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From that night my nature seemed to have become halved -- and there were two men within me, neither of whom knew the other. At one moment I believed myself a priest who dreamed nightly that he was a gentleman -- at another, that I was a gentleman who dreamed he was a priest. I could no longer distinguish the dream from the reality, nor could I discover where the reality began or where ended the dream! By day he was a priest of the Lord, occupied with prayer and sacred things . . . by night, a young nobleman, a fine connoisseur of women, dogs, and horses -- gambling, drinking, and blaspheming! "Never gaze upon a woman! Walk abroad with eyes ever fixed upon the ground," says the priest, "for however chaste and watchful one may be, the error of a single moment is enough to make one lose eternity!"
About: From that night my nature seemed to have become halved -- and there were two men within me, neither of whom knew the other.
About: Théophile Gautier was a French novelist and poet who wrote across various genres, from dramas to horror, and his works remain popular over 140 years after his death.
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About: From that night my nature seemed to have become halved -- and there were two men within me, neither of whom knew the other.
About: Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic.
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