nered menace. He was beautiful 

 after the manner of a beautiful, 

 natural monster that has complied 

 strictly with the laws of its species. 

 And what a smile of attentive 

 obligingness, of incorruptible in- 

 nocence, of affectionate submis- 

 sion, of boundless gratitude and 

 total self-abandonment lit up, at 

 the least caress, that adorable 

 mask of ugliness! Whence ex- 

 actly did that smile emanate? 

 From the ingenuous and melting 

 eyes ? From the ears pricked up 

 to catch the words of man ? From 



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