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He would feign to himself that she slept, and he would hold his breath lest he should awaken her. HE WOULD FEIGN TO HIMSELF THAT SHE SLEPT AND HE WOULD HOLD HIS BREATH LEST HE SHOULD AWAKEN HER
magnifies her importance to his life. Antony but made believe and magnified uncommonly—and his dream of vivifying white plaster was perhaps less desperate than the dreams of some, that would breathe the breath of life into the colder clay of some beloved woman, who seems spontaneously to live but is dead all the while. Silencieux appeared to be dead, but beneath that eternal smile, as Beatrice had divined, as Antony was learning, she was only too terribly alive. Yes! Antony's was the easier dream. The moon and Antony came up the wood together from opposite ends, and when Antony entered his châlet Silencieux was already waiting for him, her head crowned with a moonbeam. He kissed her softly and took her with him out into the ferns. CHAPTER V SILENCIEUX SPEAKS So long as the moon held, Antony stole up the wood each night to meet Silencieux—"at the rising of the moon." Sometimes he would lie in a hollow with her head upon his knee, and gaze for an hour at a time, entranced, into her face.  WITH OPEN EYES MAGNIFIES HER IMPORTANCE TO HIS LIFE ANTONY BUT MADE BELIEVE AND MAGNIFIED UNCOMMONLY AND HIS DREAM OF VIVIFYING WHITE PLASTER WAS PERHAPS LESS DESPERATE THAN THE DREAMS OF SOME THAT WOULD BREATHE THE BREATH OF LIFE INTO THE COLDER CLAY OF SOME BELOVED WOMAN WHO SEEMED SPONTANEOUSLY TO LIVE BUT IS DEAD ALL THE WHILE SALAJIO APPEARED TO BE DEAD BUT BENEATH THAT ETERNAL SMILE AS BEATRICE HAD DIVINED AS ANTONY WAS LEARNING SHE WAS ONLY TOO TERRIBLY ALIVE YES ANTONY'S WAS THE EASIER DREAM THE MOON AND ANTONY CAME UP THE WOOD TOGETHER FROM OPPOSITE ENDS AND WHEN ANTONY ENTERED HIS CHALET SELAJIO WAS ALREADY WAITING FOR HIM HER HEAD CROWNED WITH THE MOONBEAM HE KISSED HER SOFTLY AND TOOK HER WITH HIM OUT INTO THE FERNS END OF CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE SELAJOSS SO LONG AS THE MOON HELD ANTONY STOLE UP THE WOOD EACH NIGHT TO MEET SELAJO AT THE RISING OF THE MOON SOMETIMES HE WOULD LIE IN A HOLLOW WITH HER HEAD UPON HIS KNEE AND GAZE FOR AN HOUR AT A TIME ENTRANCED INTO HER FACE
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