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English
1868
And at last the dreadful thing came, as the Woman had foreseen all along that it must; it was one of those paltry little truths with which she harried her waking hours. AND AT LAST THE DREADFUL THING CAME AS THE WOMAN HAD FORESEEN ALL ALONG THAT IT MUST IT WAS ONE OF THOSE PALTRY LITTLE TRUTHS WITH WHICH SHE HARRIED HER WAKING HOURS
 was a meeting-ground for naked truths and over-dressed fictions, and it was here, the Woman felt, that she might make a final effort to recall the artless mendacity of past days. Madame herself was in an inspiring mood, with the air of a sphinx who knew all things and preferred to forget most of them. As a War Minister she might have been celebrated, but she was content to be merely rich. "If I take it in here, and--Miss Howard, one moment, if you please--and there, and round like this--so--I really think you will find it quite easy." The Woman hesitated; it seemed to require such a small effort to simply acquiesce in Madame's views. But habit had become too strong. "I'm afraid," she faltered, "it's just the least little bit in the world too"-- And by that least little bit she measured the deeps and eternities of her thraldom to fact. Madame was not best pleased at being contradicted on a professional matter, and when Madame lost her temper you usually found it afterwards in the bill. S MADAME DRAGER'S ESTABLISHMENT WAS A MEETING GROUND FOR NAKED TRUTHS AND OVERDRESSED FICTIONS AND IT WAS HERE THE WOMAN FELT THAT SHE MIGHT MAKE A FINAL EFFORT TO RECALL THE ARTLESS MENDACITY OF PAST DAYS MADAME HERSELF WAS IN AN INSPIRING MOOD WITH THE AIR OF A SPHINX WHO KNEW ALL THINGS AND PREFERRED TO FORGET MOST OF THEM AS A WAR MINISTER SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED BUT SHE WAS CONTENT TO BE MERELY RICH IF I TAKE IT IN HERE AND AT MISS HOWARD ONE MOMENT IF YOU PLEASE AND THERE AND ROUND LIKE THIS SO I REALLY THINK YOU WILL FIND IT QUITE EASY THE WOMAN HESITATED IT SEEMED TO REQUIRE SUCH A SMALL EFFORT TO SIMPLY ACQUIESCE IN MADAME'S VIEWS BUT HABIT HAD BECOME TOO STRONG I'M AFRAID SHE FALTERED IT'S JUST THE LEAST LITTLE BIT IN THE WORLD TO AND BY THAT LEAST LITTLE BIT SHE MEASURED THE DEEPS AND ETERNITIES OF HER THRALLDOM TO FACT MADAME WAS NOT BEST PLEASED AT BEING CONTRADICTED ON A PROFESSIONAL MATTER AND WHEN MADAME LOST HER TEMPER YOU USUALLY FOUND IT AFTERWARDS IN THE BILL
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