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]M By HENRY MoNTJoY
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face, or, more probably. smacked it.
taking the statement as a piece of
cynicism. But De Lussac did not make
a statement; he enunciated fact, he
spoke with all the fervor of a man
who knows; with the conviction of
surety. 1t was fascinating-fascina
as waking up on a December morning.
opening ones window and finding May
day. Madame Linden was not, how
ant fictions. With the pleasure one
feels in destroying fair thing, once
ours but taken from us by fraud, she
turned to her defender.
onsieur," said she, Il have already
had four lovers"
And what, madame" replied the dis
ciple of Jean Jacques, have those
lovers to do with me? Do you for a
moment think that / belong to that
order of men whose philosophy debars
the needs Of life and the consideration
of the human heart? When ask you
future. not for your past. Love Is the
water of life. God sent you into the
world with full pitcher to find me;
that you have on the way given drink
to four thirsty men, Is that reason
for my finding the water less sweet?
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reasons"
. Monsieur replied she, confused by
this extraordinary speech. almost on
n..s " ,eais' YOUR 'piiiAosophs
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piece of a philosopher, the priest of
religion, the imitator of man divine
because OF his humanity. What love
have for my fellow men and whatever
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An before such priest" replied
the baroness a concession is useless
that IS half confession. What have
salo 20 you, monsieur. Is put the begin
ming. Well, then, listen. The woman
you would marry despite the fact l
nave told you Is woman weak in
many ways She is fond of the material
OF pleasure-she is spiteful very often
10 other women, and she has passion
Tor matching what brains she has
against the brains OF men, often In very
petty ways; she is woman who does
not prook contradiction. The man who
MARINES her must be content with her
rove, her mind she retains as her own
properly, settled upon her before mar
rage. Well, monsieur. what do you
say OF such woman?
Only this" said De Lussac, sinking
on his knees beside her and taking her
He raised the white tapering fingers
to his lips and kissed them; then pass
Ing his arm round her waist and draw
ing her toward him, their lips met.
chung together; they breathed each
other. In moment and at that magic
been slowly gathering in her heart be-
came wildly alive; his youth the dawn
of his life, the springtime Of his man
hood, became part of her. He had read
her aright-the heart that no man had
touched fully till now had awakened.
there. The world itself was forgotten
for moment.
Listen to me-" she said, holding him
away from her BIS though she wished to
gaze at him and touch him at the
same time. You have made me love
as priest might speak Of religion;
let US pause for moment, even as we
are-would that we could always re-
main even as we are. like people on a
height gazing at fair country! Tell
me E have you ever cared for another2"
You do not answer me"
do not answer you, because am
thklng how strange 1t Is that before
met you care Tor announcer woman, and
that your image entering my mind
.shaltered ner image, DESTROYED 1t as a
sunbeam destroys shadow"
You have seen her today"
An! Madame d'Harlancourt? You do
iios care ZOE heI stlll
For me, she is not IN the world.
re sprang 10 ms 1eet and Madame
Linden, turning with little cry, found
that Placide had entered the room.
WHY QlQ YOU not knOCk!" cried the