' If you think Anarchy is all '_Le Reve_' you'll soon find
yourself mistaken. If some of us dream dreams we have also to face
actions and realities."
Perhaps the episode of Marie Roumanoff belonged to the days before he
joined the Brotherhood and became an exile from his country.
She knew that once upon a time he had owned land and estates in Russia,
and Emile the Anarchist of Barcelona had been known as Count Poleski.
She kept her discoveries to herself, and when Emile returned he found
her crooning over the piano. She appeared to have quite recovered her
boyish good spirits, and demanded a singing lesson, for under his
tuition her passion for music had developed and increased.
"It's so nice to have a change from the heat and dust and those
horrible electric lights," she said. "Let's enjoy ourselves and try
over all your music. What a lot you have, and it all seems to have
been bought in different places. Rome, Paris, Vienna, Dieppe, London!
Fancy your having been in London!"
Emile's collection of songs covered a wide field and ranged from the
gypsy ballad of "The Lost Horse," to "The Bridge," in the performance
of which he revelled.
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