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Plateas boasted of the merits of his preserver; the whole island resounded with his praise; each time they met, and they met several times a day, he rushed toward the judge enthusiastically and lost no chance to proclaim that henceforth his only desire was to prove his words by his deeds. "My life belongs to you," he would say; "I have consecrated it to you."
Liakos learned that his sweetheart was not coming, he submitted to his banishment with stoicism; but it seemed to him that the evening at the club would never come to an end. About ten o'clock a servant came to say that Mr. Plateas was waiting for him; he rushed downstairs and found his friend in the street.
He was brimming over with gladness at the thought of his marriage, which now seemed assured. After so long a separation he was about to see his betrothed, for he felt sore that she would come with her sister. Mr. Plateas had no such reasons for rejoicing.
Still, everybody used to smile when he raised his voice in the midst of a trivial conversation to roll forth majestically some sonorous hexameter from Homer. When the two friends were near enough, Mr. Plateas stopped and effusively shook hands with his preserver. "My dear friend, why didn't you tell me you were going to walk to-day? We could have come out together, it's time to go in now.
He sat down, then jumped up again and looked out of the window, no Liakos! He tried to read, but could not keep his thoughts from straying, and shut the book petulantly. He was in a perfect fever. Meanwhile the time came for his daily constitutional, and Mr. Plateas was on thorns.
"She doesn't know her own worth; she sees that she is not pretty, and in her humility she even exaggerates her plainness; but her sweet unselfishness is no reason why she should be sacrificed." "Do you think, then, that it would be a sacrifice to marry Mr. Plateas?" "How can we tell?" His cousin's reserve was more propitious than her merriment of a few minutes ago, and Mr. Liakos felt encouraged.
What should he say to her? How should he behave? Besides, he was not yet sure of being accepted! Why hadn't the message been a plain "yes" or "no"? The judge had difficulty in persuading Mr. Plateas that the invitation was in itself an assurance of success, and that his cousin and he would do their best to lessen the embarrassment of the meeting. Taking upon himself the duties of valet, Mr.
During the night I thought it over, and became convinced that I ought to get married, and that I never shall find a better wife." "Listen, Plateas," said Mr. Liakos, obviously much moved. "I understand your sudden conversion, because I understand you; but I can't let you make such a sacrifice." "What sacrifice? Who said anything about sacrifice?
While it often rather bored him, the judge was touched by this devotion, and came to accept the professor as a part of his daily life; in this way the two men gradually became fast friends, although they were unlike in almost everything. So Mr. Plateas was returning from his constitutional.
Plateas came to himself, with great difficulty, it is true, but he finally did come to himself; and there on the shore of the sea he made a double vow: never again to go into the water, and never to forget that he owed his life to Mr. Liakos. This vow he kept faithfully.
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