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Every day new life welled into Silencieux's face, as every day life ebbed from the face of Beatrice, surely foreseeing the coming on of what she had feared. For the love he gave to Silencieux Antony must take away from Beatrice, from whom as the days went by he grew more and more withdrawn. EVERY DAY NEW LIFE WELLED INTO SOLAJO'S FACE AS EVERY DAY LIFE EBBED FROM THE FACE OF BEATRICE SURELY FORESEEING THE COMING OF WHAT SHE HAD FEARED FOR THE LOVE HE GAVE TO SALAJO ANTONY MUST TAKE AWAY FROM BEATRICE FROM WHOM AS THE DAYS WENT BY HE GREW MORE AND MORE WITHDRAWN
ch he had known was already growing within him; for when Beatrice had spoken of his loving an image, it was no abstract passion he had conceived, but some fanciful variation of earthly love—a love of beauty centring itself upon some form midway between life and death, inanimate and yet alive, human and yet removed from the accidents of humanity. To love an image with one's whole heart! If only one could achieve that—and never come out of the dream. These thoughts gave him a new desire to look again at the image. He felt that in some way she would be changed, and he hastened up the wood in a strange expectancy. CHAPTER IV AT THE RISING OF THE MOON But a week or two more, and Beatrice's prophecy had progressed so far towards fulfilment, that Antony was going about the woods and the moors saying over to himself the name he had found for the Image, as we saw in the first chapter; and his love for Silencieux, begun more or less as a determined self-illusion, grew more and more of a reality. HE HAD KNOWN WAS ALREADY GROWING WITHIN HIM FOR WHEN BEATRICE HAD SPOKEN OF HIS LOVING AND IMAGE IT WAS NO ABSTRACT PASSION HE HAD CONCEIVED BUT SOME FANCIFUL VARIATION OF EARTHLY LOVE A LOVE OF BEAUTY CENTERING ITSELF UPON SOME FORM MIDWAY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH INANIMATE AND YET ALIVE HUMAN AND YET REMOVED FROM THE ACCIDENTS OF HUMANITY TO LOVE AN IMAGE WITH ONE'S WHOLE HEART IF ONLY ONE COULD ACHIEVE THAT AND NEVER COME OUT OF THE DREAM THESE THOUGHTS GAVE HIM A NEW DESIRE TO LOOK AGAIN AT THE IMAGE HE FELT THAT IN SOME WAY SHE WOULD BE CHANGED AND HE HASTENED UP THE WOOD IN A STRANGE EXPECTANCY END OF CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR AT THE RISING OF THE MOON BUT A WEEK OR TWO MORE AND BEATRICE'S PROPHECY HAD PROGRESSED SO FAR TOWARDS FULFILMENT THAT ANTHONY WAS GOING ABOUT THE WOODS AND THE MOOR SAYING OVER TO HIMSELF THE NAME HE HAD FOUND FOR THE IMAGE AS WE SAW IN THE FIRST CHAPTER AND HIS LOVE FOR SALAJO BEGUN MORE OR LESS AS A DETERMINED SELF ILLUSION GREW MORE AND MORE OF A REALITY
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