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Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
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Sir Max Beerbohm
46
“Oh,”
said
Zuleika,
“of
course
I
like
being
admired.
Oh
yes,
I
like
all
that
very
much
indeed.
In
a
way,
I
suppose,
I’m
even
pleased
that
YOU
admire
me.
But
oh,
what
a
little
miserable
pleasure
that
is
in
comparison
with
the
rapture
I
have
forfeited!
I
had
never
known
the
rapture
of
being
in
love.
I
had
longed
for
it,
but
I
had
never
guessed
how
wonderfully
wonderful
it
was.
It
came
to
me.
I
shuddered
and
wavered
like
a
fountain
in
the
wind.
I
was
more
helpless
and
flew
lightlier
than
a
shred
of
thistledown
among
the
stars.
All
night
long,
I
could
not
sleep
for
love
of
you;
nor
had
I
any
desire
of
sleep,
save
that
it
might
take
me
to
you
in
a
dream.
I
remember
nothing
that
happened
to
me
this
morning
before
I
found
myself
at
your
door.”
“Why
did
you
ring
the
bell?
Why
didn’t
you
walk
away?”
“Why?
I
had
come
to
see
you,
to
be
near
you,
to
be
WITH
you.”
“To
force
yourself
on
me.”
“Yes.”
“You
know
the
meaning
of
the
term
‘effective
occupation’?
Having
marched
in,
how
could
you
have
held
your
position,
unless”--
“Oh,
a
man
doesn’t
necessarily
drive
a
woman
away
because
he
isn’t
in
love
with
her.”
“Yet
that
was
what
you
thought
I
had
done
to
you
last
night.”
“Yes,
but
I
didn’t
suppose
you
would
take
the
trouble
to
do
it
again.
And
if
you
had,
I
should
have
only
loved
you
the
more.
I
thought
you
would
most
likely
be
rather
amused,
rather
touched,
by
my
importunity.
I
thought
you
would
take
a
listless
advantage,
make
a
plaything
of
me--the
diversion
of
a
few
idle
hours
in
summer,
and
then,
when
you
had
tired
of
me,
would
cast
me
aside,
forget
me,
break
my
heart.
I
desired
nothing
better
than
that.
That
is
what
I
must
have
been
vaguely
hoping
for.
But
I
had
no
definite
scheme.
I
wanted
to
be
with
you
and
I
came
to
you.
It
seems
years
ago,
now!
How
my
heart
beat
as
I
waited
on
the
doorstep!
‘Is
his
Grace
at
home?’
‘I
don’t
know.
I’ll
inquire.
What
name
shall
I
say?’
I
saw
in
the
girl’s
eyes
that
she,
too,
loved
you.
Have
YOU
seen
that?”
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