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Chapter 35

           Ibegantothinkaboutitandby-and-byfoundpleasureinthinkingaboutit.Isentforotherbooksbythesametaintedhand,andmyappetiteforthatkindofprurientromancegrewkeener.Atthisparticularjunctureaschanceorfatewouldhaveit,anacquaintanceofmine,thedaughterofaMarchioness,agirlwithlargeblackeyes,andthosefullprotrudinglipswhichremindoneunconsciouslyofaswine’ssnout,broughtmetwoorthreeoddvolumesofthepoemsofSwinburne.Alwaysdevotedtopoetry,andconsideringittobethehighestofthearts,anduptothatperiodhavingbeenignorantofthiswriter’swork,Iturnedoverthebookswitheagerness,expectingtoenjoytheusualsublimeemotionswhichitistheprivilegeandgloryofthepoettoinspireinmortalslessdivinelyendowedthanhimself,andwhoturntohim

           "forhelptoclimb

           Beyondthehighestpeaksoftime."

           NowIshouldlike,ifIcoulddoso,toexplainclearlytheeffectofthissatyr-songsteruponmymindforIbelievetherearemanywomentowhomhisworkshavebeendeadlierthanthedeadliestpoison,andfarmoresoul-corruptingthananybookofZola’sorthemostperniciousofmodernFrenchwriters.

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