Apparently he had projected beyond his table some hypnotic thought, for it had
held him all through the dining hour. "Why came
she here?"
"She could not resist the hand of fate which drew her hither," replied Sir Cecil,
mournfully. “We
have been all this time—Only your queer code of honor—Honor! Once you
begin with love you have to see it through. ‘Flirting, Gerald? A new come-out for
you. ‘Did you see the man?’ Gerald asked. "'You've
a long journey before you. A wide terrace then led to large iron gates,' over which were
placed the two celebrated figures of Raving and Melancholy Madness, executed
by the elder Cibber, and commemorated by Pope in the Dunciad, in the wellknown lines:—
"Close to those walls where Folly holds her throne,
And laughs to think Monroe would take her down,
Where, o'er the gates, by his famed father's hand,
Great Cibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand. Perhaps at the first blush—it strikes you as odd.
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