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 of the meat, the hashed scraps, the dregs of the wines which have supplied the banquet that has just glutted us.

"He looked at her with the scorn which a man has for the woman who has just administered to his pleasure, and who has degraded herself and him. Moreover, as he felt unjust towards her, he hated her, and not himself.

"I felt again that he did not love her, but me, though she had made him for a few moments forget me.

"She seemed to feel his cold glances upon her, for she shivered, and, thinking she was asleep in bed, she tried to cover herself up; and her hand, fumbling for the sheet, pulled up her chemise, only uncovering herself more by that action. She woke as she did so, and caught Teleny's reproachful glances.

"She looked around, frightened. She tried to cover herself as much as she could; and then, entwining one of her arms round the young man's neck—

Do not look at me like that,' she said. 'Am I so loathsome to you? Oh! I see it. You