Maurice Leblanc

Name: The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4
Author: Maurice Leblanc

The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4 (1912)

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“The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4”, published in 1912, is a work by Maurice Leblanc. It explores elements such as Marthe, Suzanne and Philippe.

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Maurice Leblanc, The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4 (1912)

“ And, yielding to a need to speak out which was anything but frequent with him, he went on:
"You don't know, you don't know what it means to a man to be fired with a great idea ... whether it be love of humanity, hatred of war or any other beautiful illusion. It lights us and leads us. It is our pride and our faith. We seem to have a second life, the real life, that belongs to it, and an unknown heart that beats for it alone. And we are prepared to suffer any sacrifice, any pain, any wretchedness, any insult ... provided that it gain the day."
Suzanne listened to him with obvious admiration. ”

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Maurice Leblanc, The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4 (1912)

“ Knowing Philippe's nature thoroughly, she was well aware that, in thus letting himself go, he was not only being carried away by a flood of eloquent words.
He opened the window and drew a deep breath of the pure air which he loved. Then he returned and added:
"We are even prepared to sacrifice those around us."
Marthe felt all the importance which he attached to this little sentence; and, after a moment, she said:
"Are you referring to me?"
"Yes," said Philippe.
"But you know, Philippe, that, when I agreed to marry you, I agreed to share your life, whatever it might be." ”

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Maurice Leblanc, The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4 (1912)

“ My love of humanity does not stop at the boundaries of the country in which I was born; and I do not hate those who are on the other side of the frontier. I am one of those men who will not have war, who will not have it at any price and who would give their life-blood to save the world the horror of that scourge.' How could I say such things as that to my father? ”

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Maurice Leblanc, The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4 (1912)

“ Marthe came to the table and, bending over her friend, looked at the picture with those mother's eyes which seem to see in the inanimate image the life, the smile and the beauty of the absent one.
"Which do you like best, Jacques or Paul?" asked Suzanne.
"What a question! If you were a mother...."
"If I were a mother, I should like that one best who reminded me most of my husband. The other would make me suspect that my husband had ceased to love me...."
"You put down everything to love, my poor Suzanne! Do you imagine that there is nothing in the world but love?" ”

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Maurice Leblanc, The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4 (1912)

“ And then, Marthe, you see, the ideas which he defends and of which, in my eyes, he is the living and splendid incarnation are so beautiful in themselves that, after one has ceased to share them, one continues, for a long time, for always, to retain a sort of involuntary affection for them, deep down in one's inner self. They constituted the greatness of our country for centuries. They are vigorous, like everything that is religious and pure. One feels a renegade at losing them ”

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Maurice Leblanc, The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4 (1912)

“ Perhaps he will admit ..."
"Never!" exclaimed Philippe. "Men who look into the future can still understand the beliefs of former days, because those were their own beliefs when they were young. But men who cling to the past cannot accept ideas which they do not understand and which clash with their feelings and with their instincts." ”

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Maurice Leblanc, The Frontier — Part I: Chapter 4 (1912)

“ I am sure that things will turn out better than you think. Wait a few days.... There is no hurry; and you will have time to see ... to prepare...."
"Everything turns out well when you speak," he said, smiling and allowing himself to be caressed. ”

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