Max Beerbohm

Name: Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19
Author: Max Beerbohm

Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19 (1911)

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“Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19”, published in 1911, is a work by Max Beerbohm. It explores elements such as towing, mantle and Zuleika.

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Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19 (1911)

“ Tragic it was for him, in Merton Street, to see among the crowd converging to the meadows so many women, young and old, all imprescient, troubled by nothing but the thunder that was in the air, that was on the brows of their escorts. He knew not whether it was for their escorts or for them that he felt the greater pity; and an added load for his heart was the sense of his partial responsibility for what impended. But his lips were sealed now. Why should he not enjoy the effect he was creating?
It was with a measured tread, as yesterday with Zuleika, that he entered the avenue of elms. ”

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Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19 (1911)

“ The thunder receded; the rain was less vehement: the boats and the oars had drifted against the banks. And always the patient river bore its awful burden towards Iffley.
As on the towing-path, so on the youth-bereft rafts of the barges, yonder, stood many stupefied elders, staring at the river, staring back from the river into one another's faces.
Dispeopled now were the roofs of the barges. Under the first drops of the rain most of the women had come huddling down for shelter inside; panic had presently driven down the rest. Yet on one roof one woman still was. ”

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Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19 (1911)

“ But in justice to the gods I must pause to put in a word of excuse for them. They had imagined that it wa s in mere irony that the Duke had said he could not die till after the bumping-races; and not until it seemed that he stood ready to make an end of himself had the signal been given by Zeus for the rain to fall. One is taught to refrain from irony, because mankind does tend to take it literally. In the hearing of the gods, who hear all, it is conversely unsafe to make a simple and direct statement. ”

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Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19 (1911)

“ He shook his head, and pointed to the raft in front of the barge. She quickly descended.
"Forgive me," he said, "my gesture was not a summons. The raft is for men."
"What do you want to do on it?"
"To wait there till the races are over."
"But—what do you mean? Aren't you coming up on to the roof at all? Yesterday—"
"Oh, I see," said the Duke, unable to repress a smile. "But to-day I am not dressed for a flying-leap."
Zuleika put a finger to her lips. "Don't talk so loud. Those women up there will hear you. No one must ever know I knew what was going to happen. ”

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Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19 (1911)

“ Only my own unsupported word—and the world is always against a woman. So do be careful. I've thought it all out. The whole thing must be SPRUNG on me. Don't look so horribly cynical . . . What was I saying? Oh yes; well, it doesn't really matter. I had it fixed in my mind that you— but no, of course, in that mantle you couldn't. But why not come up on the roof with me meanwhile, and then afterwards make some excuse and—" The rest of her whisper was lost in another growl of thunder.
"I would rather make my excuses forthwith," said the Duke. ”

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Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19 (1911)

“ What have YOU been doing all the afternoon? Oh John, after THEM, I could almost love you again. Why can't one fall in love with a man's clothes? To think that all those splendid things you have on are going to be spoilt—all for me. ”

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Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson — Chapter 19 (1911)

“ Thus did scores of men find themselves shamed like our friend Harold. But this, you say, was no more than a just return for their behaviour yesterday, when, in this very avenue, so many women were almost crushed to death by them in their insensate eagerness to see Miss Dobson.
To-day by scores of women it was calculated not only that the velvet of the Duke's mantle could not have cost less than four guineas a yard, but also that there must be quite twenty-five yards of it. Some of the fair mathematicians had, in the course of the past fortnight, visited the Royal Academy and seen there Mr. ”

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