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That had quickened his steps and checked his delay. If his visit was prompt it was because he had been separated so long from the part of himself that alone he now valued. THAT HAD QUICKENED HIS STEPS AND CHECKED HIS DELAY IF HIS VISIT WAS PROMPT IT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SEPARATED SO LONG FROM THE PART OF HIMSELF THAT ALONE HE NOW VALUED
ories of Pharaohs were nothing to him as he thought of it. Small wonder then that he came back to it on the morrow of his return. He was drawn there this time as irresistibly as the other, yet with a confidence, almost, that was doubtless the effect of the many months that had elapsed. He had lived, in spite of himself, into his change of feeling, and in wandering over the earth had wandered, as might be said, from the circumference to the centre of his desert. He had settled to his safety and accepted perforce his extinction; figuring to himself, with some colour, in the likeness of certain little old men he remembered to have seen, of whom, all meagre and wizened as they might look, it was related that they had in their time fought twenty duels or been loved by ten princesses. They indeed had been wondrous for others while he was but wondrous for himself; which, however, was exactly the cause of his haste to renew the wonder by getting back, as he might put it, into his own presence. F OR PRIDE YET THE PAST GLORIES OF PHARAOHS WERE NOTHING TO HIM AS HE THOUGHT OF IT SMALL WONDER THEN THAT HE CAME BACK TO IT ON THE MORROW OF HIS RETURN HE WAS DRAWN THERE THIS TIME AS IRRESISTIBLY AS THE OTHER YET WITH A CONFIDENCE ALMOST THAT WAS DOUBTLESS THE EFFECT OF THE MANY MONTHS THAT HAD ELAPSED HE HAD LIVED IN SPITE OF HIMSELF INTO HIS CHANGE OF FEELING AND IN WANDERING OVER THE EARTH HAD WANDERED AS MIGHT BE SAID FROM THE CIRCUMFERENCE TO THE CENTRE OF HIS DESERT HE HAD SETTLED TO HIS SAFETY AND ACCEPTED PERFORCE HIS EXTINCTION FIGURING TO HIMSELF WITH SOME COLOR IN THE LIKENESS OF CERTAIN LITTLE OLD MEN HE REMEMBERED TO HAVE SEEN OF WHOM ALL MEAGRE AND WISENED AS THEY MIGHT LOOK IT WAS RELATED THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR TIME FOUGHT TWENTY DUELS OR BEEN LOVED BY TEN PRINCESSES THEY INDEED HAD BEEN WONDROUS FOR OTHERS WHILE HE WAS BUT WONDROUS FOR HIMSELF WHICH HOWEVER WAS EXACTLY THE CAUSE OF HIS HASTE TO RENEW THE WONDER BY GETTING BACK AS HE MIGHT PUT IT INTO HIS OWN PRESENCE
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