So that you see, my dear," he ended with a smile, "I have practised no deception whatever."
"No, no. I see that now." She laughed without mirth, then drew a deep breath and rose. "I am very tired," she said.
He was on his feet in an instant, all solicitude. But she waved him wearily back.
"I think I will rest until it is time to go to the theatre." She moved towards the door, dragging her feet a little. He sprang to open it, and she passed out without looking at him.
Her so brief romantic dream was ended. The glorious world of fancy which in the last hour she had built with such elaborate detail, over which it should be her exalted destiny to rule, lay shattered about her feet, its debris so many stumbling-blocks that prevented her from winning back to her erstwhile content in Scaramouche as he really was.
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And there was more
The new Scaramouche fell
I can be more
The fact that he
Thus at least we
Her massive bosom heaved
That he was justified
His mouth was long
Lambesc gave the order
Shall I come with
In that I have
Coldly now he returned
But I desire clearly
The door behind Andre
A man of the
He had not long
Above a scarlet coat
So he stepped forward
He kept the groom
The new Scaramouche fell
Then he turned slowly
She considered a moment
That won t matter
And as if that
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