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because he doesn't want to hear you quote 

 * The Hound of Heaven '; you sneer at 

 your own father because you say that he 

 doesn't understand you. Oh, Julien, won't 

 you try to alter things for your own sake ? ' 

 " * Not for yours ? ' I sneered. 

 " * For your own, Julien,' she replied 

 quietly. 



" ' You don't love me ? ' 

 " * Not as you love me, Julien.' 

 " * No, of course not! You don't know 

 what love is! I can eat my heart out for 

 you; dream, dream, dream in London all 

 the time, pine in the smoke, and no one 

 understands me. No one! The poet is 

 always the outcast, from Christ downwards. 

 The world smashes and destroys genius 

 the genius that is always trying to make 

 others see the beauty in the world, and 

 make humanity happier.' 



" * No, not an outcast, Julien : a beloved 

 friend who will rise above introspection, 

 and be happy. But if that man be caged 



