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ofsizeandroheyaewhy
shoulds.alardyansion,
and,ifshedidnotlivealone,didshe
liveforitsohariherlikedthistragic
story,ahedetailsofit,
andtohavebeeodiscusstherankly.butthisit
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nightandday
bers.
hilberyantlyrevertingtothestory,itwasalways
inthistentativealessfashion,asthoughby
atouchhereandtheresheuldsetthingsstraighth
hadbeencrookedthesesixtyyears.perhaps,indeed,she
nolongerkhetruthwas.
“iftheydlivedno
havehappened.peoplearentsosetupedyasthey
yfatherhadbeeogoroundthe
cure,everythingwouldhave
eright.butuldidoaheyhadbad
friends,bothoftheadeschief.ah,katharine,
arry,bequite,quitesurethatyouloveyour
husband”
thetearsstoodins.hilberyseyes.
fher,katharihoughttoherself,“now
thisisdontuand.
thisisthesortofpositioniltinginto.
hopleitstbetoliveastheydo”forallthe
eveningshehadbeenparingherhoaher
ahesuffrageoffidthepeoplethere.
“but,katharine,”s.hilberyntinued,honeof
hersuddenood,“though,heavenknows,i
dontarried,surelyifeveranloved
aan,lovesyou.anditsanice,richsounding
natookatharinerodney,unately,
doesntanthathesgotanyney,becausehehasnt.”
thealterationofheaaharine,andshe
observed,rathersharply,thatshedidntarry
anyone.
“itsverydullthatyouarryonehusband,
certainly,”s.hilberyreflected.“ialhatyou
uldrryeverybodyarryyou.perhaps
theylletothatinti,butanonfess
thatdear”buthere.hilbery,and
theresolidpartoftheeveningbegan.thisnsisted
inthereadingaloudbykatharinefrooprosework
orother,otherknittedscarvesiently
onalittlecircularfra,aherreadtheneer,
notsoattentivelybutthatheuldnthurously
uhehero
andtheheroihehilberyssubscribedtoalibrary,h
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virginiawoolf
deliveredbooksontuesdaysandfridays,andkatharine
didherbesttoiherparentsintheworksofliving
andhighlyrespers.hilberyurbed
bytheverylookofthelight,goldes,
alefacesasifshetastedsothing
bitterasthereadingr.hilbery
odeshacuriouselaboratebanter
suightapplytotheantiising
child.sothisevening,afterfivepagesorsoofoneof
thesesters,s.hilberyprotestedthatitoo
cleverandcheapandnastyforwords.
“please,katharine,readussothingreal.”
kathariogotothebookcaseandchooseaportly
voluinsleek,yellolyasedative
effectuponbothherparents.butthedeliveryofthe
eveningpostbrokeinupontheperiodsofhenryfielding,
andkatharinefoundthatherlettersneededallher
attention.
chapterviii
shetookherlettersuptoherrooher,havingpersuaded
herthertogotobeddirectly.hilberyleft
theforsolongasshesatinthesaroosher
ther,s.hilberyght,atanynt,askfora
sightofthepost.averyhastyglanas
hadshoeince,herattention
hadtobedirectedtonydifferentaies
siltaneously.inthefirstplace,rodneyhadtena
veryfullaind,rated
byason,andhedendedareion
oftheirpositiohan
sheliked.theersobe
laidsidebysideandparedbeforesheuldkeout
thetruthoftheirstory,andevenhe
fand
finallyshehadtorefleanypagesfro
usinselfinfinancialdifficulties,h
forcedhiotheunngenialoccupationofteag
theyoungladiesofbungaytoplayupontheviolin.
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nightandday
butthetestory
differentlyhechiefsourceofherperplexity.she
hershockedtofinditdefinitelyestablished
thatheroondusin,cyrilalardyce,hadlivedfor
thelastfouryearsanhiswife,
tto
bearhihisstateofthingshadbeendisvered
bys.lvain,herauntcelia,azealousinquirer
intosuchtters,terion.
cyril,shesaid,stbedetorrythean
atondcyril,rightlyorh
suterferencehhisaffairs,andown
thathehadanyedofhielf.hadhe
anyedofhielf,katharinewondered;
auedtoherauntagain.
“reer,”shephaticstatent,
“thathebearsyrandfathersna,andsowill
theuch
toblaasthean,thinkinghi
gentlen,oney,hhehas
not.”
“saytothis”thought
katharine,beginningtopaceupanddo.
shetchedasidethecurtains,sothat,ontuing,she
,uldjustdistinguish
thebranchesofaplareeandtheyellos
ofsooneelseswindows.
“say”
shereflected,pausingbythehenight
,sheraised,iofeeltheairuponher
fadtoloseherselfihingnessofnight.but
ngsoundoffaroffcrowded
thhfaresittedtotherootheincessant
andtultuoushufthedistanttrafficseed,asshe
stoodthere,torepresehicktextureofherlife,for
herlifedinhtheprogressofother
livesthatthesoundofitsoewasinaudible.
peoplelikeralphandry,shethought,haditalltheir
optyspacebefor
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