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Chapter 32

           OnlyyouandI(wewillleaveGodout)havebeenthewitnessesofherattackofhysteria..."

           "Hysteria,youcallit!Shelovesyou!"Isaidhotly—"Andshehasalwayslovedyou.Sheconfesseditandyouadmittedthatyoualwaysknewit!"

           "Ialwaysknewshewashystericalyesifthatiswhatyoumean;"—heanswered—"Themajorityofwomenhavenorealfeelings,noseriousemotionsexceptonevanity.Theydonotknowwhatagreatlovemeanstheirchiefdesireisforconquestandfailinginthis,theyrunupthegamutofbaffledpassiontothepitchoffrenetichysteria,whichwithsomebecomeschronic.LadySibylsuffersinthisway.Nowlistentome.IwillgoofftoParisorMoscoworBerlinatonceafterwhathashappened,ofcourseIcannotstayhereandIgiveyoumywordIwillnotintrudemyselfintoyourdomesticcircleagain.Inafewdaysyouwilltideoverthisrupture,andlearnthewisdomofsupportingthedifferencesthatoccurinmatrimony,withcomposure——"

           "Impossible!Iwillnotpartwithyou!"Isaidvehemently—"NorwillIlivewithher!Betterthecompanionshipofatruefriendthanthatofafalsewife!"

           Heraisedhiseyebrowswithapuzzledhalfhumorousexpressionthenshruggedhisshoulders,asonewhogivesupadifficultargument.Rising,heputasidehismandolineandcameovertome,histallimposingfigurecastingagiganticshadowinthebrilliantmoonbeams.

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