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in Nell's e, as to be like a

physical pain

It seemed to her so natural, so reasonable, that he should desert her

when this siren with the h, should

beckon him; for who could have resisted her? Not any man who had once

loved her

Nell's head moved slowly from side to side, like that of an aniht, her eyes were hot and

burning, the sound, as of the plash of waves, sang in her ears; but she

could not cry It seeain She looked vaguely at the other women as they walked at the far

end of the terrace, and she shivered as if with bodily fear There was

so terrible, Circe-like, to her in the face, the movements, the

very voice of this woman who had taken Drake froures passed into the house, and

Nell rose, steadying herself by the pedestal As she did so, she looked

up A streak of light shot right across the statue, and the cruel face

with its leering eyes seely, and she actually shrank, as if she dreaded to hear the satyr

lips shoot soibe at her