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There was silence for many minutes. Prue laid her hand gently upon the head of our guest, whose eyes were closed, and who breathed softly like an infant in sleeping. THERE WAS SILENCE FOR MANY MINUTES PRUE LAID HER HAND GENTLY UPON THE HEAD OF OUR GUEST WHOSE EYES WERE CLOSED AND WHO BREATHED SOFTLY LIKE AN INFANT IN SLEEPING
used apprehensions, my eyes must have glared. Preciosa was frightened, and rising from her seat, stood with an inquiring glance of surprise in her eyes. "But I was bent with frenzy upon my purpose. I was merely aware that she was in the room. I saw nothing else. I heard nothing. I cared for nothing, but to see her through that magic glass, and feel at once all the fulness of blissful perfection which that would reveal. Preciosa stood before the mirror, but alarmed at my wild and eager movements, unable to distinguish what I had in my hands, and seeing me raise them suddenly to my face, she shrieked with terror, and fell fainting upon the floor, at the very moment that I placed the glasses before my eyes, and beheld--_myself_, reflected in the mirror, before which she had been standing. "Dear madam," cried Titbottom, to my wife, springing up and falling back again in his chair, pale and trembling, while Prue ran to him and took his hand, and I poured out a glass of water--"I saw myself. EATED MY HEAD WAS SWIMMING WITH CONFUSED APPREHENSIONS MY EYES MUST HAVE GLARED PRECIOSA WAS FRIGHTENED AND RISING FROM HER SEAT STOOD WITH AN INQUIRING GLANCE OF SURPRISE IN HER EYES BUT I WAS BENT WITH FRENZY UPON MY PURPOSE I WAS MERELY AWARE THAT SHE WAS IN THE ROOM I SAW NOTHING ELSE I HEARD NOTHING I CARED FOR NOTHING BUT TO SEE HER THROUGH THAT MAGIC GLASS AND FEEL ALL AT ONCE THE FULNESS OF BLISSFUL PERFECTION WHICH THAT WOULD REVEAL PRECIOSA STOOD BEFORE THE MIRROR BUT ALARMED AT MY WILD AND EAGER MOVEMENTS UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH WHAT I HAD IN MY HANDS AND SEEING ME RAISE THEM SUDDENLY TO MY FACE SHE SHRIEKED WITH TERROR AND FELL FAINTING UPON THE FLOOR AT THE VERY MOMENT THAT I PLACED THE GLASSES BEFORE MY EYES AND BEHELD MYSELF REFLECTED IN THE MIRROR BEFORE WHICH SHE HAD BEEN STANDING DEAR MADAM CRIED TIT BOTTOM TO MY WIFE SPRINGING UP AND FALLING BACK AGAIN IN HIS CHAIR PALE AND TREMBLING WHILE PRUE RAN TO HIM AND TOOK HIS HAND AND I POURED OUT A GLASS OF WATER I SAW MYSELF
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