{"product_id":"2940013157798","title":"A Twofold Life","description":"I.--Mental Strife.\u003cbr\u003e     II.--Dual Apparitions.\u003cbr\u003e    III.--From Falsehood to Falsehood.\u003cbr\u003e     IV.--A Guardian Angel.\u003cbr\u003e      V.--Master and Pupil.\u003cbr\u003e     VI.--The Prison Fairy.\u003cbr\u003e    VII.--An Aristocrat.\u003cbr\u003e   VIII.--In the Prison.\u003cbr\u003e     IX.--Fraulein Veronica von Albin.\u003cbr\u003e      X.--Progress.\u003cbr\u003e     XI.--A New Life.\u003cbr\u003e    XII.--The Search for a Wife.\u003cbr\u003e   XIII.--A Sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e    XIV.--Churchyard Blossoms.\u003cbr\u003e     XV.--A Royal Marriage.\u003cbr\u003e    XVI.--The Two Betrothed Brides.\u003cbr\u003e   XVII.--Insnared.\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII.--Cornelia and Ottilie.\u003cbr\u003e    XIX.--The Catastrophe.\u003cbr\u003e     XX.--Thither.\u003cbr\u003e    XXI.--Spring Storm.\u003cbr\u003e   XXII.--Light and Shadow.\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII.--Between Heaven and Earth.\u003cbr\u003e   XXIV.--Regeneration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                            A TWOFOLD LIFE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                   I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             MENTAL STRIFE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an elegant apartment which luxury and wealth had adorned with\u003cbr\u003eeverything that the fantastic industry of our times affords, two\u003cbr\u003estately figures were pacing rapidly up and down: a lady no longer young\u003cbr\u003ebut still magnificently beautiful, a true Parisienne and _lionne_ of\u003cbr\u003esociety, and a young man with an aristocratic, though somewhat stern,\u003cbr\u003ebearing, dark hair, and strongly marked features. At times they eagerly\u003cbr\u003eapproached each other with flashing eyes, then turned away to resume\u003cbr\u003etheir restless pacing to and fro.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is useless, we must part!\" cried the youth, after a pause. \"My\u003cbr\u003epassion for you is destroying my whole life: my studies are neglected,\u003cbr\u003enothing has any charm for me unless connected with you; my fancy is\u003cbr\u003eunceasingly busied with your image. I can no longer work, no longer\u003cbr\u003ethink, no longer create anything, and unless I can break loose from\u003cbr\u003ethis conflict I shall become a dishonored wretch, or consume my\u003cbr\u003estrength in endless torture and go to destruction! We must part\u003cbr\u003eforever!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was no answer. The lady had thrown herself upon a causeuse which\u003cbr\u003estood just under a niche overgrown with ivy and lighted with lamps that\u003cbr\u003egleamed through crimson shades, and was gazing steadily into the soft\u003cbr\u003egloom, while a tear rolled slowly down her cheek. Our hero turned,\u003cbr\u003eafter vainly waiting for a reply, and looked ardently at the beautiful\u003cbr\u003epicture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe deepest silence pervaded the elegant apartment, only interrupted by\u003cbr\u003ethe low plashing of a tiny fountain which fell into a marble basin\u003cbr\u003efilled with goldfish. Countless hyacinths exhaled their fragrance amid\u003cbr\u003etall exotic plants, and between the heavy silken curtains and portières\u003cbr\u003egleamed marble statues, which in the dim purple light seemed instinct\u003cbr\u003ewith life. Everything breathed love and secret bliss. Allured by some\u003cbr\u003emagnetic attraction our hero knelt before the silent figure, and\u003cbr\u003ekissing the hand that hung by her side, whispered: \"Great Heaven, if\u003cbr\u003eyou weep how shall I find strength to conquer this moment? Oh, do not\u003cbr\u003econdemn me to suffer all the torments which only a fiend can devise for\u003cbr\u003efeeble human beings! If you have a heart that can weep, in mercy soften\u003cbr\u003ethis farewell. If you really loved me, you would not by every alluring\u003cbr\u003eart seek to place me in a relation where your better self must renounce\u003cbr\u003eand despise me.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147461869808,"sku":"2940013157798","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013157798_p0.jpg?v=1763577741","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013157798","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}