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And is this mystery that surrounds you a virtue or a flaw? | And is this mystery that surrounds you a virtue or a flaw? | ||
Ask a lover who has been betrayed and abandoned – he will tell you it is a flaw, a horrible flaw.– | Ask a lover who has been betrayed and abandoned – he will tell you it is a flaw, a horrible flaw.– | ||
Ask a young man whose sweetheart has just squeezed his hand in love, or has just said, ''''I love you,'''' and he will tell you that this mystery is a divine thing, that it is sacrosanct veil that conceals woman's divinity like the translucent veil hides the angelic beauty of Mohammed's ''''Houri.'''' | |||
Go pick whoever is right among the two: the scornful skeptical or the impassioned flatterer!–I would put you at my feet, sweet readers, and you | Go pick whoever is right among the two: the scornful skeptical or the impassioned flatterer!–I would put you at my feet, sweet readers, and you | ||