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IntheseconclusionsGodfreywasstrengthenedbytwocircumstances；
first，hisreading，especiallyofBuddhisticliterature，thatenjoinsthemsostrongly，andinwhichhefoundagreatdealtoadmire，andsecondly，bytheentireconcurrenceofthePasteurBoiset，whomheadmiredevenmorethanhedidBuddhisticliterature。
“Iamdelighted，myyoungfriend，“saidthePasteur，beamingathimthroughthebluespectacles，“tofindsomeonewhoagreeswithme。
Personally，althoughyoumightnotbelieveit，Ilovethechasewithardour；whenIwasyoungIhaveshotasmanyastwenty-five——no——
twenty-sevenblackbirdsandthrushesinoneday，tosaynothingofthirty-onelarks，andsomeothersmallgame。Also，onceIwoundedachamois，whichaboldhunterwithmekilled。Itwasagloriousmoment。
Butnow，forthereasonsthatyoumention，Ihavegivenupallthissport，whichformerlytomewassogreatanexcitementandrelaxation。
YetIadmitthatIstillfish。OnlylastyearIcaughtalargehatfulofperchanddace，ofwhichIpersuadedMadametocooksomethatJuliettewouldnoteatandgavetothecat。Once，too，therewasabigtroutintheLakeLucerne。Hebrokemyline，but，myboy，wewillgotofishforthattrout。Nodoubtheisstillthere，forthoughIwasthenyoung，thesefishycreaturesliveformanyyears，andtocatchhimwouldbeaglory。“
AfterGodfreyhadgivenuphisfox-shooting，notbecauseinitselfisaterriblecrime，likefishingforsalmonwithherringroe，butforreasonswhichmostofhiscountrymenwouldconsidereffeminateandabsurd，hetooktomakingexpeditions，stillincompanywithJuliette，forMadamestretchedContinentalconventionsinhiscase，insearchofcertainrareflowerswhichgrewuponthelowerslopesoftheseAlps。
Inconnectionwithoneoftheseflowersanincidentoccurred，ratherabsurdinitself，butwhichwasnotwithouteffectuponhisfortunes。
Thesearchforacertainfloraltreasurewaslongandarduous。
“IfonlyIcouldfindthatlovelywhitebloom，“exclaimedJulietteinexasperationatthecloseofawearyhourofclimbing，“why，Iwouldkissit。“
“SowouldI，“saidGodfrey，moppinghimselfwithapockethandkerchief，forthesunwashot，“andwithpleasure。“
“Hiddenflower，“invokedJuliettewithappropriateheroicgestures，“white，secret，maidenflower，hearus!Discoverthyself，Oshrinkingflower，andthoushaltbekissedbytheonethatfirstfindsthee。“
“Idon’tknowthattheflowerwouldcareforthat，“remarkedGodfrey，astheyrenewedtheirquest。
Atlengthbehindajuttingmassofrock，inaminiaturevalley，notmorethanafewyardswidethatwasbackedbyotherrocks，thisflowerwasfound。GodfreyandJuliette，passingroundeithersideoftheblack，projectingmasstotheopeningofthetoyvalebeyond，discovereditsimultaneously。Thereitstood，onelovely，lily-likebloomgrowingalone，virginal，perfect。Withacryofdelighttheysprangatit，andpluckeditfromitsroot，bothofthemgraspingthetallstem。
“Isawitfirst，andIwillkissit!“criedJuliette，“intokenofpossession。“
“No，“saidGodfrey，“Idid，andIwill。Iwantthatflowerformycollection。“
“SodoI，formine，“answeredJuliette。
Thentheybothtriedtosetthissealofpossessionupon
