rd looked relieved. "Naturally. He won't tell her that we
know, will he?"

"I think Father Bright's discretion can be relied upon."

* * * * *

In the dimness of the confessional, Alice, Countess D'Evreux knelt and
listened to the voice of Father Bright.

"I shall not give you any penance, my child, for you have committed no
sin--that is, in so far as the death of your brother is concerned. For
the rest of your sins, you must read and memorize the third chapter of
'The Soul and The World,' by St. James Huntington."

He started to pronounce the absolution, but the Countess said:

"I don't understand one thing. That picture. That wasn't me. I never
saw such a gorgeously beautiful girl in my life. And I'm so plain. I
don't understand."

"Had you looked more closely, my child, you would have seen that the
face did look like yours--only it was idealized. When a subjective
reality is made objective, distortions invariably show up; that is why
such things cannot be accepted as evidence of objective reality in
court." He paused. "To put it another way, my child: Beauty is in the
eye of the beholder."

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