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214 ARIADNE." "Iloved her: yes," he resumed; Ishouldhave givenher peace, honour,my name, such asit is, allthat — one can give: that is whyIhavesome right to speak to you. Bear with me.Iwoulcl have killed you as her father, were heliving, woulcl have done; let me speak toyou as her father could not do.Iamnomoralist.Iwill read you no homily. Iwant but to tellyou the truth asIknow it. She loves you withso great alove thatIthink the earth never heldone like it. Honest men, and lovers that arefaithful, break their hearts — in vain for suchpassion as that; and you! nay, bear with me.You must know very well that what you did wasthe act of a coward — since she was defenceless,and had no godbut you."Hilarion's serene eyeslit with sudden fire, buthe looked down, and he remained mute." There is no one to tell you all that she hassuffered, nor how absolutely she forgives," saidMaryx." That is why Ihave come to tell you.It is just to her that you should know."Then he told to Hilarion all that he knewhimself: from the time that she had lost her
ARIADNE. 215reason, when the clay image had crumbled downunder the blows of Amphion, to the moment,three nights before, when she had said to himhimself, ere she would touch his hand, "You willnot hurt him ? "It would have cost him less to have cut hisheart-out of his bosom than itcost him to tell thestory of that changeless passion;but he told itwithout flinching, abating no tittle of its truth.HUarion heard him inunbroken silence,leaningagainst the oaken shelf of his hearth, withhis head bent down and his eyelids drooped.His face grew paler when he heard of her physicalsufferings and needs, sinceit was these thathe was touched by most keenly. AVith all thewide and varied comprehensionof hisintelligence,there was acertain shaUowness of feelinghi himwhich made the deepest woesof the human heartseldomintelligible tohim." AVhy didthe oldmantellmenothingof this ? "he muttered, when he had heard to the end." He would not teU you lest you should go toher;Itell you that you may go."Hilarion was silent still He couldill measure
- Page 171 and 172: CHAPTER XThat verynightImade a scul
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- Page 175 and 176: ARIADNE. 167never touched Maryx onc
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- 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 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
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- Page 213 and 214: ARIADNE. 205before the world, and h
- Page 215 and 216: ARIADNE. 207— for her sake. He kn
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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
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- 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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- Page 253 and 254: ARIADNE. 245when she had cried out
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- Page 259 and 260: ARIADNE. 251■over the marble floo
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ARIADNE. 215reason, when the clay image had crumbled downunder the blows of Amphion, to the moment,three nights before, when she had said to himhimself, ere she would touch his hand, "You willnot hurt him ? "It would have cost him less to have cut hisheart-out of his bosom than itcost him to tell thestory of that changeless passion;but he told itwithout flinching, abating no tittle of its truth.HUarion heard him inunbroken silence,leaningagainst the oaken shelf of his hearth, withhis head bent down and his eyelids drooped.His face grew paler when he heard of her physicalsufferings and needs, sinceit was these thathe was touched by most keenly. AVith all thewide and varied comprehensionof hisintelligence,there was acertain shaUowness of feelinghi himwhich made the deepest woesof the human heartseldomintelligible tohim." AVhy didthe oldmantellmenothingof this ? "he muttered, when he had heard to the end." He would not teU you lest you should go toher;Itell you that you may go."Hilarion was silent still He couldill measure
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