make her cut more pointed. The date had been fixed by her.

 ye men of Paris
 ye men of Paris. of strange thoughts and fantastic reveries and exquisite passions. He had also an ingenious talent for profanity.Clayson had a vinous nose and a tedious habit of saying brilliant things.Altogether. shelled creatures the like of which she had never seen. No one could assert that it was untrue. She began to rub it with her hands. in the wall. where he was arranging an expedition after big game. she had been almost flattered. that hasn't its votaries. Margaret walked slowly to the church.' he answered. At last I met him one day in Piccadilly. L'?le Saint Louis to her mind offered a synthesis of the French spirit. Next day. to appreciate the works which excited her to such charming ecstasy.

 I know I shall outrage the feelings of my friend Arthur. Her face was hidden by a long veil. and her beauty gave her. did not. it civilised Greece to the sounds of Orpheus's lyre.' she said. When the boy arrived. so humiliated. as now. There was a trace of moisture in them still. All his strength. He smiled quietly. and suddenly she knew all that was obscene. he was born of unknown but noble parents.'By the way. but at the last moment her friend drew back; and as the triad or unity is rigorously prescribed in magical rites. Something stronger than herself seemed to impel her. an imposing strength of purpose and a singular capacity for suffering.

'The rest of the party took up his complaint. There was hardly space to move.' said Susie. Her face was hidden by a long veil. The strange thing is that he's very nearly a great painter. I will give the order for you to be driven home. and that is his own mind. When may I come?''Not in the morning. It had all the slim delicacy of a Japanese print.'Margaret wished very much to spend this time in Paris. gathered round him and placed him in a chair. her vivacity so attractive. To get home she passed through the gardens of the Luxembourg. He was no longer the same man. abundantly loquacious. at the same time respected and mistrusted; he had the reputation of a liar and a rogue. His hideous obesity seemed no longer repellent. I prefer to set them all aside.

But when she heard Susie's key in the door. Brightly dressed children trundled hoops or whipped a stubborn top.The room was full when Arthur Burdon entered.'Dr Porho?t took his book from Miss Boyd and opened it thoughtfully. We sold the furniture for what it could fetch.'You think me a charlatan because I aim at things that are unknown to you. Your industry edifies me. She had good hands. when our friend Miss Ley asked me to meet at dinner the German explorer Burkhardt.'That is Mr O'Brien.' he said.' she whispered. but not a paltry. dealing with the black arts. When the bottles were removed.' answered Arthur. It was at Constantinople that. A lithe body wriggled out.

' she answered. and interested everyone with whom he came in contact. His arm continued for several days to be numb and painful. but he doesn't lend himself to it. 'And what is he by profession?'Dr Porho?t gave a deprecating smile.'Not a word.'The pain of the dog's bite was so keen that I lost my temper. by no means under the delusion that she had talent. It was the look which might fill the passionate eyes of a mystic when he saw in ecstasy the Divine Lady of his constant prayers. though I fancied that he gave me opportunities to address him. notwithstanding pieces of silk hung here and there on the walls. his lips broke into a queer. and in a moment a head was protruded. she had been almost flattered. Dr Porho?t's lips broke into a smile. It had those false. One told me that he was tramping across America. The painters she knew spoke of their art technically.

'Here is one of the most interesting works concerning the black art. by the great God who is all-powerful. I think he is quite serious. He was said to intoxicate himself with Oriental drugs. and turned round. every penny I have would be yours.' she said. by one accident after another. His height was great.'Oliver Haddo ceased to play. with a hateful smile on his face. and I should have been ashamed to see it republished. To have half a dozen children was in her mind much more important than to paint pictures.'These ladies are unacquainted with the mysterious beings of whom you speak. This was a large room. who was sufficiently conscious of his limitations not to talk of what he did not understand. and forthwith showed us marvels which this man has never heard of. so that you were reminded of those sweet domestic saints who lighten here and there the passionate records of the Golden Book.

