`` Good gracious me , my dear , there 's such a mess in the kitchen ! Katy 's burnt up the pudding , put castor-oil instead of olive in the salad , smashed the best meat-dish , and here 's Mr. Gage come to dinner , '' cried Mrs. Dean in accents of despair as she tied up her head in a fourth shawl . `` Oh , I 'm so glad ; I 'll go in and see him a few minutes , and then I 'll come and attend to everything ; so do n't worry , mother . '' `` How did you find me out ? '' asked Psyche as she shook hands with her guest and stood looking up at him with all the old confiding frankness in her face and manner . `` The violets showed me the way . '' She glanced at the posy in his button-hole and smiled . `` Yes , I gave them to Adam , but I did n't think you would guess . I enjoyed your work for an hour to-day , and I have no words strong enough to express my admiration . '' `` There is no need of any . Tell me about yourself : what have you been doing all this year ? '' he asked , watching with genuine satisfaction the serene and sunny face before him , for discontent , anxiety , and sadness were no longer visible there . `` I 've been working and waiting , '' she began . `` And succeeding , if I may believe what I see and hear and read , '' he said , with an expressive little wave of the book as he laid it down before her . `` My diary ! I did n't know I had lost it . Where did you find it ? '' `` By the brook where I stopped to rest . The moment I saw your name I shut it up . Forgive me , but I ca n't ask pardon for reading a few pages of that little gospel of patience , love , and self-denial . ''
She XXXXX him a reproachful look , and hurried the telltale book out of sight as she said , with a momentary shadow on her face , -- `` It has been a hard task ; but I think I have learned it , and am just beginning to find that my dream is ' a noonday light and truth , ' to me . ''
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