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Let us encourage them , by all means . I see no dawn as yet of the millennium of brains . '' The weather , for this time of year , was unusually bright in Paris . Each morning glistened with hoar-frost ; by noon the sky shone blue over clean , dry streets , and gardens which made a season for themselves , leafless , yet defiant of winter 's melancholy . Lilian saw it all with the eyes of a stranger , and often was able to forget her anxiety in the joy of wonderful , new impressions . One afternoon she was resting in the room at the hotel , whilst Quarrier went about the town on some business or other . A long morning at the Louvre had tired her , and her spirits drooped .