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chapter-035		chapter-035			.txt	text/plain	4630	268	80	And they, Pre Silas and Modeste Maria Beck (that these two wrought in concert I could not doubt) opened up the adytum of his heartshowed me one grand love, the child of this southern nature's youth, born so strong and perfect, that it had laughed at Death himself, despised his mean rape of matter, clung to immortal spirit, and in victory and faith, had watched beside a tomb twenty years. Eased of responsibility by Madame Beck's presence, soothed by her uniform tones, pleased and edified with her clear exposition of the subject in hand (for she taught well), I sat bent over my desk, drawingthat is, copying an elaborate line engraving, tediously working up my copy to the finish of the original, for that was my practical notion of art; and, strange to say, I took extreme pleasure in the labour, and could even produce curiously finical Chinese facsimiles of steel or mezzotint platesthings about as valuable as so many achievements in worsted-work, but I thought pretty well of them in those days.	./cache/chapter-035.txt	./txt/chapter-035.txt