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"You are afraid to die?" "Yes, every one is." "But to die as lovers may--to die together, so that they may live together.
"Nevertheless life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either."
You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish.
The precautions of nervous people are infectious, and persons of a like temperament are pretty sure, after a time, to imitate them.
At another time, or in another case, it might have excited my ridicule. But into what quackeries will not people rush for a last chance, where all accustomed means have failed, and the life of a beloved object is at stake?
