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But he did not oftenest frequent the banqueting hall, where were endless hospitality and feasting,  nor did he loiter much in the reception rooms, where a throng of new visitors was for ever swarming,  nor did he feed his vanity by haunting the apartment in which were stored the trophies of his varied triumphs,  nor dream much in the great gallery hung with pictures of his travels. "From all these lofty halls of memory he constantly escaped to a remote and solitary chamber, into which no one had ever penetrated. BUT HE DID NOT OFTENEST FREQUENT THE BANQUETING HALL WHERE WERE ENDLESS HOSPITALITY AND FEASTING NOR DID HE LOITER MUCH IN THE RECEPTION ROOMS WHERE A THRONG OF NEW VISITORS WAS FOREVER SWARMING NOR DID HE FEED HIS VANITY BY HAUNTING THE APARTMENT IN WHICH WERE STORED THE TROPHIES OF HIS VARIED TRIUMPHS NOR DREAM MUCH IN THE GREAT GALLERY HUNG WITH PICTURES OF HIS TRAVELS FROM ALL THESE LOFTY HALLS OF MEMORY HE CONSTANTLY ESCAPED TO A REMOTE AND SOLITARY CHAMBER INTO WHICH NO ONE HAD EVER PENETRATED
y curious to look at that old lover of hers, through my glasses. He was no longer young, you know, when I came, and his fame and fortune were secure. Certainly I have heard of few men more beloved, and of none more worthy to be loved. He had the easy manner of a man of the world, the sensitive grace of a poet, and the charitable judgment of a wide-traveller. He was accounted the most successful and most unspoiled of men. Handsome, brilliant, wise, tender, graceful, accomplished, rich, and famous, I looked at him, without the spectacles, in surprise, and admiration, and wondered how your neighbor over the way had been so entirely untouched by his homage. I watched their intercourse in society, I saw her gay smile, her cordial greeting; I marked his frank address, his lofty courtesy. Their manner told no tales. The eager world was baulked, and I pulled out my spectacles. "I had seen her already, and now I saw him. He lived only in memory, and his memory was a spacious and stately palace. TY YOU MAY BELIEVE THAT I WAS ESPECIALLY CURIOUS TO LOOK AT THAT OLD LOVER OF HERS THROUGH MY GLASSES HE WAS NO LONGER YOUNG YOU KNOW WHEN I CAME AND HIS FAME AND FORTUNE WERE SECURE CERTAINLY I HAVE HEARD OF FEW MEN MORE BELOVED AND OF NONE MORE WORTHY TO BE LOVED HE HAD THE EASY MANNER OF A MAN OF THE WORLD THE SENSITIVE GRACE OF A POET AND THE CHARITABLE JUDGMENT OF A WIDE TRAVELLER HE WAS ACCOUNTED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND MOST UNSPOILED OF MEN HANDSOME BRILLIANT WISE TENDER GRACEFUL ACCOMPLISHED RICH AND FAMOUS I LOOKED AT HIM WITHOUT THE SPECTACLES IN SURPRISE AND ADMIRATION AND WONDERED HOW YOUR NEIGHBOR OVER THE WAY HAD BEEN SO ENTIRELY UNTOUCHED BY HIS HOMAGE I WATCHED THEIR INTERCOURSE IN SOCIETY I SAW HER GAY SMILE HER CORDIAL GREETING I MARKED HIS FRANK ADDRESS HIS LOFTY COURTESY THEIR MANNER TOLD NO TALES THE EAGER WORLD WAS BALKED AND I PULLED OUT MY SPECTACLES I HAD SEEN HER ALREADY AND NOW I SAW HIM HE LIVED ONLY IN MEMORY AND HIS MEMORY WAS A SPACIOUS AND STATELY PALACE
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