22/65 He did not expatiate on this topic. Moriaz is almost wearied to death there. I should think she would die of ennui." "Do you think her capable of yielding to ennui in any place ?" "Certainly, do not doubt it; but she has recourse to her imagination to dispel the tedium. She has a marvellous talent for procuring herself diversion and for varying her pleasures. Hers is an imagination having many relays: no sooner is one horse exhausted than there is another to take its place." "That is a precious gift," he replied, briefly. |