Sorrows of
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共 118 题- THE SORROWS OF SATAN
- OR
- A ROMANCE
- BY MARIE CORELLI
- THE SORROWS OF SATAN
- II
- PRINCE LUCIO RIMÂNEZ.
- III
- I laughed at this piece of absurdity.
- I smiled.
- IV
- I laughed.
- I burst out laughing heartily.
- I laughed again with a trifle less boisterousness.
- I loosed my hold of him, and he fell back stupefied and confused.
- VI
- I could not repress a slight nervous shudder.
- I interrupted him with a decided gesture.
- I laughed at his whimsical earnestness.
- I laughed. "If you like!"
- I opened my eyes a little at this.
- I laughed heartily,--well entertained by his fluent discourse.
- I showed this to Rimânez with a kind of triumph. He smiled.
- VII
- I let the satire pass.
- I laughed in spite of my depression.
- I was conscious of irritation at the calm conviction of his tone.
- I laughed,--I was gradually getting into a better humour.
- VIII
- I leaned towards her, half whispering,
- I was silent.
- I felt rather than saw the cat-like glance he flashed upon me.
- I interrupted him.
- IX
- I laughed aloud.
- I stared, puzzled.
- I bowed.
- I sighed heavily.
- I forced a faint smile.
- XI
- I laughed.
- I began to feel quite unreasonably irritated.
- Lucio laughed a little--
- XII
- She smiled and her eyes flashed,--then she went on more quietly--
- XIII
- XIV
- I again expressed my sympathy.
- And with this, we separated to our different quarters in the 'Grand.'
- XV
- I looked up with a smile.
- I was silent.
- I laughed aloud at the comparison.
- I sat silent,--inwardly chafing under his remarks.
- XVI
- I said nothing.
- I was silent.
- I shook my head, half vexed, half amused.
- XVII
- I stared, bewildered by her voluble and almost breathless outburst.
- I laughed,--she laughed with me, and was quite herself again.
- I laughed. "Oh, never! That you may be quite sure of."
- I started up astonished, and confronted her.
- XVIII
- I was irritated at this.
- Somewhat abashed by his words and still more by his manner, I said--
- I was silent.
- I laughed.
- XIX
- I felt myself growing uncomfortably red in the face.
- XX
- He smiled, and sang on, his dark eyes flashing--
- I paused a moment, then answered frankly,
- XXI
- XXII
- XXIII
- I laughed. "Well, you must admit those laws are very arbitrary!"
- I folded her still closer in my arms.
- XXIV
- I looked at him,--he smiled, but his eyes were sombre and scornful.
- I forced a smile.
- I moved away to leave the room.
- XXV
- I looked at him amazed, and laughed.
- XXVI
- Then, with a little sarcastic smile, she had added--
- I broke off with almost a sob of despair.
- XXVII
- I stopped and stared at her, astonished and confounded.
- XXVIII
- I started up.
- XXIX
- I looked at him in mingled wonder and impatience.
- XXX
- XXXI
- I sprang between him and her advancing form.
- XXXII
- I stared wearily at the moonlight patterns on the floor.
- I rose mechanically and prepared to obey him. He watched me furtively.
- XXXIII
- I did not answer.
- I looked up.
- XXXIV
- I grasped her hands hard.
- XXXV
- Thus ran the 'last document,' commencing abruptly and without prefix;--
- XXXVI
- XXXVII
- XXXVIII
- I laughed bitterly. "If that is part of your faith I am sorry for you!"
- XXXIX
- I stared at him,--then burst into a laugh.
- XL
- XLI
- I heard,--yet felt no fear.
- XLII
- I silently assented with a faint smile.
- I smiled.