The International library of famous literature : selections from the world's great writers, ancient, mediaeval, and modern, with biographical and explanatory notes and with introductions . neous, and, as it were, material an influence uponyoung, lively, and ardent natures, that Djalma, dejected anddespairing only the day before, was no longer like the sameperson. The pale, transparent gold of his complexion was nolonger tarnished by a livid hue. His large eyes, of late ob-scured like black diamonds by a humid vapor, now shone withmild radiance in the center of their pearly setting; his lips,lo
The International library of famous literature : selections from the world's great writers, ancient, mediaeval, and modern, with biographical and explanatory notes and with introductions . neous, and, as it were, material an influence uponyoung, lively, and ardent natures, that Djalma, dejected anddespairing only the day before, was no longer like the sameperson. The pale, transparent gold of his complexion was nolonger tarnished by a livid hue. His large eyes, of late ob-scured like black diamonds by a humid vapor, now shone withmild radiance in the center of their pearly setting; his lips,long pale, had recovered their natural color, which was richand soft as the fine purple flowers of his country. Ever and anon, pausing in his hasty walk, he stopped sud-denly, and drew from his bosom a little piece of paper, care-fully folded, which he pressed to his lips with enthusiasticardor. Then, unable to restrain the expression of his hap-piness, he uttered a full and sonorous cry of joy, and with abound he was in front of the plate glass which separated thesaloon from the conservatory, in which he had first seen Made-moiselle de Cardoville. By a singular power of remembrance,. EUGENE SUE THE FATAL NUPTIALS. 7415 or marvelous hallucination of a mind possessed by a fixed idea,Djalma had often seen, or fancied he saw, the adored semblanceof Adrienne appear to him through this sheet of crystal. Theillusion had been so complete, that, with his eyes ardently fixedon the vision he invoked, he had been able, with the aid of apencil dipped in carmine, to trace, with astonishing exactness,the profile of the ideal countenance which the delirium of hisimagination had presented to his view. It was before these deli-cate lines of bright carmine that Djalma now stood in deep con-templation, after perusing, and reperusing, and raising twentytimes to his lips the letter he had received the night beforefrom the hands of Dupont. Djalma was not alone. Farin-ghea watched all the movements of
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