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"'We are happy, then,' I said to myself, 'there is no excitement now. How glad I am that I can now look at her through my spectacles.' "I feared least some instinct should warn me to beware. I escaped from her arms, and ran home and seized the glasses, and bounded back again to Preciosa. As I entered the room I was heated, my head was swimming with confused apprehensions, my eyes must have glared. Preciosa was frightened, and rising from her seat, stood with an inquiring glance of surprise in her eyes. WE ARE HAPPY THEN I SAID TO MYSELF THERE IS NO EXCITEMENT NOW HOW GLAD I AM THAT I CAN NOW LOOK AT HER THROUGH MY SPECTACLES I FEARED LEST SOME INSTINCT SHOULD WARN ME TO BEWARE I ESCAPED FROM HER ARMS AND RAN HOME AND SEIZED THE GLASSES AND BOUNDED BACK AGAIN TO PRECIOSA AS I ENTERED THE ROOM I WAS HEATED MY HEAD WAS SWIMMING WITH CONFUSED APPREHENSIONS MY EYES MUST HAVE GLARED PRECIOSA WAS FRIGHTENED AND RISING FROM HER SEAT STOOD WITH AN INQUIRING GLANCE OF SURPRISE IN HER EYES
earfully from the room. "But she could not stay away. She could not resist my voice, in whose tones burnt all the love that filled my heart and brain. The very effort to resist the desire of seeing her as I saw everybody else, gave a frenzy and an unnatural tension to my feeling and my manner. I sat by her side, looking into her eyes, smoothing her hair, folding her to my heart, which was sunken deep and deep--why not for ever?--in that dream of peace. I ran from her presence, and shouted, and leaped with joy, and sat the whole night through, thrilled into happiness by the thought of her love and loveliness, like a wind harp, tightly strung, and answering the airiest sigh of the breeze with music. "Then came calmer days--the conviction of deep love settled upon our lives--as after the hurrying, heaving days of spring, comes the bland and benignant summer. "'It is no dream, then, after all, and we are happy,' I said to her, one day; and there came no answer, for happiness is speechless. SHE CLUNG TO ME AND THEN WITHDREW AND FLED FEARFULLY FROM THE ROOM BUT SHE COULD NOT STAY AWAY SHE COULD NOT RESIST MY VOICE IN WHOSE TONES BURNT ALL THE LOVE THAT FILLED MY HEART AND BRAIN THE VERY EFFORT TO RESIST THE DESIRE OF SEEING HER AS I SAW EVERYBODY ELSE GAVE A FRENZY AND AN UNNATURAL TENSION TO MY FEELING AND MANNER I SAT BY HER SIDE LOOKING INTO HER EYES SMOOTHING HER HAIR FOLDING HER TO MY HEART WHICH WAS SUNKEN DEEP AND DEEP WHY NOT FOR EVER IN THAT DREAM OF PEACE I RAN FROM HER PRESENCE AND SHOUTED AND LEAPT WITH JOY AND SAT THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH THRILLED INTO HAPPINESS BY THE THOUGHT OF HER LOVE AND LOVELINESS LIKE A WIND HARP TIGHTLY STRUNG AND ANSWERING THE AIRIEST SIGH OF THE BREEZE WITH MUSIC THEN CAME CALMER DAYS THE CONVICTION OF DEEP LOVE SETTLED UPON OUR LIVES AS AFTER THE HURRYING HEAVING DAYS OF SPRING COMES THE BLAND AND BENIGNANT SUMMER IT IS NO DREAM THEN AFTER ALL AND WE ARE HAPPY I SAID TO HER ONE DAY AND THERE CAME NO ANSWER FOR HAPPINESS IS SPEECHLESS
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