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"Drowned in the Seine!" exclaimed Beatrice, growing almost as white as the image. "Yes! and he said too that the story went that the sculptor who moulded it had fallen so in love with the dead girl, that he had gone mad and drowned himself in the Seine also." DROWNED IN THE SAME EXCLAIMED BEATRICE GROWING ALMOST AS WHITE AS THE IMAGE YES AND HE SAID TOO THAT THE STORY WENT THAT THE SCULPTOR WHO MOULDED IT HAD FALLEN SO IN LOVE WITH THE DEAD GIRL THAT HE HAD GONE MAD AND DROWNED HIMSELF IN THE SEINE ALSO
n in type that your lover might, with little fear of disproof, declare, at all events in England, that there was none other like it, you might grow superstitious as you looked at an anticipation so creepily identical, and conceive strange fancies of re-incarnation. What if this had been you in some former existence! Or at all events, if there is any truth in those who tell us that in the mould and lines of our faces and hands—yes! and in every secret marking of our bodies—our fates are written as in a parchment; would it not be reasonable to surmise, perhaps to fear, that the writing should mean the same on one face as on the other, and the fates as well as the faces prove identical? Beatrice gave the mask back to Antony, with a little shiver. "It is very wonderful, very strange, but she makes me frightened. What was the story the man told you, Antony?" "No doubt it was all nonsense," Antony replied, "but he said that it was the death-mask of an unknown girl found drowned in the Seine. SSESSOR OF A FACE SO UNCOMMON IN TYPE THAT YOUR LOVER MIGHT WITH LITTLE FEAR OF DISPROOF DECLARE AT ALL EVENTS IN ENGLAND THAT THERE WAS NONE OTHER LIKE IT YOU MIGHT GROW SUPERSTITIOUS AS YOU LOOKED IN AN ANTICIPATION SO CREEPILY IDENTICAL AND CONCEIVE STRANGE FANCIES OF REINCARNATION WHAT IF THIS HAD BEEN YOU IN SOME FORMER EXISTENCE OR AT ALL EVENTS IF THERE IS ANY TRUTH IN THOSE WHO TELL US THAT IN THE MOULD AND THE LINES OF OUR FACES AND HANDS YES AND IN EVERY SECRET MARKING OF OUR BODIES OUR FATES ARE WRITTEN AS IN A PARCHMENT WOULD IT NOT BE REASONABLE TO SURMISE PERHAPS TO FEAR THAT THE WRITING SHOULD MEAN THE SAME ON ONE FACE AS ON THE OTHER AND THE FATES AS WELL AS THE FACES PROVE IDENTICAL BEATRICE GAVE THE MASK BACK TO ANTONY WITH A LITTLE SHIVER IT IS VERY WONDERFUL VERY STRANGE BUT SHE MAKES ME FRIGHTENED WHAT WAS THE STORY THE MAN TOLD YOU ANTONY NO DOUBT IT WAS ALL NONSENSE ANTONY REPLIED BUT HE SAID THAT IT WAS THE DEATH MASK OF AN UNKNOWN GIRL FOUND DROWNED IN THE SAME
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