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Haward ," he answered "Ay, it was

generous I can do such things at times, and why I do therihlander, who drinks my

death in place of my health, who is of a nation that I dislike, and a

party that is not mine?"

She shook her head "I do not know And yet you helped him"

Haward left the , and came and sat beside her "Yes, I helped him I

am not sure, but I think I did it because, when first wehe said It is my hu I have that II have not; to overcome, and never prize the victory; to hunt down a

quarry, and feel no ardor in the chase; to strain after a goal, and yet

care not if I never reach it"

He took her fan in his hand, and fell to counting the slender ivory

sticks "I tread the stage as a fine gentleman," he said "It is the part

for which I was cast, and I play it ith proper ait I was

not asked if I would like the part, but I think that I do like it, asthat I must play it, and that there is that

within ainst slovenliness, I play it as an artist

should Magnanienerosity, courtesy,

care for the thing which is, and not for that which seems? Why, then, with

these and other qualities I strive to endow the character"