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His complexion, nevertheless, was more clammy and whey-like than ever. "'Yes, said he, 'I also am an Arcadian! This false dual existence which I have been leading will soon be merged in the unity of Nature. Our lives must conform to her sacred law. "Miss Ringtop heaved a sigh, and repeated a stanza from her favorite poet:
Some three or four others were in the same case, and the company was finally arranged to consist of the Shelldrakes, Hollins, Mallory, Eunice, Miss Ringtop, and myself. We did not give much thought, either to the preparations in advance, or to our mode of life when settled there. We were to live near to Nature: that was the main thing. "'What shall we call the place? asked Eunice.
Abel Mallory was there, and Hollins, and Miss Ringtop, and Faith Levis, with her knitting, and also Eunice Hazleton, a lady whom you have never seen, but you may take my wife as her representative" "Stick to the programme, Enos," interrupted Mrs. Billings. "Eunice Hazleton, then. I wish I could recollect some of the speeches made on that occasion.
You know how often we have wanted to be set on some island in the Pacific Ocean, where we could build up a true society, right from the start. Now, here's a chance to try the experiment for a few months, anyhow. "'Splendid! Arcadian! I'll give up my school for the summer. "Miss Ringtop gave her opinion in another quotation: "'The rainbow hues of the Ideal Condense to gems, and form the Real!
"'Miss Ringtop! I cried, starting away from her, in alarm, 'you don't mean that that' "I could not finish the sentence. "'Yes, Enos, dear Enos! henceforth we belong to each other. "The painful embarrassment I felt, as her true meaning shot through my mind, surpassed anything I had imagined, or experienced in anticipation, when planning how I should declare myself to Eunice.
"But she arose and followed him, not satisfied with this assurance. Miss Ringtop sat rigidly still. She would have received with composure the news of his drowning. "As Eunice's white dress disappeared among the cedars crowning the shore, I sprang up and ran after her. I knew that Abel was not intoxicated, but simply excited, and I had no fear on his account: I obeyed an involuntary impulse.
In the back-ground was drawn the far-off water-line, over which a few specks of sail glimmered against the sky. Miss Ringtop, who, with Eunice, Mallory, and myself, occupied one carriage, expressed her 'gushing' feelings in the usual manner: "'Where the turf is softest, greenest, Doth an angel thrust me on, Where the landscape lies serenest, In the journey of the sun!
Her hallucination was so monstrous, and gave me such a shock of desperate alarm, that I spoke, on the impulse of the moment, with great energy, without regarding how her feelings might be wounded. "'You mistake! I exclaimed. 'I didn't mean that, I didn't understand you. Don't talk to me that way, don't look at me in that way, Miss Ringtop!
"'Oh, never mind! he continued. 'We act according to impulse, don't we? And I've the impulse to swear; and it's right. Let Nature have her way. Listen! Damn, damn, damn, damn! I never knew it was so easy. Why, there's a pleasure in it! Try it, Pauline! try it on me! "'Oh-ooh! was all Miss Ringtop could utter. "'Abel! Abel! exclaimed Hollins, 'the beer has got into your head.
"This seemed to us a dark and bitter reflection but one or another of us recalled some illustration of human hypocrisy, and the evidences, by the simple fact of repetition, gradually led to a division of opinion, Rollins, Shelldrake, and Miss Ringtop on the dark side, and the rest of us on the bright. The last, however, contented herself with quoting from her favorite poet Gamaliel J. Gawthrop:
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