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192 ARIADNE.of hisinParis (he called them friends) wrote tome and sent me their jewels when he was away.It is not thatIcare what the whole worldthinks me, but to be lowered in his sight, toseem to him only a fraU foolish thing hke the"restA great heavy sob heaved her heart; sheliftedher face to mine,it was burning now, with anindignant painin heruplifted eyes." Look ! AVhat doesit mean ? — who is to teUthe ways of the world ? That vile womanwhomhe hved with here in Rome, she is faithless andcruel and false, and betrayed him as well as herhusband,and yet he goes back to her and theworld sees no shame inher, though she wears hisjewels about her neck, and dishonours her chUdren.AndI, who sleeping and waking, neverthink,but of him; who have never athought hemight not know; who am his alone, his always,in life and in eternity, if eternity there be,Iam shameful, you say, and he has ceased to loveme becauseIloved him — too well: who canunderstand ? Icannot."Iknew not what to say to her:the laws and
ARIADNE. 193the ways of the world are sadly full of injusticeand cast hi stiff lines that fit hi but ill with thechangeful and wayward needs of human life:Iknew not what to say.She lapsedinto sdence ;it wasnatural to herto endure;it was very seldom that any reproachescaped her either of fate or of him. Herbrain perplexed itself wearily over the problemof where her fault had lain by which she hadlost him; she was too loyal to see that the faultwas hihhnseU." " ShaU it go then to Paris ? Isaid, to leadher thoughts back to her labours.She gave a sign of assent." Mayit be sold?"" Ah no— never!"" Itis to come back to you, then ? "" Unless he wish forit."" AVould you giveithim ? "" Ihave given him my life!"" ShallIput your name on it, or will youcarveit there?""No. Let it go as the work of a pupU ofMaryx. That is true."oVOL. in.
- Page 149 and 150: ARIADNE. 141He laughed a httle, par
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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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- Page 175 and 176: ARIADNE. 167never touched Maryx onc
- Page 177 and 178: ARIADNE. 169coidd not end the phras
- Page 179 and 180: ARIADNE. 171" Iwoulcl notpromise,"
- Page 181 and 182: ARIADNE. 173that are vile canbe fai
- Page 183 and 184: CHAPTER XLThe months went on, and s
- Page 185 and 186: ARIADNE. 177Hilarion: the man made
- Page 187 and 188: ARIADNE. 179" Is that aU that you k
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- Page 191 and 192: ARIADNE. 183would change places wit
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- Page 197 and 198: ARIADNE. 189you ? Imean simply and
- Page 199: ARIADNE. 191AlmostIlonged to teU he
- Page 203 and 204: ARIADNE. 195" Take my life away wit
- Page 205 and 206: ARIADNE. 197talked of; it took a ti
- Page 207 and 208: ARIADNE. 199pale Carrara marble, an
- Page 209 and 210: ARIADNE. 201bit his tired senses in
- Page 211 and 212: ARIADNE. 203pure a breath of heaven
- Page 213 and 214: ARIADNE. 205before the world, and h
- Page 215 and 216: ARIADNE. 207— for her sake. He kn
- Page 217 and 218: ARIADNE. 209" Do they indeed caU he
- Page 219 and 220: CHAPTER XIAIt was the night of the
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- Page 227 and 228: ARIADNE. 219" Oh my God ! "Maryx gr
- Page 229 and 230: ARIADNE. 221canIsay to move you? If
- Page 231 and 232: CHAPTER XVTo a blow there is but on
- Page 233 and 234: CHAPTER XVI.And the old mother was
- Page 235 and 236: ARIADNE. 227him gone out into nothi
- Page 237 and 238: ARIADNE. 229"Look you," she said to
- Page 239 and 240: ARIADNE. 231The people came there a
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- Page 243 and 244: ARIADNE. 235fathers' arms were sile
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192 ARIADNE.of hisinParis (he called them friends) wrote tome and sent me their jewels when he was away.It is not thatIcare what the whole worldthinks me, but to be lowered in his sight, toseem to him only a fraU foolish thing hke the"restA great heavy sob heaved her heart; sheliftedher face to mine,it was burning now, with anindignant painin heruplifted eyes." Look ! AVhat doesit mean ? — who is to teUthe ways of the world ? That vile womanwhomhe hved with here in Rome, she is faithless andcruel and false, and betrayed him as well as herhusband,and yet he goes back to her and theworld sees no shame inher, though she wears hisjewels about her neck, and dishonours her chUdren.AndI, who sleeping and waking, neverthink,but of him; who have never athought hemight not know; who am his alone, his always,in life and in eternity, if eternity there be,Iam shameful, you say, and he has ceased to loveme becauseIloved him — too well: who canunderstand ? Icannot."Iknew not what to say to her:the laws and
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