Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu, virtue free of moral acid).
These people loved each other so much that they didn't spare any expense. To be honest, I was a little jealous of the bride because she was very lucky to be with Dan.
They were of the likeness of Cinderella, young, yet obsessed with a yearning for morbid excitement, for sensation at any price, without regard to any decency or good feeling.
I quite remind myself thus of the dealer resigned not to " realise, " resigned to keeping the precious object locked up indefinitely rather than commit it, at no matter what price, to vulgar hands.