. La Comedie Humaine . r I love and trust you with all the powersof my soul. If you will follow me I will listen through- ( My Mother ! cried the mm, f I have lied to you;this man is my Edrr. on d Pioard Copyri&ht 1896 by Roberts Bros Proc£d£ Goupil The Duchesse de Langeais. 397 out life to no voice but thine. I will look on noface — 44 Silence, Armand! you shorten the sole momentswhich are given to us to see each other here below. Antoinette! will you follow me? v I never leave yon. I live in your heart — but with i/ * another power than that of earthty pleasure, or vanity,or selfish
. La Comedie Humaine . r I love and trust you with all the powersof my soul. If you will follow me I will listen through- ( My Mother ! cried the mm, f I have lied to you;this man is my Edrr. on d Pioard Copyri&ht 1896 by Roberts Bros Proc£d£ Goupil The Duchesse de Langeais. 397 out life to no voice but thine. I will look on noface — 44 Silence, Armand! you shorten the sole momentswhich are given to us to see each other here below. Antoinette! will you follow me? v I never leave yon. I live in your heart — but with i/ * another power than that of earthty pleasure, or vanity,or selfish joy. I live here for you, pale and faded, inthe bosom of God. If God is just, you will be happy. Phrases! you give me phrases! But if I will tohave you pale and faded, — if I cannot be happj unlessyou are with me ? What! will you forever place dutiesbefore m}T love? Shall I never be above all thingselse in your heart? In the past you put the world, orself—I know not what — above me ; to-day it is God,it is my salvation. In this Sister Theresa I recognizethe duchess ; ignorant of the JO3S of love, unfeelingbeneath a pretence of tenderness ! You do not loveme ! you never l
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