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With sweet authority she would make me sit on a stool at her feet, and would pass her beautifully molded hand over my head, caressing my brow, my eyes, and loose curls. WITH SWEET AUTHORITY SHE WOULD MAKE ME SIT ON A STOOL AT HER FEET AND WOULD PASS HER BEAUTIFULLY MOLDED HAND OVER MY HEAD CARESSING MY BROW MY EYES AND LOOSE CURLS
rived at such a ridiculous extremity, that if I wanted to scratch myself, pull up my sock, or do anything else not in keeping with the idealism of my chaste love, I first drew out the miniature, put it in a safe place, and then considered myself free to do whatever I wanted. In fact, since I had accomplished the theft, there was no limit to my vagaries. At night I hid it under the pillow, and slept in an attitude of defense; the portrait remained near the wall, I outside, and I awoke a thousand times, fearing somebody would come to bereave me of my treasure. At last I drew it from beneath the pillow and slipped it between my nightshirt and left breast, on which the following day could be seen the imprint of the chasing of the frame. The contact of the dear miniature gave me delicious dreams. The lady of the portrait, not in effigy, but in her natural size and proportions, alive, graceful, affable, beautiful, would come towards me to conduct me to her palace by a rapid and flying train. EE ALL MY ACTIONS AND I ARRIVED AT SUCH A RIDICULOUS EXTREMITY THAT IF I WANTED TO SCRATCH MYSELF OR PULL OUT MY SOCK OR DO ANYTHING ELSE NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE IDEALISM OF MY CHASTE LOVE I FIRST DREW OUT THE MINIATURE PUT IT IN A SAFE PLACE AND THEN CONSIDERED MYSELF FREE TO DO WHATEVER I WANTED IN FACT SINCE I HAD ACCOMPLISHED A THEFT THERE WAS NO LIMIT TO MY VAGARIES AT NIGHT I HID IT UNDER THE PILLOW AND SLEPT IN AN ATTITUDE OF DEFENCE THE PORTRAIT REMAINED NEAR THE WALL I OUTSIDE AND I AWOKE A THOUSAND TIMES FEARING SOMEBODY WOULD COME TO BEREAVE ME OF MY TREASURE AT LAST I DREW IT FROM BENEATH THE PILLOW AND SLIPPED IT BETWEEN MY NAT SHIRT AND LEFT BREAST ON WHICH THE FOLLOWING DAY COULD BE SEEN THE IMPRINT OF THE CHASING OF THE FRAME THE CONTACT OF THE DEAR MINIATURE GAVE ME DELICIOUS DREAMS THE LADY OF THE PORTRAIT NOT IN EFFIGY BUT IN HER NATURAL SIZE AND PROPORTIONS ALIVE GRACEFUL AFFABLE BEAUTIFUL WOULD COME TOWARDS ME TO CONDUCT ME TO HER PALACE BY A RAPID AND FLYING TRAIN
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