...when she bent forward to receive it from him, there was a flash of fire in her mysterious eyes—a red gleam in the white mist which wrapped the promptings...the viper in her paradise, extracted, safe in her possession—and the viper's head all but lying under her heel. Ricardo, stretched on the mats of the...

...when she bent forward to receive it from him, there was a flash of fire in her mysterious eyes—a red gleam in the white mist which wrapped the promptings and longings of her soul. She had doue it! The very sting of death was in her hands; the venom of the viper in her paradise, extracted,...

...and did not even look at her. She sat up and slowly, gradually, bent lower and lower over him, as if ready to fall into his arms. He looked up at last,...promptings and longings of her soul. She had done ft! The very sting of death was in her hands; the venom of the viper in her paradise, extracted, safe...

...moment when she bent forward to receive it from him, there was a flash of fire in her mysterious eyes~a red gleam in the white mist which wrapped the promptings...and the viper's head all but lying under her heel. (V 375) Im Gegensatz zu Lenas religiös erleuchteter Bestimmung stellt sich für Heyst die Lage keineswegs...

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