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At times Gwynplaine reproached himself. He thought that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her. What would she say if she suddenly obtained her sight? A bitter scruple harassed him. He told himself that such a monster as he had no right to love. He was a hydra idolized by a star. It was his duty to enlighten the blind star.

One day he said to Dea, -

“You know that I am very ugly.”

“I know that you are beautiful,” she answered.