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[With a little sigh.] Yes, I have always thought so, certainly.

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And then I had become rich enough to live in luxury and in indolent, quivering sunshine. I was able to build myself the villa on the Lake of Taunitz, and the palazzo in the capital,—and all the rest of it.

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[Taking up his tone.] And last but not least, you could afford to treat yourself to me, too. And you gave me leave to share in all your treasures.

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[Jesting, so as to turn the conversation.] Did I not promise to take you up with me to a high mountain and show you all the glory of the world?

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[With a gentle expression.] You have perhaps taken me up with you to a high enough mountain, Rubek—but you have not shown me all the glory of the world.

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[With a laugh of irritation.] How insatiable you are, Maia! Absolutely insatiable! [''With a vehement outburst.''] But do you know what is the most hopeless thing of all, Maia? Can you guess that?