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I can only think of the terror, the human anguish. Poor girl—" and she turned again to the image as it lay upon the table,—"see how the hair lies moulded round her ears with the water, and how her eyelashes stick to her cheek—Poor girl." I CAN ONLY THINK OF THE TERROR THE HUMAN ANGUISH POOR GIRL AND SHE TURNED AGAIN TO THE IMAGE AS IT LAY UPON THE TABLE SEE HOW THE HAIR LIES MOULDED ROUND HER EARS WITH THE WATER AND HOW HER EYELASHES STICK TO HER CHEEK POOR GIRL
ble to surmise, perhaps to fear, that the writing should mean the same on one face as on the other, and the fates as well as the faces prove identical? Beatrice gave the mask back to Antony, with a little shiver. "It is very wonderful, very strange, but she makes me frightened. What was the story the man told you, Antony?" "No doubt it was all nonsense," Antony replied, "but he said that it was the death-mask of an unknown girl found drowned in the Seine." "Drowned in the Seine!" exclaimed Beatrice, growing almost as white as the image. "Yes! and he said too that the story went that the sculptor who moulded it had fallen so in love with the dead girl, that he had gone mad and drowned himself in the Seine also." "Can it be true, Antony?" "I hope so, for it is so beautiful,—and nothing is really beautiful till it has come true." "But the pain, the pity of it—Antony." "That is a part of the beauty, surely—the very essence of its beauty—" "Beauty! beauty! O Antony, that is always your cry. S ARE WRITTEN AS IN A PARCHMENT WOULD IT NOT BE REASONABLE TO SURMISE PERHAPS TO FEAR THAT THE WRITING SHOULD MEAN THE SAME ON ONE FACE AS ON THE OTHER AND THE FATES AS WELL AS THE FACES PROVE IDENTICAL BEATRICE GAVE THE MASK BACK TO ANTONY WITH A LITTLE SHIVER IT IS VERY WONDERFUL VERY STRANGE BUT SHE MAKES ME FRIGHTENED WHAT WAS THE STORY THE MAN TOLD YOU ANTONY NO DOUBT IT WAS ALL NONSENSE ANTONY REPLIED BUT HE SAID THAT IT WAS THE DEATH MASK OF AN UNKNOWN GIRL FOUND DROWNED IN THE SAME DROWNED IN THE SAME EXCLAIMED BEATRICE GROWING ALMOST AS WHITE AS THE IMAGE YES AND HE SAID TOO THAT THE STORY WENT THAT THE SCULPTOR WHO MOULDED IT HAD FALLEN SO IN LOVE WITH THE DEAD GIRL THAT HE HAD GONE MAD AND DROWNED HIMSELF IN THE SEINE ALSO CAN IT BE TRUE ANTONY I HOPE SO FOR IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL TILL IT HAS COME TRUE BUT THE PAIN THE PITY OF IT ANTONY THAT IS PART OF THE BEAUTY SURELY THE VERY ESSENCE OF ITS BEAUTY BEAUTY BEAUTY OH ANTONY THAT IS ALWAYS YOUR CRY
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