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Hichens, Robert Smythe, 1864-1950

"A Spirit in Prison"

This will be my
satisfaction. This is my satisfaction. This is using rightly and
naturally all that force I feel within me.' I kept on saying this. But
there is something within one which rises up and defies a lie--however
beautiful the lie is, however noble it is. And I think even a lie can
sometimes be both. Don't you, Emile?"
It almost seemed to him for a moment that she knew his lie and
Gaspare's.
"Yes," he said. "I do think so."
"Well, that lie of mine--it was defied. And it had no more courage."
"I want you to tell me something," he said, quietly. "I want you to
tell me what has happened to-day."
"To-day?"
"Yes. Something has happened either to-day or very recently--I am sure
of it--that has stirred up within you this feeling of acute
dissatisfaction. It was always there. But something has called it into
the open. What has done that?"
Hermione hesitated.
"Perhaps you don't know," he said.
"I was wondering--yes, I do know. I must be truthful with myself--with
you.


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