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and don't begin your stories always in the middle。 Was he man�察�or was he 

demon�拭�Anyhow�察�you've gone too far To go back�察�and I'm  your servant。 

I'm the lord�察�but you're the master。 Now go on with what you know�察�for I'm 

excited。; 

       ;Do you mean  Do you mean to make me try to think that you know 

less than I do�拭─�

     ;I know that you foreshadow the beginning of a scene。 Pray be careful�察�

and as accurate as if the doors of heaven Were to swing or to stay bolted 

from now on for evermore。; 



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     ;Do you conceive�察�with all your smooth contempt of every feeling�察�Of 

hiding what you know and what you must have known before�拭�Is it worth 

a woman's torture to stand here and have you smiling�察�With only your poor 

fetish   of possession   on   your side�拭  �No   thing   but one  is   wholly  sure�察  �and 

that's not one to scare me�察�When I meet it I may say to God at last that I 

have    tried。  And    yet�察  �for  all  I  know�察  �or  all  I  dare   believe�察  �my    trials 

Henceforward will be more for you to bear than are your own�察�And you 

must give me keys of yours to rooms I have not entered。 Do you see me on 

your threshold all my life�察�and there alone�拭�Will you tell me where you see 

me in your fancy  when it leads you Far enough beyond the moment for 

a glance at the abyss�拭─�

     ;Will you tell me what intrinsic and amazing sort of nonsense You are 

crowding on the patience of the man who gives you  this�拭�Look around 

you and be sorry you're not living in an attic�察�With a civet and a fish´net�察�

and with you to pay the rent。 I say words that you can spell without the use 

of all your letters�察�And I grant�察�if you insist�察�that I've a guess at what you 

meant。; 

     ;Have I told you�察�then�察�for nothing�察�that I met him�拭�Are you trying To 

be merry while you try to make me hate you�拭─�

       ;Think again�察�My dear�察�before you tell me�察�in a language unbecoming 

To a lady�察�what you plan to tell me next。 If I complain�察�If I seem an atom 

peevish   at   the   preference   you   mention      Or   imply�察  �to   be   precise      you 

may   believe�察  �or   you   may   not�察  �That   I'm   a   trifle   more   aware   of   what   he 

wants than you are。 But I shouldn't throw that at you。 Make believe that I 

forgot。 Make believe that he's a genius�察�if you like�察 �but in the meantime 

Don't go back to rocking´horses。 There�察�there�察�there�察�now。; 

       ;Make believe� �When you see me standing helpless on a plank above 

a whirlpool�察�Do I drown�察�or do I hear you when you say it�拭�Make believe�拭�

How much more am I to say or do for you before I tell you That I met him� �

What's to follow now may be for you to choose。 Do you hear me�拭�Won't 

you listen�拭�It's an easy thing to listen。 。 。 。; 

     ;And it's easy to be crazy when there's everything to lose。; 

     ;If at last you have a notion that I mean what I am saying�察�Do I seem 

to tell you nothing when I tell you I shall try�拭�If you save me�察�and I lose 



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him  I don't know  it won't much matter。 I dare say that I've lied enough�察�

but now I do not lie。; 

     ;Do you fancy me the one man who has waited and said nothing While 

a wife has dragged an old infatuation from a tomb�拭�Give the thing a little 

air and it will vanish into ashes。 There you are  piff� �presto� ─�

       ;When I came into this room�察�It seemed as if I saw the place�察�and you 

there at your table�察�As you are now at this moment�察�for the last time in my 

life�察�And I told myself before I came to find you�察 �I shall tell him�察�If I can�察�

what I have learned of him since I became his wife。' And if you say�察�as I've 

no doubt you will before I finish�察�That you have tried unceasingly�察�with all 

your might and main�察�To teach me�察�knowing more than I of what it was I 

needed�察�Don't think�察�with all you may have thought�察�that you have tried in 

vain�察   �For   you   have   taught    me   more    than   hides   in  all  the  shelves    of 

knowledge Of how little you found that's in me and was in me all along。 I 

believed�察�if I intruded nothing on you that I cared for�察�I'd be half as much 

as horses�察 �and it seems that I was wrong�察�I believed there was enough of 

earth in   me�察 �with   all my  nonsense   Over   things that   made   you   sleepy�察 �to 

