Sealed Lips — page 38: what you’re looking at

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30 SHALED LIPS. is something more positive even than her virtue; that is, that Iam not a millionaire. Now, my fine gentleman, I suppose that you will perfume your- self, dress your hair, and put on your finest costume to goand give this innocent beauty the words of praise that she expects. If this troubles you I will eo in your place.” “You will not goin my place, but we will go to- gether.” “Oh! do you fear for your heart?” “No, but I dread the jokes of fools.” “Thanks!” “As to my heart, there is nothing to fear. At my age one does not love. I had a son whom I] was obliged to look after carefully until he was eighteen. Now Iam an old plucked bird, sitting.on his perch and not knowing how to use his wings.” “Oh, well,” said Patrice, laughing, “it is such old birds as these that are in danger of being gobbled up bv young cats.” The young man joked only with his lps. At the bottom of his heart he felt sad, and thought that on his account Godefroid had an isolated old age with- out a wife’s love or a child’s smile. “ Patrice,” said the composer, after a _ short silence, “I have done all that I could to bring you up well. Have you lost anything by passing your youth with a poor artist thrown upon the world entirely alone? Would your mother, your dear, GOmiGcbdoo KS (E(0)