`` 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 gave 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 . '' `` Then you do not relinquish your hopes , and lay down your tools ? '' he asked , with some eagerness . `` Never ! I thought at first that I could not serve two masters , but in trying to be faithful to one I find I am nearer and dearer to the other . My cares and duties are growing lighter every day -LRB- or I have learned to bear them better -RRB- , and when my leisure does come I shall know how to use it , for my head is full of ambitious plans , and I feel that I can do something now . '' All the old enthusiasm shone in her eyes , and a sense of power betrayed itself in voice and gesture as she spoke . `` I believe it , '' he said heartily . `` You have learned the secret , as that proves . '' Psyche looked at the childish image as he pointed to it , and into her face there came a motherly expression that made it very sweet . `` That little sister was so dear to me I could not fail to make her lovely , for I put my heart into my work . The year has gone , but I do n't regret it , though this is all I have done . ''
`` You forget your three wishes ; I XXXXX the year has granted them . ''
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