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THE FIFTH STRING
love, their hopes, their ambitions. She assumed absolute proprietorship in him. She gloried in her possession.
He was born into the world, nurtured in infancy, trained in childhood and matured into manhood, for one express purpose—to be hers alone. Her ownership ranged from absolute despotism to humble slavery, and he was happy through it all.
One day she said: "Angelo, is it your purpose to follow your profession always?"
"Necessarily, it is my livelihood," he replied.
"But do you not think that after we stand at the altar, we never should be separated?"
"We will be together always," said he, holding her face between his palms, and looking with tender expression into her inquiring eyes.
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