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"Duchesse, I want someone ould love me passionately, and whom I

could passionately love"

"For that,

girls--these things come after one knows, and can discrihts--they are temptations which one resists if one

can, and at all eventsof the poets, it cannot happen in the world--with

satisfaction--It must be a pain always--Do your duty to your race, and

your class--and try not tosomeone I could really love, then?"

"I do not know--in your own country it may be--here it is the wife of

someone else who holds the charm--and if it were not for tenue society

could not exist

"All that oneis that they act with discretion, so

that they can reach the autuainst their

names--If the Bon Dieu adds love--then they have been indeed

fortunate"

"But Duchesse--with your great heart--have you never loved--?"

Her eyes seeain--they diffused a

fire--

"Loved--Nicholas--! All women love once in their lives--happy for thee--Happy if the Bon Dieu

has let it e into love for humanity--" And soft tears dimmed the

dark blue brilliancy