Now Flush knew what men can never know--love pure, love simple, love entire;
love that brings no train of care in its wake; that has no shame;
no remorse; that is here, that is gone, as the bee on the flower is
here and is gone. Today the
flower is a rose, tomorrow a lily; now it is the wild thistle on the moor, now the pouched and portentous
orchid of the conservatory.
So variously, so carelessly Flush embraced the spotted spaniel down the alley, and the brindled dog and
the yellow dog--it did not matter which. To Flush it was all the same. He followed the horn wherever the horn blew and the wind
wafted it. Love
was all; love was enough.
Flush (119)
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