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pardon for what I said yesterday to Mlle。 Olympe�察�and pity for what you
are perhaps still ready to do to me。 Intentionally or not�察�since your return
you have given me so much pain that I should be incapable now of
enduring a fourth part of what I have endured till now。 You will have pity
on me�察 �won't you�拭 �And you will understand that a man who is not
heartless has other nobler things to do than to take his revenge upon a sick
and sad woman like me。 See�察�take my hand。 I am in a fever。 I left my bed
to come to you�察 �and ask�察 �not for your friendship�察 �but for your
indifference。;
I took Marguerite's hand。 It was burning�察�and the poor woman shivered
under her fur cloak。
I rolled the arm´chair in which she was sitting up to the fire。
;Do you think�察�then�察�that I did not suffer�察─�said I�察 �on that night when�察�
after waiting for you in the country�察�I came to look for you in Paris�察�and
found nothing but the letter which nearly drove me mad�拭�How could you
have deceived me�察�Marguerite�察�when I loved you so much�拭�
;Do not speak of that�察 �Armand�察 �I did not come to speak of that。 I
wanted to see you only not an enemy�察�and I wanted to take your hand once
more。 You have a mistress�察�she is young�察�pretty�察�you love her they say。 Be
happy with her and forget me。;
;And you。 You are happy�察�no doubt�拭─�
;Have I the face of a happy woman�察�Armand�拭�Do not mock my sorrow�察�
you�察�who know better than any one what its cause and its depth are。;
;It only depended on you not to have been unhappy at all�察�if you are as
you say。;
;No�察�my friend�察�circumstances were stronger than my will。 I obeyed�察�
not the instincts of a light woman�察 �as you seem to say�察 �but a serious
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necessity�察�and reasons which you will know one day�察�and which will make
you forgive me。;
;Why do you not tell me those reasons to´day�拭─�
;Because they would not bring about an impossible reunion between
us�察�and they would separate you perhaps from those from whom you must
not be separated。;
;Who do you mean�拭─�
;I can not tell you。;
;Then you are lying to me。;
Marguerite rose and went toward the door。 I could not behold this
silent and expressive sorrow without being touched�察�when I compared in
my mind this pale and weeping woman with the madcap who had made
fun of me at the Opera Comique。
;You shall not go�察─�I said�察�putting myself in front of the door。
;Why�拭─�
;Because�察�in spite of what you have done to me�察�I love you always�察�
and I want you to stay here。;
;To turn me out to´morrow�拭 �No�察 �it is impossible。 Our destinies are
separate�察�do not try to reunite them。 You will despise me perhaps�察�while
now you can only hate me。;
;No�察 �Marguerite�察─ �I cried�察 �feeling all my love and all my desire
reawaken at the contact of this woman。 ;No�察�I will forget everything�察�and
we will be happy as we promised one another that we would be。;
Marguerite shook her head doubtfully�察�and said�此�
;Am I not your slave�察�your dog�拭�Do with me what you will。 Take me�察�I
am yours。;
And throwing off her cloak and hat�察�she flung them on the sofa�察�and
began hurriedly to undo the front of her dress�察 �for�察 �by one of those
reactions so frequent in her malady�察 �the blood rushed to her head and
stifled her。 A hard�察�dry cough followed。
;Tell my coachman�察─�she said�察 �to go back with the carriage。;
I went down myself and sent him away。 When I returned Marguerite
was lying in front of the fire�察�and her teeth chattered with the cold。
I took her in my arms。 I undressed her�察 �without her making a
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movement�察�and carried her�察�icy cold�察�to the bed。 Then I sat beside her and
tried to warm her with my caresses。 She did not speak a word�察�but smiled
at me。
It was a strange night。 All Marguerite's life seemed to have passed into
the kisses with which she covered me�察�and I loved her so much that in my
transports of feverish love I asked myself whether I should not kill her�察�so
that she might never belong to another。
A month of love like that�察 �and there would have remained only the
corpse of heart or body。
The dawn found us both awake。 Marguerite was livid white。 She did
not speak a word。 From time to time�察�big tears rolled from her eyes�察�and
stayed upon her cheeks�察 �shining like diamonds。 Her thin arms opened�察�
