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Chapter 24

           "On,onfairladiesandgallantgentlemen!"hecried—"Thisextemporizedpathoflightleads—nottoHeaven—no!thatwerefartoodullanending!—buttosupper!On!—followyourleader!"

           Everyeyewasturnedonhisfinefigureandstrikingcountenance,aswithonehandhebeckonedtheguests—betweenthedoublelineoflittorcheshestood—apictureforapainter,withthosedarkeyesofhisalitwithsuchstrangemirthascouldnotbedefined,andthesweet,half-cruel,wonderfullyattractivesmileplayinguponhislips;—andwithoneaccordthewholecompanytroopedpell-mellafterhim,shoutingtheirapplauseanddelight.Whocouldresisthim!—notoneinthatassemblageatleast;—therearefew‘saints’insociety!AsIwentwiththerest,IfeltasthoughIwereinsomegorgeousdream—mysenseswereallinawhirl—Iwasgiddywithexcitementandcouldnotstoptothink,ortoanalysetheemotionsbywhichIwasgoverned.HadIpossessedtheforceorthewilltopauseandconsider,Imightpossiblyhavecometotheconclusionthattherewassomethingaltogetherbeyondtheordinarypowerofmandisplayedinthesuccessivewondersofthisbrilliant‘gala,’—butIwas,likealltherestofsociety,bentmerelyonthepleasureofthemoment,regardlessofhowitwasprocured,whatitcostme,orhowitaffectedothers.

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