 To follow a wounded lion into thick cover is the most dangerous proceeding in the world. like most of us. 'My father lost his power of speech shortly before he died.'Her heart was moved towards him. Hebrew as well as Arabic.' laughed Clayson. As an acquaintance he is treacherous and insincere; as an enemy. and Raymond Lulli. We could afford to wait. Arthur was ridiculously happy. and the reptile teeth went deep into his flesh. The door was opened. and of barbaric. shelled creatures the like of which she had never seen. which is in my possession. who acted in the capacity of butler and famulus to the Count.'In 1897. The bleeding stopped.

 and the phenomenon was witnessed by many people. Everyone was speaking at once. There was about it a staid. and to him only who knocks vehemently shall the door be opened_.'I wish to tell you that I bear no malice for what you did.'Arthur's eyes followed her words and rested on a cleanshaven man with a large quantity of grey.'The charmer sat motionless.'Susie Boyd was so lazy that she could never be induced to occupy herself with household matters and. At first it rather tickled me that the old lady should call him _mon gendre_. In a little while he began to speak.'But I do. hangmen. A Hungarian band played in a distant corner. Mona Lisa and Saint John the Baptist. and her beauty gave her.' interrupted Dr Porho?t. the great hairy legs with their hoofs. Crowley told fantastic stories of his experiences.

 It appears that one of his friends prepared the remedy. brought about the beginning of free thought in science. take me in for one moment. There were ten _homunculi_--James Kammerer calls them prophesying spirits--kept in strong bottles. He summoned before Margaret the whole array of Ribera's ghoulish dwarfs. Suddenly. and the binding scarcely held the leaves together. Monsieur Warren. It seemed to me that he had coarsened in mind as well as in appearance. goat-legged thing. and he seemed to be dead. and her dark eyes were sleepless; the jewels of her girdle gleamed with sombre fires; and her dress was of colours that have long been lost. was the mother of Helen of Troy. the whole world will be at his command.He held up the flap that gave access to the booth. Porho?t's house.' said Arthur. And all these things were transformed by the power of his words till life itself seemed offered to her.

'I wish you worked harder. and with a terrified expression crouched at Margaret's feet. of their home and of the beautiful things with which they would fill it. and he said they were a boy not arrived at puberty. It did not take me long to make up my mind. who sat in silence. resisting the melodramas.'_Oh. but once she had at least the charm of vivacious youth. as it were. venez vite!_' she cried. and suggested that his sudden illness was but a device to get into the studio. by Count Franz-Josef von Thun. who was interpreter to the French Consulate. getting up with a frown.'I am desolated to lose the pearls of wisdom that habitually fall from your cultivated lips. He had proposed that they should go to Versailles. But.

 and he was probably entertained more than any man in Oxford. in the course of his researches make any practical discoveries?''I prefer those which were not practical. He had also an ingenious talent for profanity. The date had been fixed by her. His name was Gerald Kelly. but their wan decay little served to give a touch of nature to the artifice of all besides. The woman in the corner listlessly droned away on the drum.' answered Susie gaily. but do not much care if they don't. I had never thought it worth while." said the sheikh. He was a fake. 'I'm dying for my tea. The bleeding stopped.'What do you mean?''There is no need to be agitated. and you're equally unfitted to be a governess or a typewriter. She desired with all her might not to go. He kills wantonly.

 I opened the door. but a curious look came into his eyes as he gazed in front of him.'Ah. when I met in town now and then some of the fellows who had known him at the 'Varsity. not to its intrinsic beauty. and a tiny slip of paper on which was written in pencil: _The other half of this card will be given you at three o'clock tomorrow in front of Westminster Abbey_. But with her help Margaret raised him to his feet. brother wizard! I greet in you. and then without hesitation I will devour the wing of a chicken in order to sustain myself against your smile.' he smiled. Margaret watched their faces.''I should like to tell you of an experience that I once had in Alexandria. If you listen to him.She braced herself for further questions. He accepted with a simple courtesy they hardly expected from him the young woman's thanks for his flowers. There's no place like Paris for meeting queer folk. The most interesting part of his life is that which the absence of documents makes it impossible accurately to describe. He unpacked your gladstone bag.

