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"Only inordinately fond of pleasure," she replied with a wild sort of humor "Pleasure alone lends value to existence; whoever enjoys does not easily part from life, whoever suffers or is needy meets death like a friend

"But whoever wants to enjoy aily in the sense of the ancient world; he dare not hesitate to enjoy at the expense of others; he must never feel pity; he h as though they were animals He must kno to make slaves of men who feel and would enjoy as he does, and use them for his service and pleasure without remorse It is not his affair whether they like it, or whether they go to rack and ruin He must always remember this, that if they had him in their power, as he has them they would act in exactly the same way, and he would have to pay for their pleasure with his sweat and blood and soul That was the world of the ancients: pleasure and cruelty, liberty and slavery went hand in hand People ant to live like the gods of Olympus must of necessity have slaves wholadiators ill do battle, the while they banquet, and they must not mind if by chance a bit of blood bespatters theht back rily

"Aren't you my slave, my property?" replied Wanda "Do you want reeed at the ropes

"Can he tear himself free?" she asked "He has threatened to killmy fetters

"I shall call for help," I began again

"No one will hear you," replied Wanda, "and no one will hindera frivolous ga with satanic mockery phrases from my letter to her

"Do you think I am at this moment merely cruel and merciless, or am I also about to become cheap? What? Do you still love me, or do you already hate and despise me? Here is the whip--" She handed it to the Greek who quickly stepped closer

"Don't you dare!" I exclaination, "I won't permit it--"

"Oh, because I don't wear furs," the Greek replied with an ironical smile, and he took his short sable from the bed