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The night of the wedding I found myself sitting in her bedroom in the hotel, listening to her talk. She was sitting up in bed, and I listened to her as she spoke in her beautiful voice, spoke of things which even now I would not dare whisper in the blackest night, though I stood in the midst of a wilderness. THE NIGHT OF THE WEDDING I FOUND MYSELF SITTING IN HER BEDROOM IN THE HOTEL LISTENING TO HER TALK SHE WAS SITTING UP IN BED AND I LISTENED TO HER AS SHE SPOKE IN HER BEAUTIFUL VOICE SPOKE OF THINGS WHICH EVEN NOW I WOULD NOT DARE WHISPER IN THE BLACKEST NIGHT THOUGH I STOOD IN THE MIDST OF A WILDERNESS
cigars and such petty pleasures. It was in my second season that the tide turned. Of course you have heard of my marriage?” “No, I never heard anything about it.” “Yes, I married, Villiers. I met a girl, a girl of the most wonderful and most strange beauty, at the house of some people whom I knew. I cannot tell you her age; I never knew it, but, so far as I can guess, I should think she must have been about nineteen when I made her acquaintance. My friends had come to know her at Florence; she told them she was an orphan, the child of an English father and an Italian mother, and she charmed them as she charmed me. The first time I saw her was at an evening party. I was standing by the door talking to a friend, when suddenly above the hum and babble of conversation I heard a voice which seemed to thrill to my heart. She was singing an Italian song. I was introduced to her that evening, and in three months I married Helen. Villiers, that woman, if I can call her woman, corrupted my soul. POUNDS YOU KNOW BUT ENOUGH TO PAY FOR CIGARS AND SUCH PETTY PLEASURES IT WAS IN MY SECOND SEASON THAT THE TIDE TURNED OF COURSE YOU HAVE HEARD OF MY MARRIAGE NO I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT YES I MARRIED VILLIERS I MET A GIRL A GIRL OF THE MOST WONDERFUL AND MOST STRANGE BEAUTY AT THE HOUSE OF SOME PEOPLE WHOM I KNEW I CANNOT TELL YOU HER AGE I NEVER KNEW IT BUT SO FAR AS I CAN GUESS I SHOULD THINK SHE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT NINETEEN WHEN I MADE HER ACQUAINTANCE MY FRIENDS HAD COME TO NORA AT FLORENCE SHE TOLD THEM SHE WAS AN ORPHAN THE CHILD OF AN ENGLISH FATHER AND AN ITALIAN MOTHER AND SHE CHARMED THEM AS SHE CHARMED ME THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER WAS AT AN EVENING PARTY I WAS STANDING BY THE DOOR TALKING TO A FRIEND WHEN SUDDENLY ABOVE THE HUM AND BABBLE OF CONVERSATION I HEARD A VOICE WHICH SEEMED TO THRILL TO MY HEART SHE WAS SINGING AN ITALIAN SONG I WAS INTRODUCED TO HER THAT EVENING AND IN THREE MONTHS I MARRIED HELEN VILLIERS THAT WOMAN IF I CAN CALL HER WOMAN CORRUPTED MY SOUL
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