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"
Aylmer
,
"
resumed
Georgiana
,
solemnly
,
"
I
know
not
what
may
be
the
cost
to
both
of
us
to
rid
me
of
this
fatal
birthmark
.
Perhaps
its
removal
may
cause
cureless
deformity
;
or
it
may
be
the
stain
goes
as
deep
as
life
itself
.
Again
:
do
we
know
that
there
is
a
possibility
,
on
any
terms
,
of
unclasping
the
firm
gripe
of
this
little
hand
which
was
laid
upon
me
before
I
came
into
the
world
?
"
"
Dearest
Georgiana
,
I
have
spent
much
thought
upon
the
subject
,
"
hastily
interrupted
Aylmer
.
"
I
am
convinced
of
the
perfect
practicability
of
its
removal
.
"
"
If
there
be
the
remotest
possibility
of
it
,
"
continued
Georgiana
,
"
let
the
attempt
be
made
at
whatever
risk
.
Danger
is
nothing
to
me
;
for
life
,
while
this
hateful
mark
makes
me
the
object
of
your
horror
and
disgust
,
—
life
is
a
burden
which
I
would
fling
down
with
joy
.
Either
remove
this
dreadful
hand
,
or
take
my
wretched
life
!
You
have
deep
science
.
All
the
world
bears
witness
of
it
.
You
have
achieved
great
wonders
.
Cannot
you
remove
this
little
,
little
mark
,
which
I
cover
with
the
tips
of
two
small
fingers
?
Is
this
beyond
your
power
,
for
the
sake
of
your
own
peace
,
and
to
save
your
poor
wife
from
madness
?
"
"
Noblest
,
dearest
,
tenderest
wife
,
"
cried
Aylmer
,
rapturously
,
"
doubt
not
my
power
.
I
have
already
given
this
matter
the
deepest
thought
—
thought
which
might
almost
have
enlightened
me
to
create
a
being
less
perfect
than
yourself
.
Georgiana
,
you
have
led
me
deeper
than
ever
into
the
heart
of
science
.
I
feel
myself
fully
competent
to
render
this
dear
cheek
as
faultless
as
its
fellow
;
and
then
,
most
beloved
,
what
will
be
my
triumph
when
I
shall
have
corrected
what
Nature
left
imperfect
in
her
fairest
work
!
Even
Pygmalion
,
when
his
sculptured
woman
assumed
life
,
felt
not
greater
ecstasy
than
mine
will
be
.
"
"
It
is
resolved
,
then
,
"
said
Georgiana
,
faintly
smiling
.
"
And
,
Aylmer
,
spare
me
not
,
though
you
should
find
the
birthmark
take
refuge
in
my
heart
at
last
.
"
Her
husband
tenderly
kissed
her
cheek
—
her
right
cheek
—
not
that
which
bore
the
impress
of
the
crimson
hand
.
The
next
day
Aylmer
apprised
his
wife
of
a
plan
that
he
had
formed
whereby
he
might
have
opportunity
for
the
intense
thought
and
constant
watchfulness
which
the
proposed
operation
would
require
;
while
Georgiana
,
likewise
,
would
enjoy
the
perfect
repose
essential
to
its
success
.
They
were
to
seclude
themselves
in
the
extensive
apartments
occupied
by
Aylmer
as
a
laboratory
,
and
where
,
during
his
toilsome
youth
,
he
had
made
discoveries
in
the
elemental
powers
of
Nature
that
had
roused
the
admiration
of
all
the
learned
societies
in
Europe
.
Seated
calmly
in
this
laboratory
,
the
pale
philosopher
had
investigated
the
secrets
of
the
highest
cloud
region
and
of
the
profoundest
mines
;
he
had
satisfied
himself
of
the
causes
that
kindled
and
kept
alive
the
fires
of
the
volcano
;
and
had
explained
the
mystery
of
fountains
,
and
how
it
is
that
they
gush
forth
,
some
so
bright
and
pure
,
and
others
with
such
rich
medicinal
virtues
,
from
the
dark
bosom
of
the
earth
.
Here
,
too
,
at
an
earlier
period
,
he
had
studied
the
wonders
of
the
human
frame
,
and
attempted
to
fathom
the
very
process
by
which
Nature
assimilates
all
her
precious
influences
from
earth
and
air
,
and
from
the
spiritual
world
,
to
create
and
foster
man
,
her
masterpiece
.
The
latter
pursuit
,
however
,
Aylmer
had
long
laid
aside
in
unwilling
recognition
of
the
truth
—
against
which
all
seekers
sooner
or
later
stumble
—
that
our
great
creative
Mother
,
while
she
amuses
us
with
apparently
working
in
the
broadest
sunshine
,
is
yet
severely
careful
to
keep
her
own
secrets
,
and
,
in
spite
of
her
pretended
openness
,
shows
us
nothing
but
results
.
She
permits
us
,
indeed
,
to
mar
,
but
seldom
to
mend
,
and
,
like
a
jealous
patentee
,
on
no
account
to
make
.
Now
,
however
,
Aylmer
resumed
these
half
-
forgotten
investigations
;
not
,
of
course
,
with
such
hopes
or
wishes
as
first
suggested
them
;
but
because
they
involved
much
physiological
truth
and
lay
in
the
path
of
his
proposed
scheme
for
the
treatment
of
Georgiana
.
As
he
led
her
over
the
threshold
of
the
laboratory
,
Georgiana
was
cold
and
tremulous
.
Aylmer
looked
cheerfully
into
her
face
,
with
intent
to
reassure
her
,
but
was
so
startled
with
the
intense
glow
of
the
birthmark
upon
the
whiteness
of
her
cheek
that
he
could
not
restrain
a
strong
convulsive
shudder
.
His
wife
fainted
.
