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What if this had been you in some former existence! WHAT IF THIS HAD BEEN YOU IN SOME FORMER EXISTENCE
eat love for her! Who was the artist, what the time and circumstance, that had anticipated in this strange fashion the only face he had ever really loved on earth? He sought information of the shopkeeper, who told him a strange little story of an unknown model and an unknown artist, and two tragic fates. When Antony had brought Silencieux home to Beatrice, she had at first taken that delight in her which every created thing takes in a perfect, or even an imperfect, reflection of itself. To have been anticipated in a manner so unusual gave back in romantic suggestiveness what at first sight it seemed to steal from one's personal originality. Only at first sight—for, if like Beatrice, you were the possessor of a face so uncommon in type that your lover might, with little fear of disproof, declare, at all events in England, that there was none other like it, you might grow superstitious as you looked at an anticipation so creepily identical, and conceive strange fancies of re-incarnation. HE BOUGHT IT BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR HER WHO WAS THE ARTIST WHAT THE TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HAD ANTICIPATED IN THIS STRANGE FASHION THE ONLY FACE HE HAD EVER REALLY LOVED ON EARTH HE SOUGHT INFORMATION OF THE SHOPKEEPER WHO TOLD HIM A STRANGE LITTLE STORY OF AN UNKNOWN MODEL AN UNKNOWN ARTIST AND TWO TRAGIC FATES WHEN ANTONY HAD BROUGHT SELAGO HOME TO BEATRICE SHE HAD AT FIRST TAKEN THAT DELIGHT IN HER WHICH EVERY CREATED THING TAKES IN A PERFECT OR EVEN AN IMPERFECT REFLECTION OF ITSELF TO HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED IN A MANNER SO UNUSUAL GAVE BACK IN ROMANTIC SUGGESTIVENESS WHAT AT FIRST SIGHT IT SEEMED TO STEAL FROM ONE'S PERSONAL ORIGINALITY ONLY AT FIRST SIGHT FOR IF LIKE BEATRICE YOU WERE THE POSSESSOR OF A FACE SO UNCOMMON IN TYPE THAT YOUR LOVER MIGHT WITH LITTLE FEAR OF DISPROOF DECLARE AT ALL EVENTS IN ENGLAND THAT THERE WAS NONE OTHER LIKE IT YOU MIGHT GROW SUPERSTITIOUS AS YOU LOOKED IN AN ANTICIPATION SO CREEPILY IDENTICAL AND CONCEIVE STRANGE FANCIES OF REINCARNATION
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