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I dream about you�察�I always see you as a little girl。;
They paused by the open window。 ;Do you�拭 �Nearly
all my dreams�察�except those about breaking down on the
stage or missing trains�察�are about Moonstone。 You tell
me the old house has been pulled down�察�but it stands in
my mind�察�every stick and timber。 In my sleep I go all
about it�察�and look in the right drawers and cupboards for
everything。 I often dream that I'm hunting for my rub´
bers in that pile of overshoes that was always under the
hatrack in the hall。 I pick up every overshoe and know
whose it is�察�but I can't find my own。 Then the school bell
begins to ring and I begin to cry。 That's the house I rest
in when I'm tired。 All the old furniture and the worn
spots in the carpetit rests my mind to go over them。;
They were looking out of the window。 Thea kept his
arm。 Down on the river four battleships were anchored in
line�察�brilliantly lighted�察�and launches were coming and
going�察�bringing the men ashore。 A searchlight from one
of the ironclads was playing on the great headland up the
river�察�where it makes its first resolute turn。 Overhead the
night´blue sky was intense and clear。
;There's so much that I want to tell you�察─�she said at
last�察 �and it's hard to explain。 My life is full of jealousies
and disappointments�察�you know。 You get to hating people
who do contemptible work and who get on just as well as you
do。 There are many disappointments in my profession�察�and
bitter�察�bitter contempts� ─ �Her face hardened�察�and looked
much older。 ;If you love the good thing vitally�察�enough to
give up for it all that one must give up for it�察�then you
must hate the cheap thing just as hard。 I tell you�察�there
is such a thing as creative hate� �A contempt that drives
you through fire�察�makes you risk everything and lose
everything�察�makes you a long sight better than you ever
knew you could be。; As she glanced at Dr。 Archie's face��
Thea stopped short and turned her own face away。 Her
eyes followed the path of the searchlight up the river and
rested upon the illumined headland。
;You see�察─�she went on more calmly�察 �voices are acci´
dental things。 You find plenty of good voices in common
women�察�with common minds and common hearts。 Look
at that woman who sang ORTRUDE with me last week。 She's
new here and the people are wild about her。 `Such a beau´
tiful volume of tone��' they say。 I give you my word she's
as stupid as an owl and as coarse as a pig�察�and any one
who knows anything about singing would see that in an
instant。 Yet she's quite as popular as Necker�察�who's a
great artist。 How can I get much satisfaction out of the
enthusiasm of a house that likes her atrociously bad per´
formance at the same time that it pretends to like mine��
If they like her�察�then they ought to hiss me off the stage。
We stand for things that are irreconcilable�察�absolutely。
You can't try to do things right and not despise the peo´
ple who do them wrong。 How can I be indifferent�拭 �If
that doesn't matter�察�then nothing matters。 Well�察�some´
times I've come home as I did the other night when you
first saw me�察�so full of bitterness that it was as if my mind
were full of daggers。 And I've gone to sleep and wakened
up in the Kohlers' garden�察�with the pigeons and the white
rabbits�察�so happy� �And that saves me。; She sat down
on the piano bench。 Archie thought she had forgotten all
about him�察�until she called his name。 Her voice was soft
now�察�and wonderfully sweet。 It seemed to come from some´
where deep within her�察�there were such strong vibrations
in it。 ;You see�察�Dr。 Archie�察�what one really strives for in
art is not the sort of thing you are likely to find when
you drop in for a performance at the opera。 What one
strives for is so far away�察�so deep�察�so beautiful;she
lifted her shoulders with a long breath�察�folded her hands
in her lap and sat looking at him with a resignation that
made her face noble�察�that there's nothing one can
say about it�察�Dr。 Archie。;
Without knowing very well what it was all about��
Archie was passionately stirred for her。 ;I've always be´
lieved in you�察�Thea�察�always believed�察─�he muttered。
She smiled and closed her eyes。 ;They save me�此�the old
things�察�things like the Kohlers' garden。 They are in every´
thing I do。;
