But then—Oh! Madam, there are moments—moments of darkness, which overshadow a whole existence—in the lives of the poor houseless wretches who traverse the streets, when reason is well-nigh benighted; when the horrible promptings of despair can, alone, be listened to; and when vice itself assumes the aspect of virtue. “Absolutely platonically,” she said. " "I see. I’m six hundred and forty-eight years old, John! I should have never seduced a young boy, let alone expected him to keep my secrets for me. But he seized the chance to entrap her fingers, fan and all, and look deeply into her eyes. ‘Who, the émigrés?’ ‘Do I speak of the English, imbecile? Certainly the émigrés. It is enough to make a man throw away canvas and brushes into the bottomless precipices, enough to make one weep with despair at his utter and absolute impotence. ‘Precisely,’ agreed Gerald. All alone; and nobody cared whether he lived or died. He hung over her—he and his loan to her and his connection with her and that terrible evening—a vague, disconcerting possibility of annoyance and exposure. “I am sorry,” he said slowly. I suppose this is the sort of damned rubbish—” “Oh! Ssh, Peter!” cried Miss Stanley.
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