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He pushed her back into her
chair, and resumed his own,
Would you like to smoke? ?" he
asked. .
Yes" She looked at him with
bitter eyes, but she had recaptured
her threatened composure. He re-
garded her with admiration, but
they smoked in silence for several
moments. Then he spoke again.
You remember Eliza Zsaky,
suppose? She was several years
older than you and one of the
danes galantes of her day. She
has taken the treatment and looks
many years younger, at least, than
when she was painted old bag
with red wig. She is still forced
to employ artifce, bat she has low
ers again, and that is all she did
it for. Vienna is highly, amused.
No doubt all women of her sort
will take it for no other purpose.
But many of the intellectual women
OF Europe are taking it, too-and
with the sole purpose Of reinvigo-
rating their mental faculties and
recapturing the physical endur-
ance necessary to their work.
happen to know of a woman scien-
fist, Frau Bloch. who is now work.
ing sixteen hours day, and she
mad had bitter struggle with her
onteebied forces to work at all.
Lofenz is no more remarkable. He
seems to be the only disciple be-
sides yourself that this country
mas heard of, but could name
hundred men, cut OF my own
knowledge, who are once more
working with all the vigor of
youth"
Yes" she Interrupted sarcas-
tically. And without a thought Of
women, of course"
Probably not" He waved his
hand negligently. But incidene
tally. That is where men have the
supreme advantage of women. The
woman is an incident in their
lives, even when sincerely in love.
And if these men indulge occasion
ally in the pleasures OF youth, or
even marry youm" wives, lhe world
will not be Interested But with
women, who renew their youth and
return to its follies, it will be quite
another matter II they are not
made the themo of obscene lam
poons they may count themselves
fortunate. There win certainly be
verbal lampooAS in private
"Orthod0xy! Orthodoxy"
Possibly But orthodoxy is
fixed habit of mind. The average
man and woman hug their ortho-
doxies and spit their venom on
those that outrage them. How it
may be some years hence when
come a commonplace do not pre-
teEd to say. But so it is today.
Personally, no doubt, you would be
Indifferent, for you have a con
ttmptuously independent mind.
But your career and your useful.
ness would be at an end"
And suppose | am quite indiffer-
ent to that?"
An. but you are not | will not
say that have killed Mary Ogden
during this painful hour, for it is
impossible to kill the dead, but
have exercised her ghost, She will
not come again. If you marry this
young man it will be out of de-
fiance, or possibly out OF a mis-.
taken consideration for him-al-
though he will be an object for
sympathy later on. And you will
marry him as Mary Zattiany, with
out an illusion left in that clear
brain Of yours-from which the
mists have been blown by the cold
wind of truth. And in a year-if
you can stand self-contempt and
iAeffable ennui so long-you will
leave him. resume your present
name-the name by which Europe
knows you-and return to US. But
it may be too late. Vienna would
still be laughing. The Viennese
are a light-hearted race, and lax,
but when they laugh they cease
to take seriously the subject OF
that good natured amusement {.
It is not aesthetic, you know. 1t is
not aesthetic, Are you really quite
indifferent, ,Marie?"
She shrugged and rose. ut must
be time for luncheon" she said. 1T
Will no doubt be horrible, but at
least we can have it in here. The
public dining room would be inn
| possible. will find Mr.. Dinwid.
die and ask him to order it."