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she exclaimed . `` It 's horribly selfish , but I feel as if everything were a blank when you are out of the room . '' What could a man do in the face of so much beauty and so much affection , but to vow to hold up the wall for the rest of the evening ? As he was taking Magdaléna to her carriage a little after midnight , she said to him shyly , -- `` I hope you are quite happy . '' And he answered with unmistakable fervour , `` I am indeed . '' Mrs. Yorba was detained by Mrs. Cartright , who was delivering herself of many words . `` Do you believe that love is everything in life ? ''