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He who looks and turns his gaze aside has found and lost." HE WHO LOOKS IN TURNS HIS GAZE ASIDE HAS FOUND AND LOST
t of all, the love of woman. Here, clasped in his arms, stood Nitocris, her hands still resting lightly on his shoulders, her head lying on his breast, her eyes upturned, the star-beams swimming in their luminous depths. "Nefer, beloved, answer me!" The stars grew dim, and the solid floor of the terrace shook under his feet. He bent his head and laid his lips upon hers. "Thou art answered, O Nitocris--even unto death and the life beyond!" Her lips returned his kisses--kisses that were curses--and then for many minutes they conversed in hurried whispers. At last she slipped out of his arms and left him, his lips burning from the clinging touch of hers, and his heart cold with a fear that was greater than the fear of death. He clasped his hands to his temples and looked up at the coldly shining Isis Star, and through the silence there came to his soul in the speech that is never heard by the ears of flesh the fateful words: "Once only is it given to mortals to look into the eyes of Isis. NOURS POWER AND WEALTH AND DEAREST OF ALL THE LOVE OF A WOMAN HERE CLASPED IN HIS ARMS STOOD NIDICHUS HER HANDS STILL RESTING LIGHTLY ON HIS SHOULDERS HER HEAD LYING ON HIS BREAST HER EYES UPTURNED THE STAR BEAMS SWIMMING IN THEIR LUMINOUS DEPTHS NEVER BELOVED ANSWER ME THE STARS GREW DIM AND THE SOLID FLOOR OF THE TERRACE SHOOK UNDER HIS FEET HE BENT HIS HEAD AND LAID HIS LIPS UPON HERS THOU ART ANSWERED ODIKRUS EVEN UNTO DEATH AND THE LIFE BEYOND HER LIPS RETURNED HIS KISSES KISSES THAT WERE CURSES AND THEN FOR MANY MINUTES THEY CONVERSED IN HURRIED WHISPERS AT LAST SHE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS ARMS AND LEFT HIM HIS LIPS BURNING FROM THE CLINGING TOUCH OF HERS AND HIS HEART COLD WITH A FEAR THAT WAS GREATER THAN THE FEAR OF DEATH HE CLASPED HIS HANDS TO HIS TEMPLES AND LOOKED UP AT THE COLDLY SHINING ICI STAR AND THROUGH THE SILENCE THAT CAME TO HIS SOUL IN A SPEECH THAT IS NEVER HEARD BY THE EARS OF FLESH THE FATEFUL WORDS ONCE ONLY IT IS GIVEN TO THE MORTALS TO LOOK INTO THE EYES OF ISIS
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