Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-03
in your almost daily visits

lut OllSu.
Diane fn the same tone)-Oh. no
more colby you did not understand
me. Continue your visits. But if you
could sometimes talk of something
else besides the wonderful love your
friend feels for me.
Guy-Ec : the hest of men: he
would be Just the husband to suit you.
: He adoreS You becoming animated)
with Il sort Of fear. as we adore the
Almighty Being who can by a word
! make the happiness or misery of our
lives. with restrained paSSion) You
are so fascinating and so beautiful!
Diane (aStoniShedl-AhI
Guy (resuming his composure)- That
Is the way he talks of you.
Diane ironically)-Ah! it is your
, friend who speaks. I am extremely
obliged to him.
/ Guy-But when he is in your pres
| Sence the poor fellow becomes incapa-
! BILE of uttering a sentence which has
! even common sense.
Diane-And to compensate himself
he aSsassinates me with letters.
Guy-In certain cases it is better to
write
! Diane-Especially when there is a
| jealous cOntidant on the ground to
! read the prose of the absent one and
eNalt his incendiary qualities. Do you
! think your manoeuvres escape me?
Listen, shall l tell YOU? Well, your
/ friend is an imbecile!
! Guy-Why?
Diane-I understand
Guy (sighing)-Ah. understand how
some women render everybody i'm
beetle who approaches them!
Diane-It is evident that I have no
| part or lot with these ''some women"
for you retain perfectly your strength
of mind in my presence.
Guy-Pooh! I don't count. / am
savage
Diane-A savage! You were not so
d'Ingrande.
Guy (begins to walk up and down,
his hands in his pockets)-It was not
| the same thing.
Diane Qeaning on her elbow)-Ah!
yes. She was irresistible-while i
| Guy (stll walking)-Don't be i'll
natured! You know very we'll that
you have made ten times as many
victims as Madame d'Ingrande.
Diane-Only she realized better than
[ your ideal type-that is what you
mean. Great heaven! These things
ought not to be discussed.
Guy stopping before Madame de
Lmeuil and becoming more and more
animated as he speaks)-Madame din
Srande does not approach you in
beauty, still less in wit and intelli-
gence. AS to elegance and natural
charm l would not even compare you
one to the other. Your every movement
is grace. You are more than a fasci-
mating wOman-yOu are fascination
itself
Diane (astonished)-
Guy mot listening, lets his arms fall
with an air of encouragement, gazes
before him into vacancy, and muir
murs as if to himself)-Unfortun
ately-!
Diane observing him)-There is a
but. You have discovered some phys
zeal Or moral monsTosity in me which
chills you.
Guy getting down and poking the
fre(-If I had discovered what you
say, do you think that I would have
undertaken as l have the candidacy
Of my best friend, more than friend?
! TO Io fIo
ton feel for this brave heart.
Diane very animated and sitting up
Here 1t IS again! beg you let us
quit the subject Of Monsieur dOncieux
and be kind enough to explain to me
why you said just now Initiating
HIM Unfortunately"
Guy-1f you expect to cure your
headache by putting your nerves in
such state
Diane-The best means of calming
them is to answer me-
Guy-I don't remember what I meant
we were talking of Madame din
grande
Diane-And you added, speaking of
me, at is not the same thing"
GUy-Don't trouble yourself If there
is a difference between you two, it is
not to her advantage
Diane-Yes, it is, for she subjugated
you, while / am good comrade" to
you.
Guy Tising)-But this is monstrous!
Here [ am obliged to be in love with
you!
Diane (rising)-No, but you are
obliged to tell me what special reason
you have for not being
Guy-Very well then! I am in love
with you. There! Does that satisfy
you?
Diane-No trifling! Just now, after a
fiattering TRADE in relation to me,
you said fmitating him) unfortunate
lyr' What does that mean? Answer,
Or everything is at an end between US.
Guy-If any one heard you, he might
think something was about to begin.
Diane Good-by, Monsieur de LUIS
trac. If you go away to travel, please
take your friend with you, your in
com parable Roger d'Oncieux-
Guy calling into a chair with an
air of lassitude)-Ah! he is truly in
comparable
Diane stamping her foot)-Again!
Guy-But the deuce, If you wish me
to speak, give me time to explain my
self. Diane sits DOWN. Roger loves
you madly. (She shrugs her shoulders
1t is not my fault, is it? He is ridicu-