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"You know not what you ask," she had answered. "When you see my eyes you will die. Some day, Antony, you shall see my eyes. YOU KNOW NOT WHAT YOU ASK SHE HAD ANSWERED WHEN YOU SEE MY EYES YOU WILL DIE SOME DAY ANTONY YOU SHALL SEE MY EYES
 than flowers." "Oh, no, Daddy, they are not—" "Antony," said Beatrice, "how strange you are! Would you poison her? See, dear," (turning to Wonder) "Daddy is only teasing. Let us throw them away. They are nasty, nasty things. Promise me never to gather them, won't you, Wonder?" "Yes, mother. I don't like them. They frighten me." Antony turned into a by-path with a strange laugh, and was lost to them in the wood. CHAPTER VII THE LOVERS OF SILENCIEUX Silencieux often spoke to Antony now. Sometimes a sudden, startling word when he was writing late at night; sometimes long tender talks; once a terrible whisper. But all this time she never opened her eyes. The lashes still lay wet upon her cheeks, and when she spoke her lips seemed hardly to move, only to smile with a deeper meaning, an intenser life. Indeed, at these times, her face shone with so great a brightness that Antony's vision was dazzled, and to his gaze she seemed almost featureless as a star. Once he had begged to see her eyes. OO LITTLE WONDER THEY ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN FLOWERS OH NO DADDY THEY ARE NOT ANTONY SAID BEATRICE HOW STRANGE YOU ARE WOULD YOU POISON HER SEE DEAR TURNING TO WONDER DADDY IS ONLY TEASING LET US THROW THEM AWAY THEY ARE NASTY NASTY THINGS PROMISE ME NEVER TO GATHER THEM WON'T YOU WONDER YES MOTHER I DON'T LIKE THEM THEY FRIGHTEN ME ANTONY TURNED INTO A BY PATH WITH A STRANGE LAUGH AND WAS LOST TO THEM IN THE WOOD END OF CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN THE LOVERS OF SELAJO SELA OFTEN SPOKE TO ANTONY NOW SOMETIMES A SUDDEN STARTLING WORD WHEN HE WAS WRITING LATE AT NIGHT SOMETIMES LONG TENDER TALKS ONCE A TERRIBLE WHISPER BUT ALL THIS TIME SHE NEVER OPENED HER EYES THE LASHES STILL LAY WET UPON HER CHEEKS AND WHEN SHE SPOKE HER LIPS SEEMED HARDLY TO MOVE ONLY TO SMILE WITH A DEEPER MEANING AN INTENSER LIFE INDEED AT THESE TIMES HER FACE SHONE WITH SO GREAT A BRIGHTNESS THAT ANTHONY'S VISION WAS DAZZLED AND TO HIS GAZE SHE SEEMED ALMOST FEATURELESS AS A STAR ONCE HE HAD BEGGED TO SEE HER EYES
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