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ARIADNE. 55He breathed quickly, then drew a long sigh,and so began to speak." You stayed hiRome ; that strong man, too,who makes the carvenimages:Icould not stay.Ihad plenty of money; his money; you remember.Icame here. Here,Ithought to myself,he would be sure to come: never is he longaway from Pales,for he says that here only domen know how to live,if in Rome only can theylearn to die. SoIstayed here andIwatchedhis house."Iknow how to watch;Iwas friends withthe snakes at home. The windows of the housewerealways shut;it was Hke the face of a blindman, it told nothing. One day, that is a yearago now, they opened. Ilived in a Httle roomhigh up, very near; so high, so near,Icouldsee down into his garden, andIlearned theirtongue, onlyIlet them believeIdid not knowit, because soIheard more. He Hved his oldHfe;quite his old life;it was all pleasure — whathe calls pleasure — and she stayed in her ownchambers with her marbles. What did she know ?Nothing. She was shut up as you shut a bird;tjy .'--.