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Chapter 11

           

           “Hadyouanyemeralds?”askedtheprince.

           “What?Ihaveemeralds?Oh,prince!withwhatsimplicity,withwhatalmostpastoralsimplicity,youlookuponlife!”

           Couldnotsomethingbemadeofthismanundergoodinfluences?askedtheprinceofhimself,forhebegantofeelakindofpityforhisvisitor.Hethoughtlittleofthevalueofhisownpersonalinfluence,notfromasenseofhumility,butfromhispeculiarwayoflookingatthingsingeneral.Imperceptiblytheconversationgrewmoreanimatedandmoreinteresting,sothatneitherofthetwofeltanxioustobringittoaclose.Kellerconfessed,withapparentsincerity,tohavingbeenguiltyofmanyactsofsuchanaturethatitastonishedtheprincethathecouldmentionthem,eventohim.Ateveryfreshavowalheprofessedthedeepestrepentance,anddescribedhimselfasbeing“bathedintears”;butthisdidnotpreventhimfromputtingonaboastfulairattimes,andsomeofhisstoriesweresoabsurdlycomicalthatbothheandtheprincelaughedlikemadmen.

           “Onepointinyourfavouristhatyouseemtohaveachild-likemind,andextremetruthfulness,”saidtheprinceatlast.“Doyouknowthatthatatonesformuch?”

           “Iamassuredlynoble-minded,andchivalroustoadegree!”saidKeller,muchsoftened.“But,doyouknow,thisnobilityofmindexistsinadream,ifonemayputitso?Itneverappearsinpracticeordeed.Now,whyisthat?Icanneverunderstand.”

           “Donotdespair.

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