Quisisana; or, Rest at Last

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Spielhagen Friedrich. Quisisana; or, Rest at Last

Quisisana; or, Rest at Last

Table of Contents

QUISISANA

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CHAPTER XIX

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Footnote

THE END

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Friedrich Spielhagen

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The calm, low voice had remained the same to the very last word, but in striking contrast to that calm and that self-control there was the passionate gleam of the great dark eyes, which now looked up to Bertram with wondrous firmness, such as the ancients may have imagined the gaze of the gods--"whose eyelids quiver not, like those of mortals."

The narrow path had widened to a glade; there they stood for a few moments gazing in each other's eyes; and Bertram felt the fascination of that wondrous firmness, felt, too, that no consideration could condemn him to stand before those eyes as a contemptible wretch, and that, at any cost, he must tear to pieces the dark curtain which unscrupulous lies had woven and spread between her and him.

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