Other Fiction Hardy, Arthur Sherburne: But Yet a Woman. v1. 12 Feb 2017

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Arthur Sherburne Hardy: Born : 1847 Aug 13: Died : 1930 Mar 13

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There are some men who reach the downward slope of life without succumbing to Penelope, Phyllis, or Phryne. Such men are rare; nevertheless they exist, for M. Michel was one. Not that any strange play of chances had made his life exceptional; in its outward circumstances it had not differed from that of most men. It was M. Michel himself who was exceptional. During the forty years that had elapsed since he left the Lycde Louis-le-Grand many women had crossed his path, of whose charms he was not ignorant and to whose influence he was a debtor. More than once they had softened his convictions and purified his ideals, for he was neither a hermit nor a scoffer. Of that little circle of friends in which he moved, which the years had narrowed only to render it more essential, they formed an altogether necessary part, whose banishment would have dismayed him.

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