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Chapter 24

           "On,onfairladiesandgallantgentlemen!"hecried"ThisextemporizedpathoflightleadsnottoHeavenno!thatwerefartoodullanending!buttosupper!On!followyourleader!"

           Everyeyewasturnedonhisfinefigureandstrikingcountenance,aswithonehandhebeckonedtheguestsbetweenthedoublelineoflittorcheshestoodapictureforapainter,withthosedarkeyesofhisalitwithsuchstrangemirthascouldnotbedefined,andthesweet,half-cruel,wonderfullyattractivesmileplayinguponhislips;andwithoneaccordthewholecompanytroopedpell-mellafterhim,shoutingtheirapplauseanddelight.Whocouldresisthim!notoneinthatassemblageatleast;therearefew‘saints’insociety!AsIwentwiththerest,IfeltasthoughIwereinsomegorgeousdreammysenseswereallinawhirlIwasgiddywithexcitementandcouldnotstoptothink,ortoanalysetheemotionsbywhichIwasgoverned.HadIpossessedtheforceorthewilltopauseandconsider,Imightpossiblyhavecometotheconclusionthattherewassomethingaltogetherbeyondtheordinarypowerofmandisplayedinthesuccessivewondersofthisbrilliant‘gala,’butIwas,likealltherestofsociety,bentmerelyonthepleasureofthemoment,regardlessofhowitwasprocured,whatitcostme,orhowitaffectedothers.

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