Life Everlasting
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共 154 题- THE LIFE EVERLASTING
- A REALITY OF ROMANCE
- BY MARIE CORELLI
- AUTHOR OF THELMA, ETC.
- CONTENTS
- THE LIFE EVERLASTING
- A REALITY OF ROMANCE
- AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE
- MARIE CORELLI
- THE HEROINE BEGINS HER STORY
- I smiled.
- I laughed.
- I smiled.
- II
- THE FAIRY SHIP
- I smiled.
- III
- THE ANGEL OF A DREAM
- I stretched out my hands involuntarily. My eyes filled with tears.
- I found my speech suddenly.
- I held my peace, moved by a sudden sweet awe.
- IV
- A BUNCH OF HEATHER
- I smiled.
- I took it from his hand.
- I put the little bunch in my dress. As I did so, he doffed his cap.
- I laughed.
- I explained how it had been given to me.
- I laughed.
- I assured her that everything was perfect.
- I looked at her with a smile.
- I met her inquisitive glance and smiled.
- I rose from my seat beside her.
- I laughed.
- I rose from my kneeling attitude.
- I hesitated a moment.
- I laughed.
- I laughed again, much to his visible annoyance.
- I met his shifty brown eyes, and he dropped them quickly.
- He smiled cynically. "Really not? I should have thought you were!"
- AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
- I was silent.
- I spoke with some passion, and he heard me patiently.
- I held my peace.
- I looked up at him.
- I laughed.
- VI
- RECOGNITION
- I murmured a scarcely audible assent.
- I smiled.
- VII
- MEMORIES
- I laughed.
- I looked up eagerly.
- Santoris exchanged a swift glance with me. Then he spoke:--
- I smiled.
- VIII
- VISIONS
- He paused--then went on slowly:--
- I bent my head silently.
- IX
- DOUBTFUL DESTINY
- I looked up at him wonderingly.
- I found my voice suddenly.
- I replied at once, without taking thought.
- I was silent.
- I laughed.
- I held out my hand. He took it in his own and kept it a moment.
- STRANGE ASSOCIATIONS
- I returned her gaze questioningly.
- I lay back on the sofa looking at her with a kind of pity.
- I waited eagerly. She seemed afraid to go on.
- I was silent.
- I sprang up.
- I said nothing. She rose to leave my cabin.
- XI
- ONE WAY OF LOVE
- I started, and the blood rushed to my cheeks in a burning flame.
- I turned towards her enquiringly.
- I quickly controlled the weakness of my tears.
- I smiled.
- I glanced at him with a touch of defiance.
- I clasped my hands together in a kind of desperation.
- I looked at him with a smile, though the tears were in my eyes.
- I smiled a little sadly.
- XII
- A LOVE-LETTER
- I broke off,--and looked down into his eyes. He smiled.
- I shook my head, smiling a little.
- Beloved,--
- My beloved, I commend you to God with all my adoring soul and am
- Your lover, Rafel Santoris
- I looked away from him across the sunlit expanse of sea.
- I was silent.
- I smiled. "I am listening!" I said.
- I went up to her, took her poor thin hand and kissed it.
- I hesitated.
- I looked at her with all the compassion I truly felt.
- I hesitated, smiling a little.
- I smiled.
- I hesitated--then spoke frankly.
- I smiled. "I hope not!"
- XIII
- THE HOUSE OF ASELZION
- I explained that I was entrusted with an important message.
- I smiled and thanked her for her well-meant warning.
- I felt a little more courageous now, and answered him at once.
- I raised my eyes and was reassured by his kindly glance.
- I could offer no contradiction to this, for I felt it to be true.
- I interrupted him.
- I bent my head.
- XIV
- CROSS AND STAR
- He paused again--and after a minute or two of silence, went on--
- XV
- A FIRST LESSON
- I obeyed--it seemed tasteless and strengthless, like pure water.
- I answered "Yes" at once, without hesitation.
- I tried to think, but could not instantly determine.
- I looked at him questioningly.
- I looked at him appealingly.
- I clung to his hand for an instant.
- XVI
- SHADOW AND SOUND
- XVII
- THE MAGIC BOOK
- LIFE AND ITS ADJUSTMENT
- THE ACTION OF THOUGHT
- ON THE COMMAND OF LIFE'S FORCES
- Misguidance of the Will! I spoke the words aloud--then went on reading--
- XVIII
- DREAMS WITHIN A DREAM
- I rose to my feet and confronted her.
- I smiled. A sudden inrush of strength and authority possessed me.
- FREE-WILL
- POWER
- ETERNAL LIFE
- ARROGANT ASCETICISM
- XIX
- THE UNKNOWN DEEP
- I looked up at the Figure, vainly striving to see its face.
- I took no time for thought, but answered at once without hesitation--
- Another pause. Then the voice put this question--
- And again I replied--
- I smiled again.
- He waited a moment--then bent his eyes earnestly upon me as he resumed--
- I met his enquiring glance fully and steadily.
- I thought a moment.
- I sat absorbed and half afraid.
- I ventured to touch his hand.
- XX
- INTO THE LIGHT
- THE DELUSION OF TIME
- THE END