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That was the only way
to be even with her; it took the wind out of her sails. Keith often put
the matter into a nutshell:
"The practical advantages of doing something outrageous must be clear
to you. It is the only way of stopping her mouth, unless you like to
have her poisoned, which might be rather expensive even down here,
though you may be sure I would do my best to smooth things over with
Malipizzo. But I am afraid you don't realize the advantages of
ruffianism as a mode of art, and a mode of life. Only think: a thousand
wrongs to every right! What an opening for a man of talent, especially
in a country like this, where frank and independent action still counts
its admirers. You have done nothing, of late, worthy to be recorded in
the CHRONIQUE SCANDALEUSE of Nepenthe. Twelve years ago, wasn't it,
that little affair of yours? Time is slipping by, and here you muddle
along with your old Perrelli, in a fog of moral stagnation. It is not
fair to the rest of us. We all contribute our mites to the gaiety of
nations.


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