keep something still awake�察�But you taught me soon to read my book�察�and 

God knows I have read it  Ages longer than an angel would have read it 

for   your   sake。   I   have   said   that   you   must   open   other   doors   than   I   have 

entered�察�But I wondered while I said it if I might not be obscure。 Is there 

anything in all your pedigrees and inventories With a value more elusive 

than a dollar's�拭�Are you sure That if I starve another year for you I shall be 

stronger To endure another like it  and another  till I'm dead�拭─�

     ;Has your tame cat sold a picture�拭 �or more likely had a windfall�拭�Or 

for God's sake�察�what's broke loose�拭�Have you a bee´hive in your head�拭�A 

little more of this from you will not be easy hearing。 Do you know that�拭�

Understand   it�察  �if   you   do�察  �for   if   you   won't。   。   。   。   What   the   devil   are   you 

saying� �Make believe you never said it�察�And I'll say I never heard it。 。 。 。 

Oh�察�you。 。 。 。 If you。 。 。 。; 

       ;If I don't�拭─�

     ;There are men who say there's reason hidden somewhere in a woman�察�

But I doubt if God himself remembers where the key was hung。; 

     ;He may not�察�for they say that even God himself is growing。 I wonder 



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if   he   makes   believe   that   he   is   growing   young�察  �I   wonder   if   he   makes 

believe   that   women   who   are   giving All   they   have   in   holy   loathing   to   a 

stranger     all  their   lives  Are    the   wise   ones    who    build   houses     in  the 

Bible。 。 。 。; 

       ;Stop  you devil� ─�

     ;。 。 。 Or that souls are any whiter when their bodies are called wives。 If 

a   dollar's   worth   of   gold   will   hoop   the   walls   of   hell   together�察 �Why   need 

heaven be such a ruin of a place that never was�拭�And if at last I lied my 

starving soul away to nothing�察�Are you sure you might not miss it�拭�Have 

you come to such a pass That you would have me longer in your arms if 

you discovered That I made you into someone else。 。 。 。 Oh�  � 。 。 Well�察�there 

are worse ways。 But why aim it at my feet  unless you fear you may be 

sorry。 。 。 。 There are many days ahead of you。; 

       ;I do not see those days。; 

     ;I can see them。 Granted even I am wrong�察�there are the children。 And 

are they to praise their father for his insight if we die�拭�Do you hear them�拭�

Do you hear them overhead  the children  singing�拭�Do you hear them�拭�

Do you hear the children�拭─�

       ;Damn the children� ─�

       ;Why�拭�What have THEY done�拭 � 。 。 Well�察�then�察 �do it。 。 。 。 Do it now�察�

and have it over。; 

     ;Oh�察�you devil�  � 。 。 Oh�察�you。 。 。 。; 

       ;No�察�I'm not a devil�察�I'm a prophet  One who sees the end already of 

so much that one end more Would have now the small importance of one 

other small illusion�察�Which in turn would have a welcome where the rest 

have   gone   before。   But   if   I   were   you�察  �my   fancy   would   look   on   a   little 

farther For the glimpse of a release that may be somewhere still in sight。 

Furthermore�察  �you   must   remember   those   two   hundred   invitations   For   the 

dancing after dinner。 We shall have to shine tonight。 We shall dance�察�and 

be as happy as a pair of merry spectres�察�On the grave of all the lies that we 

shall never have to tell�察�We shall dance among the ruins of the tomb of our 

endurance�察�And I have not a doubt that we shall do it very well。 There�  �

I'm glad you've put it back�察�for I don't like it。 Shut the drawer now。 No  

no  don't cancel anything。 I'll dance until I drop。 I can't walk yet�察�but I'm 



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going to。 。 。 。 Go away somewhere�察�and leave me。 。 。 。 Oh�察�you children� �

Oh�察�you children�  � 。 。 God�察�will they never stop� ─�



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                             Tasker Norcross 



     ;Whether   all   towns   and   all   who   live   in   them      So   long   as   they   be 

somewhere   in   this   world   That   we   in   our   complacency   call   ours      Are 

more or less the same�察�I leave to you。 I should say less。 Whether or not�察�

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