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hadputhiueerlyoutoftuneforadostiing.
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shebackagain,aheldertap
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ba,and,
dryingherhands,shebegantotellhiboutthelatest
evasionoofthegoventhrespectto
theenssuffragebill.ralphdidnottotalk
aboutpolitiaryfor
takingsuiinpublicquestions.helookedat
herassheleantforhefire,andexpressing
herselfveryclearlyinphrasesantlythe
taintoftheplatforahought,“hoary
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likeherverychassheis.”
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andagreatdesirecaoverhertotalktoralphabout
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resistedthisfrobr >
feelingherlackofiinhewassaying,and
graduallytheybothbecasilent.ohoughtafter
anothercaupinralphsnd,buttheywereall,in
soedhkatharine,uefeelings
ofrondadventuresuchassheinspired.but
heuldnottalktoryaboutsuchthoughts;andhe
pitiedherforknohingofhewasfeeling.
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ryeasilyprovoked.thisevening,however,she
repliedrathersharply:
“beusingtosay,isuppose.”
ralphthoughtforant,andthenrerked:
“youeanyourhealth,”headded,
asshelaughedsfully,“ianthatyouseeo
tobegettingedupinyourwork.”
“andisthatabadthing”sheasked,shadinghereyes
hherhand.
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“butonlyaheopposite.”
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ralphdidnotperceiveit,andtookthisopportunityof
lecturingher,andexpressinghislatestviehe
propernduainiression
eetingsoonewhohad
influencedhiheellihatsheoughttoread
re,andtoseethatthereherpointsofviewas
deservingofattentionasherourally,havinglast
seenhishelefttheoffipanyhkatharine,
sheattributedthegetoher;ithat
katharine,onleavingthesehshehadsoclearly
despised,hadpronoun,ested
itbyherotitude.butshekralph
itthathehadbeeninfluencedbyanybody.
“youdontreadenough,ry,”hewassaying.“you
oughttoreadrepoetry.”
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tosuohesakeof
exanations;aiforreadinginlondonwas
verylittle.forsoreason,noonelikestobetoldthat
theydonotreadenoughpoetry,butherresentntwas
onlyvisibleinthehepositionofher
hands,andinthefixedlookinhereyes.andthenshe
thoughttoherself,“iehavilyasisaidi
uscles
andsaid,inherreasonableway:
“tellioughttoread,then.”
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noselfofafeesofgreatpoetsh
perfeof
ryscharacterandwayoflife.
“youliveingunreasonably,
ashekneohistext.“andyougetintroovebecause,oherapleasantgroove.
andyoutendtetyouretherefor.youvethe
feninehabitofkingchofdetails.youdontsee
atterandheydont.andthatss
theruinofalltheseanizations.thatshesuffragists
haveneverdohingalltheseyears.s
thepointofdraetingsandbazaarsyou
ethingbig;
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ofthebeolivehhalfa
dozenpeopleinabackerallyourlife.butyou,”
hencluded.
“iveratheretothatyselfabout
self,ian,”saidry,surprisinghiyheracquiesce.
“ishouldliketogosowherefaraway.”
foranttheyhsilent.ralphthensaid:
“butlookhere,ry,youhaveakingthisseriously,
haveyou”hisirritation,andthedepression,
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feelsuddenlyorsethathehadbeenhurtingher.
“yougoaway,willyou”heasked.andasshe
saidnothing,headded,“ohno,dontgoaway.”
“idontkodo,”shereplied.
shehoveredonthevergeofsodiscussionofherplans,
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butshereent.hefellintooneof
hisqueersilences,edtory,inspiteofall
herprecautions,tohaverefereoshealsould
notpreventherselffrohinkingabouttheirfeeling
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