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asauntllit;thesllerrs.lvain,
arryingcyrilto
hisauntllitin
partioothed,
incaadienceoelderlyladies
payingcallsinlondonaboutfiveoclotheafteoon.
portraitsbyroey,seenthroughglass,havesothing
oftheirpink,lloingsoftness,
asofapritshanginguponaredheafteoon
sun.s.shaffs,
s,andspossibleto
deteanbeinginthessofbrown
andblackchair.s.lvainwasa
chslighterfigure;butthesadoubtastotheprecise
linesofherntourfilledralph,asheregardedthe
alforeboding.arkofhiswouldever
reachthesefabulousandfantasticcharactersforthere
ethingfantasticallyunrealinthecuriousswayings
andnoddingsofs.shaasifherequipntin
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cludedalargeched,
oingnote,short
untiltheenglishlanguageseednoloforn
purposes.inantofnervousness,soralph
thought,kathariuedoninnurableelectric
lights.buts.shaadgaiusperhapsher
soventshadthatendinvieained
speedshenoelyand
elaborately.
“iefroyouywellask
,othatianshe
hui,becauseofthesus.here
forthesus,butthatyyearsago.
hesusnonow
hahast.”herridrontiotes
paniedbyaehand,h,
onds,rubies,and
eralds.ralphorereseled
anelephant,hajeoo,
balansecurelyuponitsperdpegcapriciously
ataluofsugar.
“hesusnoed.“doyou
findsusno”
“iliveathighgate,”hereplied.
“athighgateyes,highgatehasitschar;youruncle
johhighgate,”shejerkedinthedireof
katharine.shesankherheaduponherbreast,asiffora
ntsditation,,shelookedupandobserved:
“idaresaythereareveryprettylanesinhighgate.
irellectother,katharine,
throughlanesblossonghho.butwhere
isthehaeerthatexquisitedescription
indequinbutifet,you,
inyeio,
atarvel”hereshedisplayed
bothherbeautifulehands”donotreaddequincey.
youhaveyourbelloc,yourchesterton,yourbeard
shaey”
“butidoreaddequinore
thanbellodchesterton,anyhow.”
“indeed”exclaids.shahagestureof
surpriseandreliefngled.“youare,then,araraavisin
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virginiawoolf
yeion.iaelightedtoetanyonewhoreads
dequincey.”
hereshehollooas,and,leaning
toharine,inquired,inaveryaudiblewhisper,
“doesyourfriende”
“.denha”saidkatharine,orethanherusual
cleaessandfiress,“esforthereview.heisa
lawyer.”
“theshavenlips,shoheexpressionofthe
uthiregonce.iale
”
“theyusedtoeaboutsotheolddays,”
s.lvaininterposed,thefrail,silverynotesofher
voicefallinghthestoneofanoldbell.
“yousayyouliveathighgate,”shentinued.“iwonder
heryouhappentoknohereisanoldhouse
calledteestlodgestillienolde
houseinagarden”
ralphshookhishead,andshesighed.
“ah,no;itsthavebeenpulleddoe,
halltheotheroldhouses.therety
lahosedays.thatetyour
auntely,youknoharihey
ethroughthelanes.”
“asprigofyinherbon,”s.shajaculated,
rely.
“asundayhehadvioletsinhisbuttonhole.and
thatwashoeguessed.”
katharinelaughed.shelookedatralph.hiseyeswere
ditative,andshehefoundinthisold
gossiptokehiondersoedly.shefelt,she
hardlykne.
“unclejohnyes,poorjohn,youal.
goontalking,
heytleinvitationtodo.
“thathisfather,oldsirrichard,alalled
hipoorjohn,orthefoolofthefaly,”s.lvain
hasteoinforhe“theotherboys,
andheuldneverpasshisexanations,sothey
senthioindiaalongvoyageinthosedays,poor
fello,youkno
up.buthehisknighthoodandapension,ibe
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lieve,”shesaid,tuingtoralph,“onlyitisnotengland.”
“no,”s.shafirdher,“itisnotengland.in
thosedayshoughtanindianjudgeshipaboutequal
toauntyurtjudgeshipatho.hishonorapretty
title,butstill,notatthetopofthetree.however,”she
sighed,“ifyouhaveahildren,andpeople
noewell,
youhavetotakeyouget,”shencluded.
“andifancy,”s.lvainresud,loe
ratherially,“thatjohnore
ifithadntbeenforhisily.shewasa
verygoodaedtohiofurse,butshewas
notaitiousforhiandifabitiousfor
herhusband,especiallyinaprofessiohelas
soooknor.
denhaosaythathofourfriends
ejudges,bylookingatthegirlstheyrried.
andsoitalwayswillbe.i
dontthink,”sheadded,suingupthesescatteredrerks,
“thatanynisreallyhappyunlesshesucceeds
inhisprofession.”
s.shapprovedofthissentintoreponderous
sagacityfroersideoftheteatable,inthefirst
placebysarking:
“no,hesaasen.ifancyalfred
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