from time to time�察�to hold me fast�察�and fell back helplessly upon the bed。
For a moment it seemed to me as if I could forget all that had passed
since I had left Bougival�察�and I said to Marguerite�此�
;Shall we go away and leave Paris�拭─�
;No�察�no� ─�she said�察�almost with affright�察 �we should be too unhappy。 I
can do no more to make you happy�察�but while there is a breath of life in
me�察 �I will be the slave of your fancies。 At whatever hour of the day or
night you will�察�come�察�and I will be yours�察�but do not link your future any
more with mine�察�you would be too unhappy and you would make me too
unhappy。 I shall still be pretty for a while�察 �make the most of it�察�but ask
nothing more。;
When she had gone�察�I was frightened at the solitude in which she left
me。 Two hours afterward I was still sitting on the side of the bed�察�looking
at the pillow which kept the imprint of her form�察�and asking myself what
was to become of me�察�between my love and my jealousy。
At five o'clock�察�without knowing what I was going to do�察�I went to the
Rue d'Antin。
Nanine opened to me。
;Madame can not receive you�察─�she said in an embarrassed way。
;Why�拭─�
;Because M。 le Comte de N。 is there�察�and he has given orders to let no
one in。;
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;Quite so�察─�I stammered�察 �I forgot。;
I went home like a drunken man�察�and do you know what I did during
the moment of jealous delirium which was long enough for the shameful
thing I was going to do�拭�I said to myself that the woman was laughing at
me�察�I saw her alone with the count�察�saying over to him the same words that
she had said to me in the night�察�and taking a five´hundred´franc note I sent
it to her with these words�此�
;You went away so suddenly that I forgot to pay you。 Here is the price
of your night。;
Then when the letter was sent I went out as if to free myself from the
instantaneous remorse of this infamous action。
I went to see Olympe�察�whom I found trying on dresses�察�and when we
were alone she sang obscene songs to amuse me。 She was the very type of
the shameless�察�heartless�察�senseless courtesan�察�for me at least�察�for perhaps
some men might have dreamed of her as I dreamed of Marguerite。 She
asked me for money。 I gave it to her�察�and�察�free then to go�察�I returned home。
Marguerite had not answered。
I need not tell you in what state of agitation I spent the next day。 At
half past nine a messenger brought me an envelope containing my letter
and the five´hundred´franc note�察�not a word more。
;Who gave you this�拭─�I asked the man。
;A lady who was starting with her maid in the next mail for Boulogne�察�
and who told me not to take it until the coach was out of the courtyard。;
I rushed to the Rue d'Antin。
;Madame left for England at six o'clock�察─�said the porter。
There was nothing to hold me in Paris any longer�察�neither hate nor love。
I was exhausted by this series of shocks。 One of my friends was setting out
on a tour in the East。 I told my father I should like to accompany him�察�my
father gave me drafts and letters of introduction�察 �and eight or ten days
afterward I embarked at Marseilles。
It was at Alexandria that I learned from an attache at the embassy�察�
whom I had sometimes seen at Marguerite's�察 �that the poor girl was
seriously ill。
I then wrote her the letter which she answered in the way you know�察�I
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received it at Toulon。
I started at once�察�and you know the rest。
Now you have only to read a few sheets which Julie Duprat gave me�察�
they are the best commentary on what I have just told you。
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CHAPTER 25
Armand�察�tired by this long narrative�察�often interrupted by his tears�察�put
his two hands over his forehead and closed his eyes to think�察�or to try to
sleep�察�after giving me the pages written by the hand of Marguerite。 A few
minutes after�察�a more rapid breathing told me that Armand slept�察�but that
light sleep which the least sound banishes。
This is what I read�察�I copy it without adding or omitting a syllable�此�
To´day is the 15th December。 I have been ill three or four days。 This
morning I stayed in bed。 The weather is dark�察�I am sad�察�there is no one by
me。 I think of you�察�Armand。 And you�察�where are you�察�while I write these
lines�拭�Far from Paris�察�far�察�far�察�they tell me�察�and perhaps you have already
fo