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All this was pure, unalloyed delight to the poor, struggling actress.
She forgot her fears and thrills in the exquisite enjoyment of all the beautiful things with which she was surrounded. It was like a dream after her own sordid and degraded home; the scent of the flowers seemed to go to her head and fill her with a sort of vague intoxication. It was still more delightful to sink back in the depths of an armchair and watch the servants setting out the supper table in the little pink and silver room opposite the library.