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Soon in an alcove of faces he grew conscious of a presence. Some one was smiling near him. SOON IN AN ALCOVE OF FACES HE GREW CONSCIOUS OF A PRESENCE SOME ONE WAS SMILING NEAR HIM
eux" is feminine, her name is masculine. In such fanciful names, however, such license has always been considered allowable.] CHAPTER II THE COMING OF SILENCIEUX The manner in which Antony had found and come to love Silencieux was a strange illustration of that law by which one love grows out of another—that law by which men love living women because of the dead, and dead women because of the living. One day as chance had sent him, picking his way among the orange boxes, the moving farms, and the wig-makers of Covent Garden, he had come upon a sculptor's shop, oddly crowded in among Cockney carters and decaying vegetables. Faces of Greece and Rome gazed at him suddenly from a broad window, and for a few moments he forsook the motley beauty of modern London for the ordered loveliness of antiquity. Through white corridors of faces he passed, with the cold breath of classic art upon his cheek, and in the company of the dead who live for ever he was conscious of a contagion of immortality. ACK TO SELAJO AND ONCE MORE IN FANCY HE PRESSED HIS LIPS TO HERS IN THE DUSK IT IS WITH SUCH AN ETERNAL PASSION THAT I LOVE YOU SELAU END OF CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO THE COMING OF SELA THE MANNER IN WHICH ANTONY HAD FOUND AND COME TO LOVE SELA WAS A STRANGE ILLUSTRATION OF THAT LAW BY WHICH ONE LOVE GROWS OUT OF ANOTHER THAT LAW BY WHICH MEN LOVE LIVING WOMEN BECAUSE OF THE DEAD AND DEAD WOMEN BECAUSE OF THE LIVING ONE DAY AS CHANCE HAD SENT HIM PICKING HIS WAY AMONG THE ORANGE BOXES THE MOVING FARMS AND THE WIG MAKERS OF COVENT GARDEN HE HAD COME UPON A SCULPTOR'S SHOP ODDLY CROWDED IN AMONG COCKNEY CARTERS AND DECAYING VEGETABLES FACES OF GREECE AND ROME GAZED AT HIM SUDDENLY FROM A BROAD WINDOW AND FOR A FEW MOMENTS HE FORSOOK THE MOTLEY BEAUTY OF MODERN LONDON BY THE ORDERED LOVELINESS OF ANTIQUITY THROUGH WHITE CORRIDORS OF FACES HE PASSED WITH A COLD BREATH OF CLASSIC ART UPON HIS CHEEK AND IN THE COMPANY OF THE DEAD WHO LIVED FOREVER HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF A CONTAGION OF IMMORTALITY
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