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94ARIADNE.on the stones before her as before a thing made,by wrong and by dishonour, only tenfold moresacred and beloved:and all this was frozen inhim and turned back upon himself,and lay uponhis soullike ice.'She listened,and she understood.AVith one splendid gesture she threw her bailoutof her eyes, and stood erect, once more aliving thing of soul and fire." Iforbid you!"she cried, as she faced him;and her voice lost its weakness, and rang clear"and loud as a bell strikes. Iforbid you!There is nothing to avenge."'' Nothing? What! You forgive?"" There is nothing to forgive.""What! Are you woman, and born ofwoman ? Are you not forsaken like the vilestthing that lives?"The burning colour stained her face red oncemore." There is nothing to forgive;he has lovedme!"Maryx laughed aloud.Men who have truth, and honour, and fidelity
ARIADNE. 95spent their lives like water year after year,unloved and uncared for, going to their gravesunmourned. And such passion as this wasgiven to falsehood and to faithlessness!She took a step towards him; her face wascrimson, her mouth was firm, her hair tossedback showed her eyes gleaming, but resolute,under her lovely, low, broad brows — the browsof the Ariadne."Listen!" she said swiftly. "I have beenmad,Ithink,but nowIam sane.Iremember;you were always good — good and great — andIseemed thankless, thoughIwas not so in myheart. Youused to be my master, and you werefull of patience and pity, andIremember andIamgrateful. Yes. But — listen! Unless you promiseme neverto touch ahair of his head, neverto go near to him savein gentleness,Iwill killyou before you canreach him. Yes;Iam calm,andIsay the thingImean. Life is over forme, butIwill find strength to save him: thegods hear me, and they know."Then she was silent, and her mouth shutclose, as though it were the mouth of a mask
- Page 52: 44 ARIADNE.me, and stayed on in Par
- Page 55 and 56: ARIADNE. 47had been able to hear no
- Page 57 and 58: ARIADNE. 49aside in a little passag
- Page 59 and 60: ARIADNE. 51Myheart stood stUl. Ihad
- Page 61 and 62: ARIADNE. 53" Oh, my dear! Oh, my de
- Page 63 and 64: ARIADNE. 55He breathed quickly, the
- Page 65 and 66: ARIADNE. 57think he was cruel to he
- Page 67 and 68: ARIADNE. 59garden,Isaw a messenger
- Page 69 and 70: ARIADNE. 61'sorrowful,though knowin
- Page 71 and 72: ARIADNE. 63' Hush !it will be finis
- Page 73 and 74: ARIADNE. 65she is always asking;tha
- Page 75 and 76: ARIADNE. 67" Isuppose he never send
- Page 77 and 78: ARIADNE. 69agony,Irepented then hav
- Page 79 and 80: ARIADNE. 71thinking only of her;but
- Page 81 and 82: CHAPTER V— t—Next dayIgot such
- Page 83 and 84: ARIADNE. 75see them even. No doubt
- Page 85 and 86: ARIADNE. 77waters, and here and the
- Page 87 and 88: ARIADNE. 79Iwalked on and led her b
- Page 89 and 90: ARIADNE. 81shores, and on the domes
- Page 91 and 92: ARIADNE. 83motionless.Itouched and
- Page 93 and 94: ARIADNE. 85quiet and deserted; the
- Page 95 and 96: ARIADNE. 87went out and sat clown o
- Page 97 and 98: ARIADNE. 89"Yes,Iam here. Hush! spe
- Page 99 and 100: ARIADNE. 91to me, a Roman, to whom
- Page 101: ARIADNE. 93your avenger. Vengeancei
- Page 105 and 106: ARIADNE. 97him! Do you not know ? W
- Page 107 and 108: ARIADNE. 99some fair pluckt flower
- Page 109 and 110: ARIADNE. 101arise, and the Spada Vi
- Page 111 and 112: ARIADNE. 103racked with pain. No su
- Page 113 and 114: ARIADNE. 105now become equally abso
- Page 115 and 116: ARIADNE. 107and the naked there wer
- Page 117 and 118: ARIADNE. 109saw them. He had been,
- Page 119 and 120: ARIADNE. 111their goodnight's sleep
- Page 121 and 122: ARIADNE. 113her feel she wasliving
- Page 123 and 124: ARIADNE. 115Spring had come,Isay, a
- Page 125 and 126: ARIADNE. 117nightingales, and so pi
- Page 127 and 128: ARIADNE. 119foul patrician jade wru
- Page 129 and 130: ARIADNE. 121aburied village when th
- Page 131 and 132: ARIADNE. 123But for mypromise to he
- Page 133 and 134: ARIADNE. 125parts of Rome; a turn o
- Page 135 and 136: ARIADNE. 127seek to go away. He sto
- Page 137 and 138: ARIADNE. 129speak the truth. Yetit
- Page 139 and 140: ARIADNE. 131seems to me that you ar
- Page 141 and 142: ARIADNE. 133beauty against the gran
- Page 143 and 144: ARIADNE. 135Hilarion laughed ahttle
- Page 145 and 146: ARIADNE. 137that mirroredhim." That
- Page 147 and 148: ARIADNE. 139to be always seeing hea
- Page 149 and 150: ARIADNE. 141He laughed a httle, par
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ARIADNE. 95spent their lives like water year after year,unloved and uncared for, going to their gravesunmourned. And such passion as this wasgiven to falsehood and to faithlessness!She took a step towards him; her face wascrimson, her mouth was firm, her hair tossedback showed her eyes gleaming, but resolute,under her lovely, low, broad brows — the browsof the Ariadne."Listen!" she said swiftly. "I have beenmad,Ithink,but nowIam sane.Iremember;you were always good — good and great — andIseemed thankless, thoughIwas not so in myheart. Youused to be my master, and you werefull of patience and pity, andIremember andIamgrateful. Yes. But — listen! Unless you promiseme neverto touch ahair of his head, neverto go near to him savein gentleness,Iwill killyou before you canreach him. Yes;Iam calm,andIsay the thingImean. Life is over forme, butIwill find strength to save him: thegods hear me, and they know."<strong>The</strong>n she was silent, and her mouth shutclose, as though it were the mouth of a mask
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