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One night, almost happy again, as he lay by the side of Beatrice, who was sleeping deeply, he rose stealthily, and looked out into the wood. ONE NIGHT ALMOST HAPPY AGAIN AS HE LAY BY THE SIDE OF BEATRICE WHO WAS SLEEPING DEEPLY HE ROSE STEALTHILY AND LOOKED OUT INTO THE WOOD
tand, even to love. Always they had been broken again by some wonderful word, which he had known would come sooner or later. All great natures are full of silence. Silence is the soil of all passion. But now it was not silence that was between them, but terrible speech. As with a knife she had stabbed their love right in its heart. Yet Antony knew that his love could never die, but only suffer. During these days he half turned to Beatrice. How kind was her simple earth-warm affection, after the star-cold transcendentalism in which he had been living! How full of comfort was her unselfish humanity, after the pitiless egoism of the divine! And yet, while it momentarily soothed him, he realised, with a heart sad for Beatrice as for himself, that it could never satisfy him again. For days he left Silencieux alone in the wood, and Beatrice's face brightened with their renewed companionship; but all the time he seemed to hear Silencieux calling him, and he knew that he would have to go back. N SILENCES HE HAD GROWN TO UNDERSTAND EVEN TO LOVE ALWAYS THEY HAD BEEN BROKEN AGAIN BY SOME WONDERFUL WORD WHICH HE HAD KNOWN WOULD COME SOONER OR LATER ALL GREAT NATURES ARE FULL OF SILENCE SILENCE IS THE SOIL OF ALL PASSION BUT NOW IT WAS NOT SILENCE THAT WAS BETWEEN THEM BUT TERRIBLE SPEECH AS WITH A KNIFE SHE HAD STABBED THEIR LOVE RIGHT IN ITS HEART YET ANTONY KNEW THAT HIS LOVE COULD NEVER DIE BUT ONLY SUFFER DURING THESE DAYS HE HALF TURNED TO BEATRICE HOW KIND WAS HER SIMPLE EARTH WARM AFFECTION AFTER THE COLD STAR TRANSCENDENTALISM IN WHICH HE HAD BEEN LIVING HOW FULL OF COMFORT WAS HER UNSELFISH HUMANITY AFTER THE PITILESS EGOISM OF THE DIVINE AND YET WHILE IT MOMENTARILY SOOTHED HIM HE REALIZED WITH A HEART SAD FOR BEATRICE AS FOR HIMSELF THAT IT COULD NEVER SATISFY HIM AGAIN FOR DAYS HE LEFT SELAGO ALONE IN THE WOOD AND BEATRICE'S FACE BRIGHTENED WITH THEIR RENEWED COMPANIONSHIP BUT ALL THE TIME HE SEEMED TO HEAR SELAZO CALLING HIM AND HE KNEW THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK
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