Great Paper: "She" by Henry R. Haggard ~She speaks to Holly~

Great Paper: She by H. Rider Haggard

~She speaks to Holly~

Main character Holly confesses his adoration for the ancient sorceress known as “She”. She gives

him upfront halt on his confession,  telling him that although obsessed he might be with her appearance
he doesn't, and couldn't possibly know what he is really looking at. So how could he love her?

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"'Enough of this wanton folly' She said with a touch of sternness

‘Listen, Holly. Thou art a good honest man, and i fain i would spare thee, but, oh! It is so hard for woman to be merciful.

I have said i am not for thee, therefore let thy thoughts pass by me like an idle wind, and the dust of thy imagination sink again into the depths of --well,.. of despair if thou wilt.

Thou dost not know me Holly. Hadst thou seen me but ten hours past when my passions seized me, thou hadst shrunken from me in fear and trembling.
I am of many moods, and like the water in that vessel, I reflect many things; but they may pass, my holly; they pass and are forgotten. Only the water is the water still, and I still am I, and that which maketh the water maketh it, and that which maketh me maketh me, nor can my quality be altered. Therefore, Pay no heed to what i seem, seeing that thou canst not know what i am’ "

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