The Passing of the Third Floor Back; An Idle Fancy in a Prologue, a Play, And An Epilogue
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THE STRANGER You will not wed with Shame. You shall not.
[138] The Passing of the Third Floor Back VIVIAN [She turns.] " Shall not"? Who will stay me?
THE STRANGER [He rises.] Your Better Self.
[A silence.] There are they whose Better Self lies slain — slain by their own hand to trouble them no more. But yours, child, you have let grow too strong. It will ever be your master. You must obey. Flee from it, it will ever follow you. You cannot escape it. Insult it, and it will chastise you with bur...ning thoughts, with stinging self-reproach, with repentance that comes too late. It is your master. You must obey. [The sternness dies, the gentleness returns. He lays his hand upon her.] You will marry your lover. With him you will walk the way of sunlight and of shadow.
VIVIAN Who are you? I know your voice. I hear it in the wind. I hear it in the silence of the night. Who [She is standing, her face illumined by the firelight, looking at him. His face is not seen. There comes a strange awe into her eyes — into her voice.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
THE STRANGER You will not wed with Shame. You shall not.
[138] The Passing of the Third Floor Back VIVIAN [She turns.] " Shall not"? Who will stay me?
THE STRANGER [He rises.] Your Better Self.
[A silence.] There are they whose Better Self lies slain — slain by their own hand to trouble them no more. But yours, child, you have let grow too strong. It will ever be your master. You must obey. Flee from it, it will ever follow you. You cannot escape it. Insult it, and it will chastise you with bur...ning thoughts, with stinging self-reproach, with repentance that comes too late. It is your master. You must obey. [The sternness dies, the gentleness returns. He lays his hand upon her.] You will marry your lover. With him you will walk the way of sunlight and of shadow.
VIVIAN Who are you? I know your voice. I hear it in the wind. I hear it in the silence of the night. Who [She is standing, her face illumined by the firelight, looking at him. His face is not seen. There comes a strange awe into her eyes — into her voice.
What to read after The Passing of the Third Floor Back; An Idle Fancy in a Prologue, a Play, And An Epilogue?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Jerome Jerome Klapka to read onlineMoreLess
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