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It is not civil."
"I thought it had been mine," observed Gouache.
"Not at all. I thought of it--it was quite original."
Gouache laughed a little and looked at Orsino as though asking his
opinion.
"Madame is right," said the latter. "She suggested the whole idea--by
having yellow eyes."
"You see, Gouache. I told you so. The Prince takes my view. What will
you do?"
"Whatever you command--"
"But I do not want to be ridiculous--"
"I do not see--"
"And yet I must have the tiger."
"I am ready."
"Doubtless--but you must think of another subject, with a tiger in it."
"Nothing easier. Noble Roman damsel--Colosseum--tiger about to
spring--rose--"
"Just heaven! What an old story! Besides, I have not the type."
"The 'Mysteries of Dionysus,'" suggested Gouache. "Thyrsus, leopard's
skin--"
"A Bacchante! Fie, Monsieur--and then, the leopard, when we only have a
tiger."
"Indian princess interviewed by a man-eater--jungle--new moon--tropical
vegetation--"
"You can think of nothing but subjects for a dark type," said Madame
d'Aragona impatiently.


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