\"Never，never，dearlady。WhyshouldIcomeback？YoucanneverbeagainwhatyouHAVEbeen。Ishallhaveseenthelastofyou。\"
\"Oh！\"shetouchinglyurged。
\"Yes，forIshouldnextfindyousimplybroughttoself-
consciousness。You’llbeexactlywhatyouare，Icharitablyadmit——
nothingmoreorless，nothingdifferent。Butyou’llbeitallinadifferentway。Weliveinanageofprodigiousmachinery，allorganisedtoasingleend。Thatendispublicity——apublicityasferociousastheappetiteofacannibal。Thethingthereforeisnottohaveanyillusions——fondlytoflatteryourselfinamuddledmomentthatthecannibalwillspareyou。Hesparesnobody。Hesparesnothing。Itwillbeallright。You’llhavealovelytime。