;In what you sing�察�you mean�拭�
;Yes。 Not in any direct way�察�she spoke hurriedly��
;the light�察�the color�察�the feeling。 Most of all the feeling。
It comes in when I'm working on a part�察�like the smell of
a garden coming in at the window。 I try all the new
things�察�and then go back to the old。 Perhaps my feelings
were stronger then。 A child's attitude toward everything
is an artist's attitude。 I am more or less of an artist now��
but then I was nothing else。 When I went with you to
Chicago that first time�察�I carried with me the essentials��
the foundation of all I do now。 The point to which I could
go was scratched in me then。 I haven't reached it yet�察�by
a long way。;
Archie had a swift flash of memory。 Pictures passed
before him。 ;You mean�察─�he asked wonderingly�察 �that
you knew then that you were so gifted�拭�
Thea looked up at him and smiled。 ;Oh�察�I didn't know
anything� �Not enough to ask you for my trunk when I
needed it。 But you see�察�when I set out from Moonstone
with you�察�I had had a rich�察�romantic past。 I had lived a
long�察�eventful life�察�and an artist's life�察�every hour of it。
Wagner says�察�in his most beautiful opera�察�that art is only
a way of remembering youth。 And the older we grow the
more precious it seems to us�察�and the more richly we can
present that memory。 When we've got it all out��the
last�察�the finest thrill of it�察�the brightest hope of it�察�she
lifted her hand above her head and dropped it�察�then
we stop。 We do nothing but repeat after that。 The stream
has reached the level of its source。 That's our measure。;
There was a long�察�warm silence。 Thea was looking hard
at the floor�察�as if she were seeing down through years and
years�察�and her old friend stood watching her bent head。
His look was one with which he used to watch her long
ago�察�and which�察�even in thinking about her�察�had become a
habit of his face。 It was full of solicitude�察�and a kind of
secret gratitude�察�as if to thank her for some inexpressible
pleasure of the heart。 Thea turned presently toward the
piano and began softly to waken an old air��
;Ca' the yowes to the knowes��
Ca' them where the heather grows��
Ca' them where the burnie rowes��
My bonnie dear´ie。;
Archie sat down and shaded his eyes with his hand。 She
turned her head and spoke to him over her shoulder。
;Come on�察�you know the words better than I。 That's
right。;
;We'll gae down by Clouden's side��
Through the hazels spreading wide��
O'er the waves that sweetly glide��
To the moon sae clearly。
Ghaist nor bogle shalt thou fear��
Thou'rt to love and Heav'n sae dear��
Nocht of ill may come thee near��
My bonnie dear´ie� �
;We can get on without Landry。 Let's try it again�察�I
have all the words now。 Then we'll have `Sweet Afton。'
Come�此 �CA' THE YOWES TO THE KNOWES';
X
OTTENBURG dismissed his taxicab at the 91st Street
entrance of the Park and floundered across the drive
through a wild spring snowstorm。 When he reached the
reservoir path he saw Thea ahead of him�察�walking rapidly
against the wind。 Except for that one figure�察�the path was
deserted。 A flock of gulls were hovering over the reservoir��
seeming bewildered by the driving currents of snow that
whirled above the black water and then disappeared with´
in it。 When he had almost overtaken Thea�察�Fred called
to her�察�and she turned and waited for him with her back
to the wind。 Her hair and furs were powdered with snow´
flakes�察�and she looked like some rich´pelted animal�察�with
warm blood�察�that had run in out of the woods。 Fred
laughed as he took her hand。
;No use asking how you do。 You surely needn't feel
much anxiety about Friday�察�when you can look like
this。;
She moved close to the iron fence to make room for him
beside her�察�and faced the wind again。 ;Oh�察�I'm WELL enough��
in so far as that goes。 But I'm not lucky about stage
appearances。 I'm easily upset�察�and the most perverse
things happen。;
;What's the matter�拭 �Do you still get nervous�拭�
;Of course I do。 I don't mind nerves so much as getting
numbed�察─�Thea muttered�察�sheltering her face for a mo´
ment with her muff。 ;I'm under a spell�察�you know�察�hoo´
dooed。 It's the thing I WANT to do that I can never do。
Any other effects I can get easily enough。;
;Yes�察�you get effects�察�and not only with your voice。
Tha
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