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Chapter 5

           Shewalkedwithdowncasteyes,closetothewalls,andsmilingwithpleasureunderherloweredblackveil.

           Forfearofbeingseen,shedidnotusuallytakethemostdirectroad.Sheplungedintodarkalleys,and,allperspiring,reachedthebottomoftheRueNationale,nearthefountainthatstandsthere.It,isthequarterfortheatres,public-houses,andwhores.Oftenacartwouldpassnearher,bearingsomeshakingscenery.Waitersinapronsweresprinklingsandontheflagstonesbetweengreenshrubs.Itallsmeltofabsinthe,cigars,andoysters.

           Sheturneddownastreet;sherecognisedhimbyhiscurlinghairthatescapedfrombeneathhishat.

           Leonwalkedalongthepavement.Shefollowedhimtothehotel.Hewentup,openedthedoor,enteredWhatanembrace!

           Then,afterthekisses,thewordsgushedforth.Theytoldeachotherthesorrowsoftheweek,thepresentiments,theanxietyfortheletters;butnoweverythingwasforgotten;theygazedintoeachother’sfaceswithvoluptuouslaughs,andtendernames.

           Thebedwaslarge,ofmahogany,intheshapeofaboat.Thecurtainswereinredlevantine,thathungfromtheceilingandbulgedouttoomuchtowardsthebell-shapedbedside;andnothingintheworldwassolovelyasherbrownheadandwhiteskinstandingoutagainstthispurplecolour,when,withamovementofshame,shecrossedherbarearms,hidingherfaceinherhands.

           Thewarmroom,withitsdiscreetcarpet,itsgayornaments,anditscalmlight,seemedmadefortheintimaciesofpassion.

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