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128 ARIADNE." No! since He never kept her from you —No!"" Who shall keep the womanfrom the man ? ""said he, with a sortof scorn. Nature will not;andit is Nature alone that is strong."" Iblame not your love;Iam no puritan;whatIcurse in you is your bitter coldness ofsoul, your deception, your faithlessness, yourcruelty, your abandonment;how could you leaveher, once havingloved her — how ? "" I neverloved her,"he said, wearily. " Whatsaid Anakreon hi your dream ? Instead of Erositis Philotes. It is abitter truth."Igroaned aloud.The clay that she had spent her force on inher delirium inParis, was morereal,moreworthyworship,than this phantom of passion, whichhadled her on to perish!" I am ashamed — Iregret! " he mutteredhurriedly, with a true contrition for the moment"inhis voice. Why didyou ask me to leave heralone? And then one saw that Maryx loved her:that was a temptation the more. DoIseembase to you? Men always do whenever they
ARIADNE. 129speak the truth. Yetit was not onlybaseness —no. Such purity with such passion as hersInever knew. She never understoodIdid herwrong; she only loved me. She was so calm,too, so like the old statues and the old fancies ofthe immortals, with eyes that never seemedhkely to weep or snide or look anywhere exceptstraight to then- home in heaven. Inever had"seen a womanlike that" Therefore youwere not contentuntilyouhadmade her like to others! "" She neverbecame so— never," he saidquickly." Imay have ruined her as you and the worldcall nun; but, asIlive here,IswearIleft hersoul unsullied. Coarse words wouldhave canceredone's tongue, spoken to her! One nightItookher to the operain Paris — only one. It seemedlike dragging Athene through a bagnio; a mereman's look at her seemedinsult."" You could feel that! And yet"" Aye, and yetIforsook her, you would say.Because of that; can you not understand ? Shewas a constant shame to me! If you hadpoured oui poison to a creature trusting you,VOL. III.K
- 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
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- Page 107 and 108: ARIADNE. 99some fair pluckt flower
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- Page 113 and 114: ARIADNE. 105now become equally abso
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- Page 117 and 118: ARIADNE. 109saw them. He had been,
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- 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 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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- Page 153 and 154: ARIADNE. 145other gain from her a m
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- Page 157 and 158: ARIADNE. 149sometimes, and knew tho
- Page 159 and 160: ARIADNE. 151her; she was vaguely op
- Page 161 and 162: ARIADNE. 153She stayed aU the summe
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- Page 165 and 166: ARIADNE. 157Then hot tears filled h
- Page 167 and 168: ARIADNE. 159A Divine City indeed, h
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128 ARIADNE." No! since He never kept her from you —No!"" Who shall keep the womanfrom the man ? ""said he, with a sortof scorn. Nature will not;andit is Nature alone that is strong."" Iblame not your love;Iam no puritan;whatIcurse in you is your bitter coldness ofsoul, your deception, your faithlessness, yourcruelty, your abandonment;how could you leaveher, once havingloved her — how ? "" I neverloved her,"he said, wearily. " Whatsaid Anakreon hi your dream ? Instead of Erositis Philotes. It is abitter truth."Igroaned aloud.<strong>The</strong> clay that she had spent her force on inher delirium inParis, was morereal,moreworthyworship,than this phantom of passion, whichhadled her on to perish!" I am ashamed — Iregret! " he mutteredhurriedly, with a true contrition for the moment"inhis voice. Why didyou ask me to leave heralone? And then one saw that Maryx loved her:that was a temptation the more. DoIseembase to you? Men always do whenever they
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