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70 ARIADNE.sight of a familiar place and a beloved scene,linked by memory with perishedhappiness.Yes,Iwould take her away.HereIdid not dare to ask for any counsel orany surgeon's aid;Ihad a dread of the inquisitionof strangers and of the many delays of longinquiry, and the same feverish eagerness thatAmphion had had to keep close to himself hersorrow and her needs, did now consume melikewise.IfIcould only get her back once more,Isaid to myself, back to the chamber on the river.And with that odd remembrance of trifleswhich comes to me sometimes across greatwoe,Ithought what apity it was that Hermeswas gone, and that there were now no redand golden bean-flowers to run across thecasement!" Yes, Iwill take her away,"Isaid.The poor lad saidnothing;his head droppedonhis chest. He had done all he could,and forsixmonths had gone to and fro, and outin allweathers, playing to get the means wherewith tofind her shelter and care, denying himself,and
ARIADNE. 71thinking only of her;but to me then he was nomore than any one of the leafless lime-boughsdroopingby the gates of Hilarion.ShiveringIwent across the passage-wayandopened the door of her chamber. The womanthat he paid for such service was sitting there,sewing at linen,a woman old aud gentle; sheherself was sitting, too, with her arms leaning onthe bare table, and one hand dreamily movinginto figures some loose white rose-leaves fallenfrom a rose-treein a pot. She didnothear me orheed me. WhenItouched her she lifted herheavy e3'es, in which a light like that of flameseemed toburn painfully." Will he be long ?" she said,and moved therose-leaves to and fro feverishly.The woman shook her head." That is all she ever sa3Ts," she muttered as" She says it in her sleep— suchshe stitched.— times as she does sleep and she wakes stretchingout her arms. Who is he ? He must be abeast."" Heis apoet! " Isaid, and went out from thechamber into the lighted ways of the city and
- Page 27 and 28: ARIADNE. 19laid bare all the jewels
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- 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
- Page 44 and 45: 36ARIADNE.AndItook the other things
- Page 46 and 47: 38 ARIADNE.must have been, all alon
- Page 48 and 49: 40 ARIADNE.Ifelt my head whirl;I, w
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- 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 and 68: ARIADNE. 59garden,Isaw a messenger
- Page 69 and 70: ARIADNE. 61'sorrowful,though knowin
- 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: ARIADNE. 69agony,Irepented then hav
- 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
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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
- Page 105 and 106: ARIADNE. 97him! Do you not know ? W
- 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
- Page 115 and 116: ARIADNE. 107and the naked there wer
- Page 117 and 118: ARIADNE. 109saw them. He had been,
- Page 119 and 120: ARIADNE. 111their goodnight's sleep
- 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
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ARIADNE. 71thinking only of her;but to me then he was nomore than any one of the leafless lime-boughsdroopingby the gates of Hilarion.ShiveringIwent across the passage-wayandopened the door of her chamber. <strong>The</strong> womanthat he paid for such service was sitting there,sewing at linen,a woman old aud gentle; sheherself was sitting, too, with her arms leaning onthe bare table, and one hand dreamily movinginto figures some loose white rose-leaves fallenfrom a rose-treein a pot. She didnothear me orheed me. WhenItouched her she lifted herheavy e3'es, in which a light like that of flameseemed toburn painfully." Will he be long ?" she said,and moved therose-leaves to and fro feverishly.<strong>The</strong> woman shook her head." That is all she ever sa3Ts," she muttered as" She says it in her sleep— suchshe stitched.— times as she does sleep and she wakes stretchingout her arms. Who is he ? He must be abeast."" Heis apoet! " Isaid, and went out from thechamber into the lighted ways of the city and
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