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Your wife isn't half the woman she was since you took her into the valley. You don't look any better for it, either. No, sir, believe me, beauty's all very well, but it's not good to live with—And, by the way, have you had your well looked at lately? YOUR WIFE ISN'T HALF THE WOMAN SHE WAS SINCE YOU TOOK HER INTO THE VALLEY YOU DON'T LOOK ANY BETTER FOR IT EITHER NO SIR BELIEVE ME BEAUTY'S ALL VERY WELL BUT IT'S NOT GOOD TO LIVE WITH AND BY THE WAY HAVE YOU HAD YOUR WELL LOOKED AT LATELY
x, I bring you my little child." But he had never meant it so. It had all been a mad fancy. What was Silencieux herself but a wilful, selfish dream? He saw it all now. How could a lifeless image have power over the life of his child? And yet again, was Silencieux a lifeless image? And still again, if she were an image, was it not always to an image that humanity from the beginning had been sacrificed? Yes; perhaps if Silencieux were only an image there was all the more reason to fear her. When he returned he would go to Silencieux, go on his knees and beg for the life of his child. Silencieux had been cruel, but she could hardly be so cruel as that. He drove back across the moor by the doctor's side. "I have always thought you unwise to live in that valley," said the doctor. "It's pretty, but like most pretty places, it's unhealthy. Nature can seldom be good and beautiful at the same time." The doctor was somewhat of a philosopher. "Your little girl needs the hills. In fact you all do.  FLASHED UPON HIM AND ONCE MORE HE HEARD HIMSELF SAYING SILAJO I BRING YOU MY LITTLE CHILD BUT HE HAD NEVER MEANT IT SO IT HAD ALL BEEN A MAD FANCY WHAT WAS SELA HERSELF BUT A WILFUL SELFISH DREAM HE SAW IT ALL NOW HOW COULD A LIFELESS IMAGE HAVE POWER OVER THE LIFE OF HIS CHILD AND YET AGAIN WAS SELA A LIFELESS IMAGE AND STILL AGAIN IF SHE WERE AN IMAGE WAS IT NOT ALWAYS TO AN IMAGE THAT HUMANITY FROM THE BEGINNING HAD BEEN SACRIFICED YES PERHAPS IF SALAJO WERE ONLY AN IMAGE THERE WAS ALL THE MORE REASON TO FEAR HER WHEN HE RETURNED HE WOULD GO TO SELAGO GO ON HIS KNEES AND BEG FOR THE LIFE OF HIS CHILD SELA HAD BEEN CRUEL BUT SHE COULD HARDLY BE SO CRUEL AS THAT HE DROVE BACK ACROSS THE MOOR BY THE DOCTOR'S SIDE I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU UNWISE TO LIVE IN THAT VALLEY SAID THE DOCTOR IT'S PRETTY BUT LIKE MOST PRETTY PLACES IT'S UNHEALTHY NATURE CAN SELDOM BE GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL AT THE SAME TIME THE DOCTOR WAS SOMEWHAT OF A PHILOSOPHER YOUR LITTLE GIRL NEEDS THE HILLS IN FACT YOU ALL DO
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