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98ARIADNE.She crouched clown by the side of the hearthand sighedheavily." I cannot helpit — let mebe."Then suddenly she looked up at me with wideopendespairing eyes." He was wearyof me. It was my fault: nothis.Idid not know — — Idid not know. Hislove was my glory how couldItell ? WhenIwent to that cruel city thenIlearned, — Iwasonly a mere frail foolish thing in his sight,as the others were — only that;but how couldItell?"And then once more her head sank down, andshe wept bitterly."Yet you think those who love you have noright to avenge you?"Icried to her.She stretched her arms out to the vacantair." There is novengeance that would not beggarme more.Whilst he lives,Iwill find strengthto live. What vengeance doIwant? He hasloved me — the gods are good! "Then she swooned, and lost consciousness,and lay there,by the low fire of the hearth, like
ARIADNE. 99some fair pluckt flower cast down upon thestones.What could one do? Any vengeance woulclonly beggar her the more.Isat awake all the long cold night.H 2
- 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
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- 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 and 102: ARIADNE. 93your avenger. Vengeancei
- Page 103 and 104: ARIADNE. 95spent their lives like w
- Page 105: ARIADNE. 97him! Do you not know ? W
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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98ARIADNE.She crouched clown by the side of the hearthand sighedheavily." I cannot helpit — let mebe."<strong>The</strong>n suddenly she looked up at me with wideopendespairing eyes." He was wearyof me. It was my fault: nothis.Idid not know — — Idid not know. Hislove was my glory how couldItell ? WhenIwent to that cruel city thenIlearned, — Iwasonly a mere frail foolish thing in his sight,as the others were — only that;but how couldItell?"And then once more her head sank down, andshe wept bitterly."Yet you think those who love you have noright to avenge you?"Icried to her.She stretched her arms out to the vacantair." <strong>The</strong>re is novengeance that would not beggarme more.Whilst he lives,Iwill find strengthto live. What vengeance doIwant? He hasloved me — the gods are good! "<strong>The</strong>n she swooned, and lost consciousness,and lay there,by the low fire of the hearth, like
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