CHAPTER XIV.. The Last of the Rose.--Weighing in the Balances.--to Love and to

The Last of the Rose.--Weighing in the Balances.--To Love and to be Loved.--The Enigma of Love.--Its Power over the Lot of Men.--Inspiration in the Looks.--The Land of Spring.--The Duchess of Devonshire.--Women at and after Thirty.--Training of Emotion.--Warming the Voice.--Crow’s-feet at the Opera.--Bohemian Arsenic Waters.--Recipe from Madame Vestris.--Milk of Roses.--Sweet-oils.--Opera-dancers’ Prescription for Restoring Suppleness 146