So! Now you may
know zat love is the humblest thing in the world, and passion the
noblest, for love is for the weak while passion is for the strong.
Love is easily deceived, passion never. Love endures, passion
conquers. Love is blind, passion is sight itself. Love rules the
world, but passion rules love. Love consents, passion demands. Love
is law, passion is life. I could go on forever, but I see you do
not like my discourse. Zat is because you are already in love, my
friend. Poof! You will get over that!" She laughed.
Percival was white clear through. He was red-blooded, but at the
same time his heart was clean. Once more he found himself contrasting
the honest-eyed, pure-hearted Ruth with this sensual scoffer. There
was no denying the physical appeal of the lithe, sinuous Russian;
there was no gainsaying the call of the blood. On the other hand,
the American girl stood for everything his own mother exemplified
in flesh and spirit.
As it is with all men, he was absolutely incapable of associating
passion with the mother who bore him, or with sisters who marry and
give them nieces and nephews to adore. It was impossible, utterly
impossible that they should have possessed the instincts of this
woman beside him.
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