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"I had seen her already, and now I saw him. He lived only in memory, and his memory was a spacious and stately palace. I HAD SEEN HER ALREADY AND NOW I SAW HIM HE LIVED ONLY IN MEMORY AND HIS MEMORY WAS A SPACIOUS AND STATELY PALACE
"Could I be misanthropical when I saw such fidelity, and dignity, and simplicity? "You may believe that I was especially curious to look at that old lover of hers, through my glasses. He was no longer young, you know, when I came, and his fame and fortune were secure. Certainly I have heard of few men more beloved, and of none more worthy to be loved. He had the easy manner of a man of the world, the sensitive grace of a poet, and the charitable judgment of a wide-traveller. He was accounted the most successful and most unspoiled of men. Handsome, brilliant, wise, tender, graceful, accomplished, rich, and famous, I looked at him, without the spectacles, in surprise, and admiration, and wondered how your neighbor over the way had been so entirely untouched by his homage. I watched their intercourse in society, I saw her gay smile, her cordial greeting; I marked his frank address, his lofty courtesy. Their manner told no tales. The eager world was baulked, and I pulled out my spectacles. DID NOT LOVE HIM HOW COULD I MARRY HIM COULD I BE MISANTHROPICAL WHEN I SAW SUCH FIDELITY AND DIGNITY AND SIMPLICITY YOU MAY BELIEVE THAT I WAS ESPECIALLY CURIOUS TO LOOK AT THAT OLD LOVER OF HERS THROUGH MY GLASSES HE WAS NO LONGER YOUNG YOU KNOW WHEN I CAME AND HIS FAME AND FORTUNE WERE SECURE CERTAINLY I HAVE HEARD OF FEW MEN MORE BELOVED AND OF NONE MORE WORTHY TO BE LOVED HE HAD THE EASY MANNER OF A MAN OF THE WORLD THE SENSITIVE GRACE OF A POET AND THE CHARITABLE JUDGMENT OF A WIDE TRAVELLER HE WAS ACCOUNTED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND MOST UNSPOILED OF MEN HANDSOME BRILLIANT WISE TENDER GRACEFUL ACCOMPLISHED RICH AND FAMOUS I LOOKED AT HIM WITHOUT THE SPECTACLES IN SURPRISE AND ADMIRATION AND WONDERED HOW YOUR NEIGHBOR OVER THE WAY HAD BEEN SO ENTIRELY UNTOUCHED BY HIS HOMAGE I WATCHED THEIR INTERCOURSE IN SOCIETY I SAW HER GAY SMILE HER CORDIAL GREETING I MARKED HIS FRANK ADDRESS HIS LOFTY COURTESY THEIR MANNER TOLD NO TALES THE EAGER WORLD WAS BALKED AND I PULLED OUT MY SPECTACLES
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