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Only at last have I awakened to realities, and the shadows flee away. ONLY AT LAST HAVE I AWAKENED TO THE REALITIES AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
ng for death. "What a strange and terrible dream it has been—but thank God, we are out in the daylight at last," said Antony. "O my little Beatrice, to think that I could have forsaken you like that! Surely if you had come and taken me by the hands and looked deep into my eyes, and called me out of the dream, I must have awakened, for, cruel as it was, the dream was but part of a greater dream, the dream of my love for you—" "But I understand it all now," he continued, "see it all. Do you remember saying that perhaps I had never loved anything but images all my life? It was quite true. Since I can remember, when I thought I loved something I was sure to find sooner or later that I loved less the object itself than what I could say about it, and when I had said something beautiful, something I could remember and say over and over to myself, I cared little if the object were removed. The spiritual essence of it seemed to have passed over into my words, and I loved the reincarnation best. AT UNHAPPINESS AND HER LONGING FOR DEATH WHAT A STRANGE AND TERRIBLE DREAM IT HAS BEEN BUT THANK GOD WE ARE OUT IN THE DAYLIGHT AT LAST SAID ANTHONY OH MY LITTLE BEATRICE TO THINK THAT I COULD HAVE FORSAKEN YOU LIKE THAT SURELY IF YOU HAD COME AND TAKEN ME BY THE HANDS AND LOOKED DEEP INTO MY EYES AND CALLED ME OUT OF THE DREAM I MUST HAVE AWAKENED FOR CRUEL AS IT WAS THE DREAM WAS BUT A PART OF A GREATER DREAM THE DREAM OF MY LOVE FOR YOU BUT I UNDERSTAND IT ALL NOW HE CONTINUED SEE IT ALL DO YOU REMEMBER SAYING THAT PERHAPS I HAD NEVER LOVED ANYTHING BUT IMAGES ALL MY LIFE IT WAS QUITE TRUE SINCE I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I THOUGHT I LOVED SOMETHING I WAS SURE TO FIND SOONER OR LATER THAT I LOVED LESS THE OBJECT ITSELF THAN WHAT I COULD SAY ABOUT IT AND WHEN I HAD SAID SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING I COULD REMEMBER AND SAY OVER AND OVER TO MYSELF I CARED LITTLE IF THE OBJECT WERE REMOVED THE SPIRITUAL ESSENCE OF IT SEEMED TO HAVE PASSED OVER INTO MY WORDS AND I LOVED THE REINCARNATION BEST
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