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The very effort to resist the desire of seeing her as I saw everybody else, gave a frenzy and an unnatural tension to my feeling and my manner. I sat by her side, looking into her eyes, smoothing her hair, folding her to my heart, which was sunken deep and deep  why not for ever?  in that dream of peace. THE VERY EFFORT TO RESIST THE DESIRE OF SEEING HER AS I SAW EVERYBODY ELSE GAVE A FRENZY AND AN UNNATURAL TENSION TO MY FEELING AND MANNER I SAT BY HER SIDE LOOKING INTO HER EYES SMOOTHING HER HAIR FOLDING HER TO MY HEART WHICH WAS SUNKEN DEEP AND DEEP WHY NOT FOR EVER IN THAT DREAM OF PEACE
igh, "I first saw Preciosa. Despite the spectacles, I saw Preciosa. For days, for weeks, for months, I did not take my spectacles with me. I ran away from them, I threw them up on high shelves, I tried to make up my mind to throw them into the sea, or down the well. I could not, I would not, I dared not, look at Preciosa through the spectacles. It was not possible for me deliberately to destroy them; but I awoke in the night, and could almost have cursed my dear old grandfather for his gift. "I sometimes escaped from the office, and sat for whole days with Preciosa. I told her the strange things I had seen with my mystic glasses. The hours were not enough for the wild romances which I raved in her ear. She listened, astonished and appalled. Her blue eyes turned upon me with sweet deprecation. She clung to me, and then withdrew, and fled fearfully from the room. "But she could not stay away. She could not resist my voice, in whose tones burnt all the love that filled my heart and brain. ND HIS VOICE TREMBLED AWAY INTO A SIGH I FIRST SAW PRECIOSA DESPITE THE SPECTACLES I SAW PRECIOSA FOR DAYS FOR WEEKS FOR MONTHS I DID NOT TAKE MY SPECTACLES WITH ME I RAN AWAY FROM THEM I THREW THEM UP ON HIGH SHELVES I TRIED TO MAKE UP MY MIND TO THROW THEM INTO THE SEA OR DOWN THE WELL I COULD NOT I WOULD NOT I DARED NOT LOOK AT PRECIOSA THROUGH THE SPECTACLES IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR ME DELIBERATELY TO DESTROY THEM BUT I AWOKE IN THE NIGHT AND COULD ALMOST HAVE CURSED MY DEAR OLD GRANDFATHER FOR HIS GIFT I SOMETIMES ESCAPED FROM THE OFFICE AND SAT FOR WHOLE DAYS WITH PRECIOSA I TOLD HER THE STRANGE THINGS I HAD SEEN WITH MY MYSTIC GLASSES THE HOURS WERE NOT ENOUGH FOR THE WILD ROMANCES WHICH I RAVED IN HER EAR SHE LISTENED ASTONISHED AND APPALLED HER BLUE EYES TURNED UPON ME WITH SWEET DEPRECATION SHE CLUNG TO ME AND THEN WITHDREW AND FLED FEARFULLY FROM THE ROOM BUT SHE COULD NOT STAY AWAY SHE COULD NOT RESIST MY VOICE IN WHOSE TONES BURNT ALL THE LOVE THAT FILLED MY HEART AND BRAIN
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