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     ;None�察  �except   in   weakness�察─  �said     Philip。   ;A   stronger   nature   may 

escape it。    Good God� �do I not know how Petrarch must have felt�拭�What 

sorrow life brings�       �Suppose a man hopelessly separated from one whom 

he passionately loves。        Then�察�as he looks up at the starry sky�察�something 

says to him�此     �'You can bear all these agonies of privation�察�loss of life�察�loss 

of love��what are they�拭�If the tie between you is what you thought�察�neither 

life nor death�察�neither folly nor sin�察�can keep her forever from you。' Would 

that one could always feel so�          �But I am weak。 Then comes impulse�察�it 

thirsts   for  some    immediate     gratification�察  �I  yield�察 �and   plunge   into  any 

happiness since I cannot obtain her。 Then comes quiet again�察�with the stars�察�

and    I  bitterly  reproach     myself    for  needing    anything    more    than   that 

stainless ideal。 And so�察�I fancy�察�did Petrarch。; 

     Philip was getting into a dangerous mood with his sentimentalism。 No 

lawful passion can ever be so bewildering or ecstatic as an unlawful one。 

For that which is right has all the powers of the universe on its side�察�and 

can afford to wait�察�but the wrong�察�having all those vast forces against it�察�

must hurry to its fulfilment�察�reserve nothing�察�concentrate all its ecstasies 

upon   to´day。   Malbone�察  �greedy   of   emotion�察  �was   drinking   to   the   dregs   a 

passion that could have no to´morrow。 

     Sympathetic   persons   are   apt   to   assume   that   every   refined   emotion 

must be ennobling。        This is not true of men like Malbone�察�voluptuaries of 

the heart。    He ordinarily got up a passion very much as Lord Russell got 



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up an appetite��he�察�of Spence's Anecdotes�察�who went out hunting for that 

sole purpose�察�and left the chase when the sensation came。 Malbone did not 

leave     his   more     spiritual   chase    so   soon��it    made     him    too    happy。 

Sometimes�察�indeed�察�when he had thus caught his emotion�察�it caught him in 

return�察�and for a few moments made him almost unhappy。 This he liked 

best   of   all�察  �he   nursed   the   delicious   pain�察  �knowing   that   it   would   die   out 

soon enough�察�there was no need of hurrying it to a close。 At least�察�there 

had never been need for such solicitude before。 

     Except for his genius for keeping his own counsel�察�every acquaintance 

of Malbone's would have divined the meaning of these reveries。 As it was�察�

he was called whimsical and sentimental�察�but he was a man of sufficiently 

assured position to have whims of his own�察�and could even treat himself to 

an   emotion   or   so�察  �if   he   saw   fit。   Besides�察  �he   talked   well   to   anybody   on 

anything�察�and was admitted to exhibit�察�for a man of literary tastes�察�a good 

deal of sense。 If he had engaged himself to a handsome schoolmistress�察�it 

was his fancy�察�and he could afford it。            Moreover she was well connected�察�

and had an air。       And what more natural than that he should stand at the 

club´window and watch�察�when his young half´sister ��that was to be�� drove 

by with John Lambert�拭          �So every afternoon he saw them pass in a vehicle 

of    lofty   description�察    �with    two    wretched      appendages       in   dark    blue 

broadcloth�察  �who   sat   with   their   backs   turned   to   their   masters�察  �kept   their 

arms   folded�察    �and   nearly   rolled   off   at  every   corner。   Hope     would    have 

dreaded the close neighborhood of those Irish ears�察�she would rather have 

ridden even in an omnibus�察�could she and Philip have taken all the seats。 

But   then   Hope   seldom   cared   to   drive   on   the Avenue   at   all�察  �except   as   a 

means   of   reaching   the   ocean�察  �whereas   with   most   people   it   appears   the 

appointed   means   to   escape   from  that spectacle。 And   as   for   the   footmen�察�

there was nothing in the conversation worth their hearing or repeating�察�and 

their   presence   was   a   relief   to   Emilia�察  �for   who   knew   but   Mr。   Lambert 

himself   might   end   in   growing   sentimental�拭         �Yet   she   did   not   find   him 

always equally tedious。          Their drives had some variety。           For instance�察�he 

sometimes   gave   her   some   lovely   present   before   they   set   forth�察  �and   she 

could feel that�察�if his lips did not yield diamonds and rubies�察�his pockets 



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did。   Sometimes   he   conversed   about   money   and   investments�察  �which   she 

rather   liked�察  �this   was   his   strong   and   commanding   point�察  �he   explained 

things quite clearly�察�and they found�察�with mutual surprise�察�that she also had 

a shrewd little brain for those matters�察�if she would but take the trouble to 

think   about   them。   Sometimes   he   insisted   on   being   tender�察  �and   even   this 

was not so bad as she expected�察�at least for a few minutes at a time�察�she 

rather    enjoyed    having    her  hand    pressed    so  seriously�察  �and   his  studied 

phrases amused her。         It was only when he wished the conversation to be 

brilliant    and   intellectual�察  �that  he   became     intolerable�察   �then   she   must 

entertain him�察�must get up little repartees�察�must tell him lively anecdotes�察�

which he swallowed as a dog bolts a morsel�察�being at once ready for the 

next。    He   never   made   a   comment�察  �of   course�察  �but   at   the   height   of   his 

enjoyment he gave a quick�察�short�察�stupid laugh�察�that so jarred upon her ears�察�

she would have liked to be struck deaf rather than hear it again。 

     At   these   times   she   thought    of  Malbone�察    �how    gifted  he   was�察  �how 

inexhaustible�察�how agreeable�察�with a faculty for happiness that would have 

been almost provoking had it not been contagious。 Then she looked from 

her airy perch and smiled at him at the club´window�察�where he stood in the 

most negligent of attitudes�察�and with every faculty strained in observation。 

A moment and she was gone。 

     Then all was gone�察�and a mob of queens might have blocked the way�察�

without his caring to discuss their genealogies�察�even with old General Le 

Breton�察  �who   had   spent   his   best   ��or   his   worst��   years   abroad�察  �and  was 

supposed to have been confidential adviser to most of the crowned heads 

of Europe。 

     For the first time in his life Malbone found himself in the grasp of a 

passion     too  strong    to  be  delightful。   For   the  first  time   his  own    heart 

frightened him。 He had sometimes feared that it was growing harder�察�but 

now he discovered that it was not hard enough。 

     He knew it was not merely mercenary motives that had made Emilia 

accept John Lambert�察�
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