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“ihadthe”shecalculated,“irand;isatona
seat.ind,”shencluded,tuingbato
theroobruptly,“idaresaysooldcreatureisenjoying
theythisti.”
“ishouldhavethoughtthatyouneverfotanything,”
rerked,astheysettleddownagain.
“thatspartofthethabout,iknoharine
replied.
“andiproceeded,ecaution,
“thetruthaboutyouisbutiknohissortof
thiiyou,”headdedhastily,hatouch
ofpeevishness.
“no;itdoesntiverych,”shereplieddidly.
“shallalkaboutthen”heasked.
shelookedrathersicallyroundthehe
roo
“hoe
thingaboutpoetry,ian.iwonderifyourealize,
,thativeneverreadevenshakespeareitsrather
itupalltheseyears.”
“youvekeptitupfortenyearsverybeautifully,asfar
asiceed,”hesaid.
“tenyearssolongasthat”
“andidontthinkitsalwaysboredyou,”headded.
shelookedintothefiresilently.sheuldnotdeny
thatthesurfaceofherfeelingelyunruffled
byanythinginscharacter;orary,she
feltcertainthatsheulddealhevertuedup.
hegaveherpeahinkofthings
thatovedfroheytalkedabout.even
nohinayardofher,howeasilyher
ndraherandthithersuddenlyapicturepresented
itselfbeforeher,houtanyeffortonherpartas
picturess;shehade
infrolecture,andsheheldapileofbooksinher
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hand,sathetid
astronoastered.sheputtheown
oableoverthere.ither
lifetarriedtobuthereshecheckedherselfabruptly.
sheuldirelyfetspresence,because,
inspiteofhiseffortstontrolhielf,hisnervousness
.onsuchoccasionshiseyesprotruded
rethanever,andhisfacehadrethanever
theappearanceofbeingveredhathincrag
skin,throughileblood
shoehehadshapedso
enpulses
andsubduedthethathescarlet.
“youysayyoudontreadbooks,”hererked,“but,
allthesa,youkno.besides,s
youtobeleaedleavethattothepoordevilswhove
gotnothiertodo.youyouahe
“ethingbeforei
go”saidkatharine,lookingatherch.
“katharine,youveonlyjusteletseeno
haveigottoshoirredaboutthe
papersonhistable,asifindoubt;hethenpickedupa
nuscript,andafterspreadingitsothlyuponhisknee,
helookedupatkatharinesuspiciously.hecaughther
sling.
“ibelieveyouonlyasktoreadoutofkindness,”he
burstout.“letsfindsothiotalkabout.who
haveyoubeenseeing”
“idontgenerallyaskthingsoutofkindness,”katharine
observed;“hotoread,you
.”
gaveaqueersnortofexasperation,andopened
hisnusore,thoughhekepthiseyesupon
herfaceashedidso.nofaceuldhavebeengraveror
rejudicial.
“orustyou,certainly,tosayunpleasantthings,”
hesaid,sothingoutthepage,clearinghisthroat,and
readinghalfastanzatohielf.“aheheprincessis
lostinthehesoundofaho.
thistyoage,butit
gettheeffecthere.anyhopa
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nightandday
herestofthegentlenofgratiansurt.i
beginwherehesoliloquizes.”hejerkedhisheadandbegan
toread.
althoughkatharinehadjustdisclaidanyknowledge
ofliterature,shelisteentively.atleast,shelistened
tothefirsttyfivelientively,andthen
shefrotentionwasonlyarousedagainwhen
rodneyraisedhisfingerasign,sheker
toge.
histheoryoodhasitster.hisstery
ofters;and,ifthebeautyofa
dradependeduponthevarietyofasuresinh
thepersonagesspeak,rodneysplayssthavechallenged
theharinesignorance
ofshakespearedidnotpreventherfroeelingfairly
certainthatplaysshouldnotproduceasenseofchill
stuporintheaudiehelines
floetislongandsotisshort,butalways
deliveredeliltofvoice,ed
tonaileaespotinthehearers
brain.still,sherefleost
exclusivelyse;eherpracticetheor
kno;andoneshusbandsproficy
inthisdireightlegititelyincreaseonesrespect
forhisiificationisnobadbasisforrespect.
nooneulddoubtthathereading
ehefinishoftheact;katharinehadprepared
alittlespeech.
“thatseetoextrely;although,
ofurse,idontknoocriticizein
detail.”
“butitstheskillthatstrikesyounottheetion”
“inafragntlikethat,ofurse,theskillstrikesone
st.”
“butperhapshaveyoutitolistentoonere
shortpiecethesebete
realfeelinginthat,ithink.denhagreesthatitsthe
bestthingivedone.”
“youvereadittoralphdenhakatharineinquired,
.did
hesay”
“dearkatharine,”rodneyexclaid,“idontask
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youforcriticisasishouldaskascholar.idaresay
thereareonlyfiveninenglandy
attersastrae.butitrustyouwherefeeling
isnyndoftenwheniwas
yself,nohis
thesortofthingkatharinehinkof
youing,katharine,eve
ofthingyoukno.andidratheryes,i
reallybelieveidratheryouthoughtying
thanaheworld.”
thisributetohistrustihat
katharineouched.
“youthinktooealtog
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