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204ARIADNE.them to him alone, this living woman he couldnotforget,and he said againand againto himself," AVho else could love melike that ? "There aremen whom the entire consciousnessof theperfect possession of a woman's life makesindifferent:there is no need to guard what wdlnot stray: such men need the spur of uncertainty,the stimulant of rivalry; this is whyinnocent women fail and vile women succeed.Hilarion was one of these men; the absoluteconsecration of her, body and soul, to himselfdid not cement butonly loosened the bonds thatbound him."She will always be there," he had said tohimself. So he had left her and had strayed tothose of whom he was not so sure.Thefaint unformed jealousy which nowrose inhim of Maryx drew his thoughtsback toher asnosense of her Uving and dying for his sake couldeverhave done. Hecould nottell thatMaryxnevereven saw her face. He could not know that shehad refused to seeher master, and that Maryx ofhis ownwill shrank from any approach to her.He heard that Maryx had placed her talent
ARIADNE. 205before the world, and heard all men speak thename of her teacher hi company with hers; avague irritation, which wasnot worthy of abettername, stirredinhim;he knew they werebothinRome.It was his perception of the love of Maryx forher which had first made him subjugate her tohis own passion. The affinity of Maryx to h6rin this,their common, art stirredinhim arestlessannoyance which only was not jealousy,becausehe knew her too well and because he loved hertoo little.He knew that she to himself would be for everfaithful;but though he knew this, he did notlike to think that any other lived who couldrender her that loyalty, that tenderness, thatservice in which his own passion had been lacking.He knew well that she would live and diealone;but he did not care to think that agreaterthan himself could caU toher consolation inhersolitude the gifts and the arms of Athene.He knew himself to be very base in this;butwhen the world speaking of her said, " she wasthe pupU of Maryx," he felt a contemptuous
- Page 161 and 162: ARIADNE. 153She stayed aU the summe
- Page 163 and 164: ARIADNE. 155of tlie Nonii, to the s
- Page 165 and 166: ARIADNE. 157Then hot tears filled h
- Page 167 and 168: ARIADNE. 159A Divine City indeed, h
- Page 169 and 170: ARIADNE. 161open air of the gardens
- Page 171 and 172: CHAPTER XThat verynightImade a scul
- Page 173 and 174: ARIADNE. 165silent andlookinginto v
- 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
- Page 189 and 190: ARIADNE. 181and the apes away. IfIc
- Page 191 and 192: ARIADNE. 183would change places wit
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- Page 197 and 198: ARIADNE. 189you ? Imean simply and
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- Page 201 and 202: ARIADNE. 193the ways of the world a
- 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: ARIADNE. 203pure a breath of heaven
- 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 223 and 224: ARIADNE. 215reason, when the clay i
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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
- Page 241 and 242: ARIADNE. 233and white, and the nigh
- Page 243 and 244: ARIADNE. 235fathers' arms were sile
- Page 245 and 246: ARIADNE. 237" So best," he had answ
- Page 247 and 248: ARIADNE. 239bended whyin the eyes o
- Page 249 and 250: ARIADNE. 241" CouldI but suffer for
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- Page 253 and 254: ARIADNE. 245when she had cried out
- Page 255 and 256: ARIADNE. 247striven;but evil had be
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204ARIADNE.them to him alone, this living woman he couldnotforget,and he said againand againto himself," AVho else could love melike that ? "<strong>The</strong>re aremen whom the entire consciousnessof theperfect possession of a woman's life makesindifferent:there is no need to guard what wdlnot stray: such men need the spur of uncertainty,the stimulant of rivalry; this is whyinnocent women fail and vile women succeed.Hilarion was one of these men; the absoluteconsecration of her, body and soul, to himselfdid not cement butonly loosened the bonds thatbound him."She will always be there," he had said tohimself. So he had left her and had strayed tothose of whom he was not so sure.<strong>The</strong>faint unformed jealousy which nowrose inhim of Maryx drew his thoughtsback toher asnosense of her Uving and dying for his sake couldeverhave done. Hecould nottell thatMaryxnevereven saw her face. He could not know that shehad refused to seeher master, and that Maryx ofhis ownwill shrank from any approach to her.He heard that Maryx had placed her talent
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