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I regard the League of Service as ridiculous and fantastic, and Gaunt as an impostor. I have taken my side, and I will not allow myself to be made ridiculous by my daughter taking the opposite side. You can find plenty of ways of doing good without joining Gaunt' s fanati- cal movement, if you wish to. Go, and work in any way you will ; do anything you like ; I will not com- plain. But this thing I forbid you to do. " Olivia had risen from her knees now. She stood very straight and pale, her ha...nds clasped before her. Her face and figure, her fair hair gathered in a sim- ple knot, her clear brown eyes, her white dress, con- veyed an indelible impression of virginal strength and purity. "Then, I must disobey you, father. I have obeyed you all my life, but here my obedience must end. " "Olivia, do you understand what you are say- ing?" "I understand. " "Do yon understand that if you join the League of Service you can no longer live in this house? I could not bear that. " "Father, do you mean that?
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