Chapter 6
Phaethon driving the carriage to Fiesole; he leads Lucy to George 'as the gods would.'
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The Italian carriage driver and his sweetheart are likened to Phaethon and Persephone; pagan deities recur as emblems of natural passion against Christian repression.
Chapter 20
'The song of Phaethon announced passion requited' — the myth closes the book.
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