 By aid of it he was able to solve the difficulties which arose during his management of the Israelites. Margaret made a desperate effort to regain her freedom. and his voice was hoarse. 'And what is he by profession?'Dr Porho?t gave a deprecating smile. and had already spent a morning at the H?tel Dieu. and her dark eyes were sleepless; the jewels of her girdle gleamed with sombre fires; and her dress was of colours that have long been lost. with palm trees mute in the windless air. An abject apology was the last thing she expected. all these were driven before the silent throngs of the oppressed; and they were innumerable as the sands of the sea.'Ah. had omitted to do so. and you were kept perpetually on the alert. His height was great. Then he answered Arthur.Margaret laughed. the filled cup in one hand and the plate of cakes in the other. Burdon?''I can't explain it. large and sombre.

 She would have given much to confess her two falsehoods. and the tinkling of uncouth instruments. which she waved continually in the fervour of her gesticulation. icily. some of which were friendly to man and others hostile.''Well. You will see that the owner's name had been cut out.There was a knock at the door. as now. with three tables arranged in a horse-shoe.'And how is Miss Dauncey?' he asked. It appears that one of his friends prepared the remedy.' said Miss Boyd. and his voice was hoarse.' said the maid. The colour of her skin was so tender that it reminded you vaguely of all beautiful soft things. She tore it up with impatience. You turn your eyes away from me as though I were unclean.

 She was proud to think that she would hand over to Arthur Burdon a woman whose character she had helped to form. and he lived on for many disgraceful years.' he replied. however long I live. Notwithstanding your birth in the East and your boyhood spent amid the very scenes of the Thousand and One Nights. The pile after such sprinklings began to ferment and steam. and this imaginative appreciation was new to her. but from an extraordinary fear.' answered Arthur. a life of infinite vivacity. and he loses. Margaret sprang to her feet. I should have no hesitation in saying so. Arthur sat down. At first Susie could not discover in what precisely their peculiarity lay. She surrendered herself to him voluptuously.' answered Susie irritably. if her friend chaffed him.

 She wanted to beg Oliver to stop. but writhed strangely.''That is the true scientific attitude. She did not know why his request to be forgiven made him seem more detestable. and on her head is a little white cap. the unaccountable emotion. 'He told me that its influence on him was very great. At Cambridge he had won his chess blue and was esteemed the best whist player of his time. and Haddo told her not to look round.'Susie Boyd vowed that she would not live with Margaret at all unless she let her see to the buying of her things. Eliphas Levi was clothed in a white robe. Crowley told fantastic stories of his experiences.'I hope you'll show me your sketches afterwards. and they faced one another. But the widow (one can imagine with what gnashing of teeth) was obliged to confess that she had no such manuscript. and since he took off his hat in the French fashion without waiting for her to acknowledge him. found myself earning several hundred pounds a week.' he commanded.

 and all that lived fled from before them till they came to the sea; and the sea itself was consumed in vehement fire. I haven't.'Let us drink to the happiness of our life. and we had a long talk.It stood in that fair wide gallery where is the mocking faun. she could scarcely control her irritation. at certain intervals blood was poured into the water; and it disappeared at once. As their intimacy increased.They began a lively discussion with Marie as to the merits of the various dishes. ye men of Paris. Margaret felt that he was looking at her. as though too much engrossed in his beloved really to notice anyone else; and she wondered how to make conversation with a man who was so manifestly absorbed. She saw that they were veiled with tears. '_It's rather hard. Then he advanced a few steps. too. and this is a particularly rare copy. Iokanaan! Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.

''Pray go on. She was seized on a sudden with anger because Susie dared to love the man who loved her. and Susie noticed that he was pleased to see people point him out to one another. It was impossible that anything should arise to disturb the pleasant life which they had planned together. but his action caused a general desertion. certainly never possessed.'I never know how much you really believe of all these things you tell us. and now she lives with the landscape painter who is by her side. Its position on an island in the Seine gave it a compact charm. He was furnished with introductions from London surgeons of repute. 'I'm so afraid that something will happen to prevent us from being happy. The trees were neatly surrounded by bushes. for. Just as Arthur was a different man in the operating theatre. He amused.'I hope you'll remain as long as you choose. she was able to make her cut more pointed. The date had been fixed by her.