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Chapter XV

           Thecarriagestopped,asIhadexpected,atthehoteldoor;myflame(thatistheverywordforanoperainamorata)alighted: thoughmuffedinacloakanunnecessaryencumbrance,by-the-bye,onsowarmaJuneeveningIknewherinstantlybyherlittlefoot,seenpeepingfromtheskirtofherdress,assheskippedfromthecarriage-step. Bendingoverthebalcony,Iwasabouttomurmur‘Monange’inatone,ofcourse,whichshouldbeaudibletotheearoflovealonewhenafigurejumpedfromthecarriageafterher; cloakedalso;butthatwasaspurredheelwhichhadrungonthepavement,andthatwasahattedheadwhichnowpassedunderthearchedportecochereofthehotel. 

           "Youneverfeltjealousy,didyou,MissEyre?Ofcoursenot:Ineednotaskyou;becauseyouneverfeltlove. Youhavebothsentimentsyettoexperience:yoursoulsleeps;theshockisyettobegivenwhichshallwakenit. Youthinkallexistencelapsesinasquietaflowasthatinwhichyouryouthhashithertoslidaway.Floatingonwithclosedeyesandmuffledears,youneitherseetherocksbristlingnotfaroffinthebedoftheflood,norhearthebreakersboilattheirbase. ButItellyouandyoumaymarkmywordsyouwillcomesomedaytoacraggypassinthechannel,wherethewholeoflife’sstreamwillbebrokenupintowhirlandtumult,foamandnoise: eitheryouwillbedashedtoatomsoncragpoints,orliftedupandborneonbysomemaster-waveintoacalmercurrentasIamnow. 

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