HIGH WINDS 



Laura and Beatrice out of the transcript or stop 

 the cry for the &quot; lost Lenore,&quot; you may go back 

 to the Bassarids of the birch grove and feel that 

 you are androgynous. 



Pardon this tangent ; the Doctor had only been 

 gone a week, and I could not help thinking of 

 that great actress s advice to an inexperienced and 

 beautiful human crystal that had come to her with 

 her aspirations. &quot; How shall I create something ? &quot; 

 she cried. &quot; Go and fall in love,&quot; said the actress. 

 (I believe it was Cushman.) Fancy the vestal 

 astonishment of crystal art just in its first congeal- 

 ment. &quot; And would you give that advice to a 

 man if he had come to you ? &quot; 



&quot; No ; men are always in love.&quot; 



But with a boy for a companion, one has Eros 

 himself along, unsophisticated perhaps by the 

 Grecian myth, and therefore a delightful protection 

 from the seductive ghosts of Nature, and one s 

 stream of tendency. He does not give a passing 

 thought to the Bassarids. He is trying every 

 film of ice to see if it will hold him. He is the 

 real chipmunk amid these eerie dangers. Keep 

 close to him in the morning. 



Some curiosity to know if Griselle would not 

 come over as a visitor, now that she did not have 

 to come as a handmaiden, would naturally take 

 possession of me. I would be patient and see. 

 She had professed such a deep interest in Charlie 

 that she would certainly walk over some sunny 

 morning and inquire after him. 



I kept this up for a week, expecting every morn- 

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