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168ARIADNE.feared,is here always, and terrible in our Rome,above aU, when the first great rains come;andat last, after letting him go free of it five-andtwentyyears, the fever had struck down Maryx.But he had never lain down under it nor seenanyphysician;ithad only wasted and wornhim,as the slow fire at the roots wastes and wears thetrunk of a doomed tree,that the charcoal-burnershave marked: that was all.Ihad not dared to go to him, but one nightwhenIsat by my stall, with Pales sleeping, andthe lamp swinging, and the people standing orlying about to get abreath of air, thoughno airwas there under the sultry skies,Maryx touchedme on the shoulder. He was very enfeebled, heleaned upon a stick, and his face was pale andhaggard, and the look of age, of old age, haddeepenedon his face, whilst yet he was in theprime of his manhood.Irose and looked inhis face, for indeed beforehimIfelt always so much remorse, thatIfeltas a criminal in his presence;I,who had daredto meddle with Fate and compelit." I am grieved " — Ibegan to him, and thenI
ARIADNE. 169coidd not end the phrase, for all words seemedso trite and useless between him and me, andlike aninsult tohim."I know," he said gently. "Yes;Ihavebeen iU; it does not matter. For the firsttimeIhave been glad that my mother wasblind."" Idid not dare to ask to see you."" No, Iunderstand. He has been inRome ? ""Yes;months since."Iknew. TeU herIbroke my oath for hersake. Ishut myself in my house. IfIhadseen him, — "His lips closed with no more spoken, butthere was no necessity for words.Itold him what had passed between me andHUarion by the church of Agrippa. He heardin sUence, sitting on the bench from whichIhadrisen. <strong>The</strong> blood rose over his wasted features,pale with the terrible pallor of dark skins.AVhenIhad ended he smUed alittle drearily." That is the love that women choose— Godhelp them! "<strong>The</strong>n he was silent, and as the lamp-light fell
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ARIADNE. 3and its porphyry^ and its
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ARIADNE. 7whiteness. We had walked
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ARIADNE. 9The lamp that he held he
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ARIADNE. 11dead. Icare for the marb
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ARIADNE. 13silvery aboutmy feet, an
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ARIADNE. 15before the genius of his
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ARIADNE. 17that is never dim. But m
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ARIADNE. 19laid bare all the jewels
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ARIADNE. 23times; nervous depressio
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ARIADNE. 25forgot them: what matter
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ARIADNE. 27tered many curses and fe
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30ARIADNE.Would the wealth all fall
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32ARIADNE.their cuirasses of steel,
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CHAPTER IVIwent to Pippo, andIsaid
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36ARIADNE.AndItook the other things
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38 ARIADNE.must have been, all alon
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40 ARIADNE.Ifelt my head whirl;I, w
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42 ARIADNE.at a line of the poem no
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44 ARIADNE.me, and stayed on in Par
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ARIADNE. 47had been able to hear no
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ARIADNE. 49aside in a little passag
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ARIADNE. 51Myheart stood stUl. Ihad
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ARIADNE. 53" Oh, my dear! Oh, my de
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ARIADNE. 55He breathed quickly, the
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ARIADNE. 57think he was cruel to he
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ARIADNE. 59garden,Isaw a messenger
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ARIADNE. 61'sorrowful,though knowin
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ARIADNE. 63' Hush !it will be finis
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ARIADNE. 65she is always asking;tha
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ARIADNE. 67" Isuppose he never send
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ARIADNE. 69agony,Irepented then hav
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ARIADNE. 71thinking only of her;but
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CHAPTER V— t—Next dayIgot such
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ARIADNE. 75see them even. No doubt
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ARIADNE. 77waters, and here and the
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ARIADNE. 79Iwalked on and led her b
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ARIADNE. 81shores, and on the domes
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ARIADNE. 83motionless.Itouched and
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ARIADNE. 85quiet and deserted; the
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ARIADNE. 87went out and sat clown o
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ARIADNE. 89"Yes,Iam here. Hush! spe
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ARIADNE. 91to me, a Roman, to whom
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ARIADNE. 93your avenger. Vengeancei
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ARIADNE. 95spent their lives like w
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ARIADNE. 97him! Do you not know ? W
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ARIADNE. 99some fair pluckt flower
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ARIADNE. 101arise, and the Spada Vi
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ARIADNE. 103racked with pain. No su
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ARIADNE. 105now become equally abso
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ARIADNE. 107and the naked there wer
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ARIADNE. 109saw them. He had been,
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ARIADNE. 111their goodnight's sleep
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ARIADNE. 113her feel she wasliving
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ARIADNE. 115Spring had come,Isay, a
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Page 131 and 132: ARIADNE. 123But for mypromise to he
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Page 135 and 136: ARIADNE. 127seek to go away. He sto
Page 137 and 138: ARIADNE. 129speak the truth. Yetit
Page 139 and 140: ARIADNE. 131seems to me that you ar
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Page 143 and 144: ARIADNE. 135Hilarion laughed ahttle
Page 145 and 146: ARIADNE. 137that mirroredhim." That
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Page 149 and 150: ARIADNE. 141He laughed a httle, par
Page 151 and 152: ARIADNE. 143ThenIturned,and woulcl
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Page 155 and 156: ARIADNE. 147dead things none are so
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Page 161 and 162: ARIADNE. 153She stayed aU the summe
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Page 165 and 166: ARIADNE. 157Then hot tears filled h
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Page 185 and 186: ARIADNE. 177Hilarion: the man made
Page 187 and 188: ARIADNE. 179" Is that aU that you k
Page 189 and 190: ARIADNE. 181and the apes away. IfIc
Page 191 and 192: ARIADNE. 183would change places wit
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Page 201 and 202: ARIADNE. 193the ways of the world a
Page 203 and 204: ARIADNE. 195" Take my life away wit
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Page 207 and 208: ARIADNE. 199pale Carrara marble, an
Page 209 and 210: ARIADNE. 201bit his tired senses in
Page 211 and 212: ARIADNE. 203pure a breath of heaven
Page 213 and 214: ARIADNE. 205before the world, and h
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ARIADNE. 219" Oh my God ! "Maryx gr
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ARIADNE. 221canIsay to move you? If
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CHAPTER XVTo a blow there is but on
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CHAPTER XVI.And the old mother was
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ARIADNE. 227him gone out into nothi
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ARIADNE. 229"Look you," she said to
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ARIADNE. 231The people came there a
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ARIADNE. 233and white, and the nigh
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ARIADNE. 235fathers' arms were sile
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ARIADNE. 237" So best," he had answ
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ARIADNE. 239bended whyin the eyes o
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ARIADNE. 241" CouldI but suffer for
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ARIADNE. 243genius; and they aU tol
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ARIADNE. 245when she had cried out
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ARIADNE. 247striven;but evil had be
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ARIADNE. 249my tired forehead on my
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ARIADNE. 251■over the marble floo
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ARIADNE. 253"I came as soon asIwas
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ARIADNE. 255oldcold accent;but he s
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ARIADNE. 257beenangered; he woulcl
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