Volume V Part 40 (2/2)
”Then tell h to have inspired you?”
”It is of such a kind that enjoyment would only increase it, and yet enjoyment seems to me a mere accident”
”Then what is its essence?”
”To live together in perfect unity”
”That's a blessing we can enjoy fro to eve, but why should we not add the harive us such peace and tranquillity Youwithout the accident”
”Yes, but you in your turn, you will agree that the food often proves in time to be deadly”
”No, not when one loves truly, as I do Do you think that you will not lovepossessed me?”
”No, it's because I think quite otherwise, that I dread toso bitter”
”I see I ic I should like to see the food on which you feed your brain, otherwise your books Will you let ht”
”How?”
”Come and see”
We went to her roouese, with the exception of Milton, in English, Ariosto, in Italian, and Labruyere's ”Characters,” in French
”Your selection gives h idea of your ive such a preference to Caood reason, I aht you were Italian And so you already know five languages, for you doubtless know Spanish”
”Yes, although Spanish is not absolutely necessary”
”What an education you have had!”
”I ahteen”
”Tell me who you are, tell me all about yourself I aive you a proof ofto tell you ood”
”What are all these manuscripts?”
”My history, which I have written down myself Let us sit down:”
CHAPTER IX