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In age she may be somewhat about twenty -- a year or so more or less -- and has a face as haunting as a Medusa 's ; not , however , a face to turn a man into a stone , but rather of the two turn a stone into a man . A clear paleness , with a bloom like an alabaster lamp with the light flashing through . I borrow that illustration from Sare Scott , who applied it to Milor Bee-ren . '' `` I have not seen the lady you describe , '' answered Lemercier , feeling humiliated by the avowal ; `` in fact , I have not been in that sequestered part of the Bois for months ; but I will go to-morrow : three o'clock you say , -- leave it to me ; to-morrow evening , if she is a Parisienne , you shall know all about her . But , mon cher , you are not of a jealous temperament to confide your discovery to another . '' `` Yes , I am of a very jealous temperament , '' replied the Englishman ; `` but jealousy comes after love , and not before it . I am not in love ; I am only haunted .