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Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
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Sir Max Beerbohm
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Something
in
her
manner
of
fixing
him
with
her
eye
had
made
the
Duke
suspect
what
was
in
her
mind.
Well,
she
would
find
out
her
mistake
soon
enough,
poor
woman.
He
desired,
however,
that
her
mistake
should
be
made
by
no
one
else.
He
would
give
no
more
warnings.
Tragic
it
was
for
him,
in
Merton
Street,
to
see
among
the
crowd
converging
to
the
meadows
so
many
women,
young
and
old,
all
imprescient,
troubled
by
nothing
but
the
thunder
that
was
in
the
air,
that
was
on
the
brows
of
their
escorts.
He
knew
not
whether
it
was
for
their
escorts
or
for
them
that
he
felt
the
greater
pity;
and
an
added
load
for
his
heart
was
the
sense
of
his
partial
responsibility
for
what
impended.
But
his
lips
were
sealed
now.
Why
should
he
not
enjoy
the
effect
he
was
creating?
It
was
with
a
measured
tread,
as
yesterday
with
Zuleika,
that
he
entered
the
avenue
of
elms.
The
throng
streamed
past
from
behind
him,
parting
wide,
and
marvelling
as
it
streamed.
Under
the
pall
of
this
evil
evening
his
splendour
was
the
more
inspiring.
And,
just
as
yesterday
no
man
had
questioned
his
right
to
be
with
Zuleika,
so
to-day
there
was
none
to
deem
him
caparisoned
too
much.
All
the
men
felt
at
a
glance
that
he,
coming
to
meet
death
thus,
did
no
more
than
the
right
homage
to
Zuleika--aye,
and
that
he
made
them
all
partakers
in
his
own
glory,
casting
his
great
mantle
over
all
commorients.
Reverence
forbade
them
to
do
more
than
glance.
But
the
women
with
them
were
impelled
by
wonder
to
stare
hard,
uttering
sharp
little
cries
that
mingled
with
the
cawing
of
the
rooks
overhead.
Thus
did
scores
of
men
find
themselves
shamed
like
our
friend
Harold.
But
this,
you
say,
was
no
more
than
a
just
return
for
their
behaviour
yesterday,
when,
in
this
very
avenue,
so
many
women
were
almost
crushed
to
death
by
them
in
their
insensate
eagerness
to
see
Miss
Dobson.
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