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He was decidedly unbald; he had a glorious shock of chestnut hair. That hair of his naturally destroyed any possible connection with the dream. None the less the coincidence was bizarre. That evening, before dinner, Vera, busy in her chamber beautifying her charms for the ravishment of men from New York, waited with secret anxiety for the arrival of Stephen in his dressing-room.
The warm pressure of his hand caused her to start, and she would have put him from her, but his voice calmed her. 'Ah! he said, 'had I known you then, I should have been in love with you. Kate closed her eyes, and abandoned herself to an ineffable sentiment of weakness, of ravishment; and then, imagining that she was his, Lennox took her in his arms and kissed her rudely.
Her heart pined for Como and the south; perhaps for the little Duchess, who spoiled and petted her in the common, womanish ways. The spring a second spring was all about her; but in this chilly northern form it spoke to her with none of the ravishment of Italy.
The rare fragrances, the bird songs, soft and musical, the ravishment of color, all bore down upon her swimming senses at once, taking them captive so completely that she remembered no past, was conscious of no present, looked forward to no future. She seemed to leave the body and the sad, heavy things of the body.
La Tinti whose name also resembled that which the French singer assumed was now seventeen, and the poor Prince three-and-twenty. What mocking hand had thought it sport to bring the match so near the powder? A fragrant room hung with rose-colored silk and brilliant with wax lights, a bed dressed in lace, a silent palace, and Venice! Two young and beautiful creatures! every ravishment at once.
She knew how eloquent Barode Barouche could be; she knew how his voice had all the ravishment of silver bells to the unsuspecting. How well she knew him; how deeply she realized the darkness of his nature! Once she had said to him: "Sometimes I think that for duty's sake you would cling like a leech." It was true.
So, an thou stay, so, perforce, must I: and if thou stay then art thou deeply forsworn." "How mean you, good sir?" "I mean Belsaye I mean all those brave souls that do wait and watch, pale-cheeked, 'gainst Ivo's threatened vengeance " "Ha Belsaye!" quoth Beltane, lifting his head. "Thou must save Belsaye from flame and ravishment, my lord!"
Monsieur came out of a room into the small entrance-hall, accompanied by a considerable noise of conversation. He beamed his ravishment; he kissed hands; he helped with the dark blue cloak. "I brought Monsieur Musa in my car," said Audrey. "The weather " Monsieur Foa bowed low to Monsieur Musa, and Monsieur Musa bowed low to Monsieur Foa. "Monsieur!" "Monsieur!"
The very greatest scamps like pretty songs, and are melted by them; so are honest people. It was worth a guinea to see the simple Colonel, and his delight at the music. He forgot all about the distinguished wits whom he had expected to see in his ravishment over the glees. "I say, Clive, this is delightful. This is better than your aunt's concert with all the Squallinis, hey?
The Prince made him no reply; but, thinking in himself that the maiden repented of leaving father and mother, asked her, "O ravishment of the age, say me, wilt thou that I restore thee to thy mother and father?": whereupon she answered, "By Allah, O my lord, that is not my desire: my only wish is to be with thee, wherever thou art; for I am distracted by the love of thee from all else, even from my father and mother."
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