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katharineaskedratherwearily.
“e”herfather
dendedhsuddenirritation.
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“onlyastheheadofthefaly”
“butiottheheadofthefaly.alfredstheheadof
thefaly.letthepplytoalfred,”said.hilbery,
relapsingagainintohisarhair.katharinewasaware
thatshehadtouchedasensitivespot,hoentioning
thefaly.
“ithink,perhaps,thebestthiogo
ahe”sheobserved.
“i,”.
hilberyrepliedhuneddecisionandauthority.
“indeed,idontuandheyvedraggedyouinto
thebusiallidoitsgotanythingto
dohyou.”
“ivealhcyril,”katharineobserved.
“butdidheevertellyouanythingaboutthis”.
hilberyaskedrathersharply.
katharineshookherhead.shewas,indeed,agooddeal
hurtthatcyrilhadnotnfidedinherdidhethink,as
ralphdenharrydatchetghtthink,thatshewas,
forsoreason,unsyathetichostileeven
“astoyourther,”said.hilbery,afterapause,in
edtobensideringtheloroftheflas,
“youhadbettertellherthefacts.shedbetterknohe
factsbeforeeveryonebeginstotalkaboutit,though
e,iurei
dontknohelesstalkthereisthebetter.”
grantingtheassutionthatgentlenofsixtywho
arehighlycultivated,andhavehadchexperienceof
life,probablythinkofnythingsheydonotsay,
katharineuldnothelpfeelingratherpuzzledbyher
fathersattitude,asshe.a
distaallhooothed
theseeventsintoaselanceofdeized
hhiso
pt
hioexaotheherelyseedtorealize,
ratherlanguidly,thatcyrilhadbehavedinah
herpeopledidnotbehaveinthat
edtobelookingthroughatelespeatlittle
figureshundredsoflesiance.
herselfishaynottohavetotells.hilbery
hadhappeneddeherfolloherintothehall
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afterbreakfasttheingioquestion
hi
“haveyoutoldther”sheasked.heroher
fatherostste,andsheseedtoholdendless
depthsofrefleinthedarkofhereyes.
.hilberysighed.
“dearchild,ityhead.”hesothed
hissilkhateically,andatonceaffectedanairof
hurry.“illsendanoteroundfroheoffice.iate
thising,andiveanyauntofproofstoget
through.”
“thatdoatall,”katharinesaiddecidedly.“she
stbetoldyouoristtellher.tohave
toldheratfirst.”
.hilberyhadnoonhishead,andhis
handhedoorknob.anexpressionharine
kneherchildhood,oshield
hinsoohiseyes;lice,
hur,andirresponsibility.henodded
hisheadtoandfrosignifitly,opehedoor
ovent,andsteppedouthalight
nessuedathisage.heo
hisdaughter,andaloharineuld
nothelplaughingtofindherselfcheatedasusualindostic
bargainingshherfather,aodothe
disagreeable.
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chapterixthising,aalotdone.”
katharinedislikedtelliheraboutcyrilssbehavior
quiteasuchthe
sareasons.theybothshrank,nervously,aspeoplefear
thereportofagunoage,frollthatwouldhave
tobesaidonthisooreover,was
uodecideisbehavior.
asusual,shesaethingother
didnotsee,andtheeffeethingo
suspendindhoutanyqualification
atall.theyhiwasgoodor
bad;toheriterelyathingthathadhappened.
rs.hilberyhad
alreadydippedherpenintheink.
“katharine,”shesaid,liftingitintheair,“ivejust
deoutsuchaqueer,strahingaboutyrandfather.
ihreeyearsandsixnthsolderthanhewas
other,
butighthavebeenhiseldersister,andthatseeto
suchapleasantfancy.ioingtostartquitefresh
shebeganhersenteanyrate,andkathari
doheroable,uhebundleofoldletters
uponoothedtheutabsent
ndedly,aodecipherthefadedscript.
inanuteshelookedaother,tojudgeher
od.peadhappinesshadrelaxedeverys
herface;herlipsedveryslightly,andherbreath
soth,ntrolledinspirationslikethoseofa
childselfhabuildingofbricks,
andincreasiasyaseachbrickisplaposition.
sos.hilberyheskiesand
treesofthepastheverystrokeofherpen,andrecalling
thevoiwas,and
undisturbedbythesoundsofthepresentnt,
katharineuldfancythathere
ti,andthatsheaherhedinthe
lightofsixtyyearsago.uldthepresentgive,she
parehtherichcrosbestowed
bythepasthereoinginprocess
ofnufacture;eadintedfreshby
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anduldjusthear,faroff,thehootofatord
therushofingneareranddyingawayagain,
andthevoiengoldironaablesin
ohepoorerstreetsatthebas,
ofurse,ain
ocarryonanyparticularoccupatiivesoffriesofods,ofideas,ofpostures
thathavebeenseeninit;sothattoattetanydifferent
kindofostiossible.
katharineeshe
enteredherthersroobyalltheseinfluences,h
hadhadtheirbirthyearsago,hild,and
hadsothingsnabouttheaed
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