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One day as chance had sent him, picking his way among the orange boxes, the moving farms, and the wig makers of Covent Garden, he had come upon a sculptor's shop, oddly crowded in among Cockney carters and decaying vegetables. ONE DAY AS CHANCE HAD SENT HIM PICKING HIS WAY AMONG THE ORANGE BOXES THE MOVING FARMS AND THE WIG MAKERS OF COVENT GARDEN HE HAD COME UPON A SCULPTOR'S SHOP ODDLY CROWDED IN AMONG COCKNEY CARTERS AND DECAYING VEGETABLES
one meets walking by a haunted well in some old Arthurian tale." "Hush!" said Beatrice, "listen to the night-jar. He is worth a hundred nightingales." "Yes; what a passion is that!" said Antony, "so sincere, and yet so fascinating too." "'Yet,' do you say, Antony? Why, sincerity is the most fascinating thing in the world." And as they listened, Antony's heart had stolen back to Silencieux, and once more in fancy he pressed his lips to hers in the dusk: "It is with such an eternal passion that I love you, Silencieux." FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: Of course, the writer is aware that while "Silencieux" is feminine, her name is masculine. In such fanciful names, however, such license has always been considered allowable.] CHAPTER II THE COMING OF SILENCIEUX The manner in which Antony had found and come to love Silencieux was a strange illustration of that law by which one love grows out of another—that law by which men love living women because of the dead, and dead women because of the living.  HAS MADE ME FORGET MY DINNER DISGRACEFUL I DON'T MIND YOUR FORGETTING DINNER ANTONY BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE REMEMBERED ME DO YOU THINK I COULD REMEMBER BEAUTY AND FORGET YOU YES YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL TO NIGHT SILLY BEATRICE YOU LOOK LIKE A LADY ONE MEETS WALKING BY A HAUNTED WELL IN SOME OLD ARTHURIAN TALE HUSH SAID BEATRICE LISTEN TO THE NIGHT JAR HE IS WORTH A HUNDRED NIGHTINGALES YES WHAT A PASSION IS THAT SAID ANTHONY SO SINCERE AND YET SO FASCINATING TOO YET DO YOU SAY ANTONY WHY SINCERITY IS THE MOST FASCINATING THING IN THE WORLD AND AS THEY LISTENED ANTONY'S HEART HAD STOLEN BACK TO SELAJO AND ONCE MORE IN FANCY HE PRESSED HIS LIPS TO HERS IN THE DUSK IT IS WITH SUCH AN ETERNAL PASSION THAT I LOVE YOU SELAU END OF CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO THE COMING OF SELA THE MANNER IN WHICH ANTONY HAD FOUND AND COME TO LOVE SELA WAS A STRANGE ILLUSTRATION OF THAT LAW BY WHICH ONE LOVE GROWS OUT OF ANOTHER THAT LAW BY WHICH MEN LOVE LIVING WOMEN BECAUSE OF THE DEAD AND DEAD WOMEN BECAUSE OF THE LIVING
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