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Chapter 29

           

           "I’lltellyou,"saidshe,inthesamehurriedpassionatewhisper,"whatrealloveis.Itisblinddevotion,unquestioningself-humiliation,uttersubmission,trustandbeliefagainstyourselfandagainstthewholeworld,givingupyourwholeheartandsoultothesmiterasIdid!"

           Whenshecametothat,andtoawildcrythatfollowedthat,Icaughtherroundthewaist.Forsheroseupinthechair,inhershroudofadress,andstruckattheairasifshewouldassoonhavestruckherselfagainstthewallandfallendead.

           Allthispassedinafewseconds.AsIdrewherdownintoherchair,IwasconsciousofascentthatIknew,andturning,sawmyguardianintheroom.

           Healwayscarried(Ihavenotyetmentionedit,Ithink)apocket-handkerchiefofrichsilkandofimposingproportions,whichwasofgreatvaluetohiminhisprofession.Ihaveseenhimsoterrifyaclientorawitnessbyceremoniouslyunfoldingthispocket-handkerchiefasifhewereimmediatelygoingtoblowhisnose,andthenpausing,asifheknewheshouldnothavetimetodoitbeforesuchclientorwitnesscommittedhimself,thattheself-committalhasfolloweddirectly,quiteasamatterofcourse.WhenIsawhimintheroomhehadthisexpressivepocket-handkerchiefinbothhands,andwaslookingatus.Onmeetingmyeye,hesaidplainly,byamomentaryandsilentpauseinthatattitude,"Indeed?Singular!"andthenputthehandkerchieftoitsrightusewithwonderfuleffect.

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