t believe it!’ said Lady Windermere.

‘Here he is now. You can ask him.’ Sybil smiled at her husband. ‘Lord Arthur, tell me why you believe in chiromancy,’ demanded Lady Windermere.

‘Because it gave me all the happiness of my life,’ said Lord Arthur. ‘It gave me Sybil,’ he added.

‘What nonsense!’ cried Lady Windermere. ‘I’ve never heard such nonsense in all my life.’