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Surely it was from no lack of love, this silence, but merely due to the working of what would seem to be a law of the artistic temperament: that to turn a muse into a wife, however long and faithfully loved, is to bid good bye to the muse. SURELY IT WAS FROM NO LACK OF LOVE THE SILENCE BUT MERELY DUE TO THE WORKING OF WHAT WOULD SEEM TO BE A LAW OF THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT THAT TO TURN A MUSE INTO A WIFE HOWEVER LONG AND FAITHFULLY LOVED IS TO BID GOOD BYE TO THE MUSE
 pines! He too felt a little haunted as he climbed his châlet staircase and unlocked the door, every sound he made echoing fatefully in the silent wood; and when he had found a place for the image and hung her there, she certainly looked a ghostly companion for the midnight lamp, in the middle of a wood. How strangely she smiled, the smile almost of one taking possession. No wonder Beatrice had been frightened. Was there some mysterious life in the thing, after all? Why should these indefinite forebodings come over him as he looked at her!—But he was growing as childish as Beatrice. Surely midnight, a dark wood, a lantern, and a death-mask, with two owls whistling to each other across the valley, were enough to account for any number of forebodings! But Antony shivered, for all that, as he locked the door and hastened back again down the wood. CHAPTER III THE NORTHERN SPHINX Antony had not written a poem to his wife since their little girl Wonder had been born, now some four years ago. DARK PINES HE TOO FELT A LITTLE HAUNTED AS HE CLIMBED HIS SHALLOW STAIRCASE AND UNLOCKED THE DOOR EVERY SOUND HE MADE ECHOING FATEFULLY IN THE SILENT WOOD AND WHEN HE HAD FOUND A PLACE FOR THE IMAGE AND HUNG HER THERE SHE CERTAINLY LOOKED A GHOSTLY COMPANION FOR THE MIDNIGHT LAMP IN THE MIDDLE OF A WOOD HOW STRANGELY SHE SMILED THE SMILE ALMOST OF ONE TAKING POSSESSION NO WONDER BEATRICE HAD BEEN FRIGHTENED WAS THERE SOME MYSTERIOUS LIFE IN THE THING AFTER ALL WHY SHOULD THESE INDEFINITE FOREBODINGS COME OVER HIM AS HE LOOKED AT HER BUT HE WAS GROWING AS CHILDISH AS BEATRICE SURELY MIDNIGHT A DARK WOOD A LANTERN AND A DEATH MAST WITH TWO OWLS WHISTLING TO EACH OTHER ACROSS THE VALLEY WERE ENOUGH TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY NUMBER OF FOREBODINGS BUT ANTONY SHIVERED FOR ALL THAT AS HE LOCKED THE DOOR AND HASTENED BACK AGAIN DOWN THE WOOD END OF CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE THE NORTHERN SPHINX ANTONY HAD NOT WRITTEN A POEM TO HIS WIFE SINCE HER LITTLE GIRL WONDER HAD BEEN BORN NOW SOME FOUR YEARS AGO
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