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One great attraction he has--he appears to have no sense
at all that difference of age can be a barrier between two men. He is
twenty-four, and I am what I am. He is quite unaware that there is any
gulf between us. In every way he treats me as if I were twenty-four."
"Is that refreshing or embarrassing?"
"I find it generally refreshing. His family accepts the situation with
perfect naivete. I am welcomed as Doro's chum with all the good-will
in the world."
Hermione could not help laughing, and Artois echoed her laugh.
"Merely talking about him has made you look years younger," she
declared. "The influence of the day has lifted from you."
"It would not have fallen upon Isidoro, I think. And yet he is full of
sentiment. He is a curious instance of a very common Neapolitan
obsession."
"What is that?"
"He is entirely obsessed by woman. His life centres round woman. You
observe I use the singular. I do that because it is so much more
plural than the plural in this case.


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