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He had taken up the purely secular work of the club while his inmost soul cried out : `` This is not what you vowed ; this is not the way to which you consecrated all your life . '' It was for her sake he had turned aside , and now that she announced the way of return , they came together as they never had ; now was she truly his in spirit as in law . It was long before they spoke , and their words now were of other things . The noon train was sounding at the bend ; from the ledge below them Blazing Star sent up a querulous whinny . Jim was calm again and Belle was gently smiling , though her eyes still brimmed . `` We shall be late for the noon meal , '' he said , rising . For a moment they stood before the Spirit Rock , and he said in words of the old , old Book : `` He carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain . ''