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Chapter 26

           Iassented,andinaminuteortwowasoutonthelakeinthemiddleoftheredglowofsunsetwhichturnedthesnow-summitstopointsofflame,andthewaterstothehueofrubywine.IthinkthemanwhorowedmesawthatIwasinnoverypleasanthumour,forhepreservedadiscreetsilenceandI,pullingmyhatpartlyovermyeyes,laybackinthestern,stillbusywithmywretchedmusings.Onlyamonthmarried!andyetasickeningsatietyhadtakentheplaceoftheso-called‘deathless’lover’spassion.Thereweremomentseven,whenmywife’smatchlessphysicalbeautyappearedhideoustome.Iknewherasshewasandnoexteriorcharmcouldeveragaincoverformetherevoltingnaturewithin.Andwhatpuzzledmefromdawntoduskwasherpolished,specioushypocrisyheramazingaptitudeforlies!Tolookathertohearherspeakonewouldhavedeemedheraverysaintofpurityadelicatecreaturewhomacoarsewordwouldstartleandoffendaveryincarnationofthesweetestandmostgraciouswomanhoodallheartandfeelingandsympathy.Everyonethoughtthusofherandneverwasthereagreatererror.Heartshehadnone;thatfactwasborneinuponmetwodaysafterourmarriagewhilewewereinParis,forthereatelegramreachedusannouncinghermother’sdeath.TheparalysedCountessofEltonhad,itappeared,expiredsuddenlyonourwedding-day,orratherourweddingnightbuttheEarlhaddeemeditbesttowaitforty-eighthoursbeforeinterruptingourhymenealhappinesswiththemelancholytidings.

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