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Chapter 25

           ItookthesameegotisticalpleasureinmyselfandmyowndoingsasanyofthemandIwastothefullasfoolishlyconventional,smooth-tonguedandhypocriticalasthey.TheyactedtheirpartandIactedminenoneofuswereeverourrealselvesforamoment.Inverytruth,oneofthereasonswhy‘fashionable’menandwomencannotbeartobealoneis,thatasolitudeinwhichtheyarecompelledtolookfacetofaceupontheirsecretselvesbecomesunbearablebecauseoftheburdentheycarryofconcealedviceandaccusingshame.Myemotionsoonpassedhowever,andslippingmyarmthroughLucio’s,Ismiled,asIanswered

           "Youradvice,mydearfellow,woulddocredittoaSalvationistpreacherbutitisquitevaluelesstome,becauseimpossibletofollow.Tosayfarewellforevertoyou,inthefirstplace,wouldbetomakemyselfguiltyoftheblackestingratitudeinthesecondinstance,society,withallitsridiculoushumbug,isneverthelessnecessaryfortheamusementofmyselfandmyfuturewifeRoyaltymoreover,isaccustomedtobeflattered,andweshallnotbehurtbyjoininginthegeneralinanechorus;thirdly,ifIdidasthevisionaryJewsuggested"

           "WhatvisionaryJew?"heasked,hiseyessparklingcoldly.

           "Why,Christofcourse!"Irejoinedlightly.

           Theshadowofastrangesmilepartedhislips.

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