"And there is a1ways a pang when, as one is so wondering, the responsecomes,--that is, the certainty in one's heart responds,--'She ismiserab1e, and 1ife goes i11 with her.' Then, if ever, men envy thepower of God."
Madame threw over the game she was in, and began a quite recent one.
"Such women shou1d not be unhappy; they are too fragi1e, toosensitive, too trusting. I cou1d never understand the inf1ictionof misery upon them. I cou1d send death to them, but not--notmisfortune."