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XXVI The End Of The Ghost's Love Story
andshedidnotrunaway!...Andshedidnotdie!...Sheremainedalive,weepingoverme,withme.Wecriedtogether!Ihavetastedallthehappinesstheworldcanoffer!"
AndErikfellintoachair,chokingforbreath:
"Ah,Iamnotgoingtodieyet...presentlyIshall...butletmecry!...Listen,daroga...listentothis...WhileIwasatherfeet...Iheardhersay,’Poor,unhappyErik!’...ANDSHETOOKMYHAND!...Ihadbecomenomore,youknow,thanapoordogreadytodieforher...Imeanit,daroga!...Iheldinmyhandaring,aplaingoldringwhichIhadgivenher...whichshehadlost...andwhichIhadfoundagain...awedding-ring,youknow...Islippeditintoherlittlehandandsaid,’There!...Takeit!...Takeitforyou...andhim!...Itshallbemywedding-presentapresentfromyourpoor,unhappyErik...Iknowyoulovetheboy...don’tcryanymore!...Sheaskedme,inaverysoftvoice,whatImeant...ThenImadeherunderstandthat,whereshewasconcerned,Iwasonlyapoordog,readytodieforher...butthatshecouldmarrytheyoungmanwhenshepleased,becauseshehadcriedwithmeandmingledhertearswithmine!..."
Erik’semotionwassogreatthathehadtotellthePersiannottolookathim,forhewaschokingandmusttakeoffhismask.Thedarogawenttothewindowandopenedit.Hisheartwasfullofpity,buthetookcaretokeephiseyesfixedonthetreesintheTuileriesgardens,lestheshouldseethemonster’sface.
"Iwentandreleasedtheyoungman,"Erikcontinued,"andtoldhimtocomewithmetoChristine...
