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To have been anticipated in a manner so unusual gave back in romantic suggestiveness what at first sight it seemed to steal from one's personal originality. TO HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED IN A MANNER SO UNUSUAL GAVE BACK IN ROMANTIC SUGGESTIVENESS WHAT AT FIRST SIGHT IT SEEMED TO STEAL FROM ONE'S PERSONAL ORIGINALITY
rew conscious of a presence. Some one was smiling near him. He turned, and, almost with a start, found that—as he then thought—it was no living thing, but just a plaster cast among the others, that was thus shining, like a star among the dead. A face not ancient, not modern; but a face of yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Instantly he knew he had seen the face before. Where? Why, of course, it was the face of Beatrice, feature for feature. How strange!—and, loving Beatrice, he bought it, because of his great love for her! Who was the artist, what the time and circumstance, that had anticipated in this strange fashion the only face he had ever really loved on earth? He sought information of the shopkeeper, who told him a strange little story of an unknown model and an unknown artist, and two tragic fates. When Antony had brought Silencieux home to Beatrice, she had at first taken that delight in her which every created thing takes in a perfect, or even an imperfect, reflection of itself. IMMORTALITY SOON IN AN ALCOVE OF FACES HE GREW CONSCIOUS OF A PRESENCE SOME ONE WAS SMILING NEAR HIM HE TURNED AND ALMOST WITH A START FOUND THAT AS HE THEN THOUGHT IT WAS NO LIVING THING BUT JUST A PLASTER CAST AMONG THE OTHERS THAT WAS THUS SHINING LIKE A STAR AMONG THE DEAD A FACE NOT ANCIENT NOT MODERN BUT A FACE OF YESTERDAY TO DAY AND FOR EVER INSTANTLY HE KNEW HE HAD SEEN THE FACE BEFORE WHERE WHY OF COURSE IT WAS THE FACE OF BEATRICE FEATURE FOR FEATURE HOW STRANGE AND LOVING BEATRICE HE BOUGHT IT BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR HER WHO WAS THE ARTIST WHAT THE TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HAD ANTICIPATED IN THIS STRANGE FASHION THE ONLY FACE HE HAD EVER REALLY LOVED ON EARTH HE SOUGHT INFORMATION OF THE SHOPKEEPER WHO TOLD HIM A STRANGE LITTLE STORY OF AN UNKNOWN MODEL AN UNKNOWN ARTIST AND TWO TRAGIC FATES WHEN ANTONY HAD BROUGHT SELAGO HOME TO BEATRICE SHE HAD AT FIRST TAKEN THAT DELIGHT IN HER WHICH EVERY CREATED THING TAKES IN A PERFECT OR EVEN AN IMPERFECT REFLECTION OF ITSELF
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