"The next day I learned your reputation. It is deplorable."
"When I last saw you you gave me a ring. A serpent with its tail in its mouth. You said it meant eternity."
"Yes, I know I did; but——"
"Did it mean nothing as well?"
"A circle represents zero, does it not?"
"Eden, Eden, how cruel you can be! Will you not let me see you?"
"Certainly, I am at home on Saturdays."
"Yes, I know—Saturday is Fifth Avenue day. Eden, tell me, do you remember Second Avenue?"
From the orchestra came a murmur, a consonance of harps and of flutes. The curtain had parted again.
"No," she answered; "I have forgotten."