He was refused admittance at the box-office, and when he tried to enter the gallery the police would not let him in.

He must be mad, Frank, don't you think?
I am glad he was foiled." "He is insanely violent," I said, "he will keep on attacking you." "But what can I do, Frank ?" "Don't ask for advice you won't take," I replied.

"There's a French proverb I've always liked: 'In love and war don't seek counsel.' But for God's sake, don't drift.

Stop while you can." But Oscar would have had to take a resolution and act in order to stop, and he was incapable of such energy.

The wild horses of Fate had run away with the light chariot of his fortune, and what the end would be no one could foresee.