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60ARIADNE.baldnarrative,which he told insimple, unlearnedfashion." Of courseIsearched for her everywhere,butit was long beforeIfound her. The manat thegate seemed mieasy, for fear of the displeasureof Hilarion;but he said, ' we have no orders;we can do nothing; when he comes back — 'So they did not stir, nor care: as for me,Ithought "she was dead. But stillIsought highandlow." One clay,in this very street,Iheard somewomentalking;this womanwhom you have seenwith her wasoneof them;theyspoke ofastrangerwho was dying of hunger, yet who had spent theonly coin she could earn by making the nets forthe fishermen of the Seine,in buying grey clayand earth. ThenIthought of her, for often shewoulcl mend the old men's nets \>y the Tiber,having learned to do itby the sea; and who butshe would have bought sculptors' clay instead ofbread?" ThenIquestioned the French woman ofher, and httle by little she told me.She hasa good soul, and a tender one, and she was
ARIADNE. 61'sorrowful,though knowing nothing. This girlis beautiful,' she said, ' and belongs to noblepeople,Ithink, but she has had some greatgrief, or else is mad. She passed clown mystreet one day at daybreak and asked for alittle empty room thatIhad to let, and toldme that she had not a coin in the world-,andbade me get her the fishing-nets to makeor mend.Ido not know why — she spoke tome; children and dogs like me, perhaps thatwas why. And she seemed to be in such greatwoe, thatIhad not the heart to turn heraway; andIgave her the room, and got herthe work, and piteous it is to see her lovelyslender hands amongst all that rough cordageand hemp,and tornby them, and yet working onand on; and with the first money she gained shebought clay, and she began to model a statue,like the figures one seesinthe churches; and allclay she makes or mends the nets,and half thenight, or more, labours at this clay; and she ismad,Ithink, for she never speaks, and scarcelya mouthful passes her hps, save a draught ofwater.'
- Page 17 and 18: ARIADNE. 9The lamp that he held he
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- Page 21 and 22: ARIADNE. 13silvery aboutmy feet, an
- Page 23 and 24: ARIADNE. 15before the genius of his
- Page 25 and 26: ARIADNE. 17that is never dim. But m
- Page 27 and 28: ARIADNE. 19laid bare all the jewels
- Page 29 and 30: ARIADNE. 21it, but only saw the loc
- Page 31 and 32: ARIADNE. 23times; nervous depressio
- Page 33 and 34: ARIADNE. 25forgot them: what matter
- Page 35: ARIADNE. 27tered many curses and fe
- Page 38 and 39: 30ARIADNE.Would the wealth all fall
- Page 40 and 41: 32ARIADNE.their cuirasses of steel,
- Page 42 and 43: CHAPTER IVIwent to Pippo, andIsaid
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- Page 46 and 47: 38 ARIADNE.must have been, all alon
- Page 48 and 49: 40 ARIADNE.Ifelt my head whirl;I, w
- Page 50 and 51: 42 ARIADNE.at a line of the poem no
- Page 52: 44 ARIADNE.me, and stayed on in Par
- 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: ARIADNE. 59garden,Isaw a messenger
- 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
- Page 89 and 90: ARIADNE. 81shores, and on the domes
- 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
- Page 109 and 110: ARIADNE. 101arise, and the Spada Vi
- Page 111 and 112: ARIADNE. 103racked with pain. No su
- Page 113 and 114: ARIADNE. 105now become equally abso
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60ARIADNE.baldnarrative,which he told insimple, unlearnedfashion." Of courseIsearched for her everywhere,butit was long beforeIfound her. <strong>The</strong> manat thegate seemed mieasy, for fear of the displeasureof Hilarion;but he said, ' we have no orders;we can do nothing; when he comes back — 'So they did not stir, nor care: as for me,Ithought "she was dead. But stillIsought highandlow." One clay,in this very street,Iheard somewomentalking;this womanwhom you have seenwith her wasoneof them;theyspoke ofastrangerwho was dying of hunger, yet who had spent theonly coin she could earn by making the nets forthe fishermen of the Seine,in buying grey clayand earth. <strong>The</strong>nIthought of her, for often shewoulcl mend the old men's nets \>y the Tiber,having learned to do itby the sea; and who butshe would have bought sculptors' clay instead ofbread?" <strong>The</strong>nIquestioned the French woman ofher, and httle by little she told me.She hasa good soul, and a tender one, and she was
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