Sealed Lips — page 158: what you’re looking at

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150 SEALED LIPS. his benefactress. Taking it from its case he placed his lips upon its tarnished exterior for the last time. Then bending toward Patrice with an humble, al- most abashed attitude. he presented him with this precious relic of a never-to-be-forgotten time, but ended now forever.” “Take it with you,” said he. “I have no longer a right to keep it. Now leave me, I wish to be alone.” Thus their separation was consummated, waiting for the final parting. Three weeks passed before the marriage-day arrived; they were long ones for all. Fortunately, the various steps to be taken and plans to be ar- ranged kept them apart during the day, and Gode- froid passed the greater part of his evenings with Jenny. Every time he went there he found her more beautiful, and felt that he was to be pitied; as time went on, this unfortunate Pygmalion thought he could see his marble idol harden. The journals announced the marriage, and it made quite a stir, although the composer was in a fair way to be forgotten, and his intended had never been completely “the fashion.” The public, or at least that part of it who pretended to be inter- ested in music, were not deceived as to Godefroid’s future. Everybody considered that he had written his last note, and to be just many people deplored “this premature eclipse of undoubted talent,” to speak after the manner of critics. Others affirmed that he was “drained” when (CO MMIE OOO KS. (eolnn