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love was stronger, he could, if he had greatly wished it, have

torn that love out of his heart; but nohen as at that moment

it seemed to him he felt no love for her, he knew that what bound

him to her could not be broken

"Well, well, as it you were going to say about the prince?

I have driven away the fiend," she added The fiend was the

nain to tell me

about the prince? Why did you find it so tireso to pick up the thread

of his interrupted thought "He does not improve on closer

acquaintance If you want him defined, here he is: a prime,

well-fed beast such as takesmore," he said, with a tone of vexation that interested

her

"No; how so?" she replied "He's seen a great deal, anyway; he's

cultured?"

"It's an utterly different culture--their culture He's

cultivated, one sees, simply to be able to despise culture, as

they despise everything but animal pleasures"