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2. II.

She, my soul's delight, my empress, my angel, is
superbly beautiful.

I loved her at first sight — devotedly, madly.

She dashed past me in her coupè. I saw her but
a moment — perhaps only an instant — but she took
me captive then and there, forevermore.

Forevermore!

I followed her, after that, wherever she went.
At length she came to notice, to smile upon me.
My motto was en avant! That is a French word.
I got it out of the back part of Worcester's Dictionary.