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nner,butthegentle,hoeyesherskeptical
thanglohtheelizabethanvigavethe
iressionthathehadfoundthecauseh
suitedhisteerant.
hetued,putdoher.he
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noticedherratherpale,dehedlook,asofone
indisnotaltogethersettledinthebody.hehad
oftenlaidhisdiffie
.at
thesati,shecarriedonherlifehsudependence
thathescarcelyexpectedanyobe
expressedinwords.
“youhavefled,too,then”hesaid,lookingathercloak.
katharinehadfottehistokeargazing.
“fled”sheasked.“froyouanoh,the
falyparty.yes,itdohere,soiinto
thegarden.”
“ayouveryld”henryinquired,plagal
onthefire,draothegrate,andlaying
asidehercloak.herindiffereosuchdetailsoften
forcedhenrytoactthepartgenerallytakenbyenin
suchdealings.it.
“thankyou,henry,”shesaid.“iotdisturbingyou”
“iothere.itbungay,”hereplied.“iivinga
siclessontoharoldandjulia.thato
leavethetablespendingthenight
there,andishantbebaaseve.”
“hoharinebegan,andstoppedshort.“i
thinkthesepartiesareagreatstake,”sheaddedbriefly,
andsighed.
“oh,horrible”heagreed;ahfellsilent.
hersighdehiookather.shouldheveo
askhericeaboutherown
affairsasinviolableasithadoftenbeennvefor
ratheranegoistiantothinkitbutsinceher
eorodney,henrysfeelingtowardsherhad
beeratherplex;equallydividedbetpulse
tohurtherandaniulsetobeteoher;and
allthetihesufferedathesense
thatshehioreveruponunknown
seas.onherside,directlykathariintohis
presenher,
shekneely
partial;froheassofherfeelings,onlyoneor
tedforhenrysiion,andtherefore
shesighed.thenshelookedathiandtheireyes
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etiobei
thanhadappearedpossible.atanyratetheyhadagrandfather
inn;atanyratetherey
betsotisfouionswhohave
noothercausetolikeeachother,asthesetwohad.
“hedateofthehe
lioodnoinating.
“ithinksotiinrch,”shereplied.
“andafterwards”heasked.
“ehelsea.”
“itsveryiing,”heobserved,stealinganother
lookather.
shelaybaherarhair,herfeethighuponthe
sideofthegrate,andinfrontofher,presublytos
hereyes,sheheldanehshepickedup
asentehis,henry
rerked:
“perhapsrriageakeyourehun.”
atthisshelohene
saidnothing.indeed,shesatquitesilentforovera
nute.
“hingslikethestars,ouraffairs
doerverych,dothey”shesaidsuddenly.
“idontthinkieverdohingslikethestars,”
henryreplied.“iotsurethatthatsnottheexplanation,
though,”headded,noeadily.
“idoubtherthereisanexplanation,”shereplied
ratherhurriedly,notclearlyuandi.
“noexplanationofanything”heinquired,h
asle.
“oh,thingshappen.thatsaboutall,”sheletdropin
hercasual,decidedway.
“thateofyouras,”
henrythoughttohielf.
“ohingsaboutasgoodasanother,ato
dosothing,”hesaidaloud,expressinghesupposed
tobeherattitude,herat.perhaps
shedete,
shesaid,posure:
“ustbesile,
henry.”
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“butidontbelieveit,”hesaidshortly.
“noredoi,”shereplied.
“ontlater.“i
uandthatyouruleyourlifebythestars”
sheletthispass,eitherbecauseshedidnotattendto
it,orbecausethetooherliking.
oncereshepaused,andthensheinquired:
“butdoyoualandhing
oughtoouandpeopleliketheruand,”
shereflected.“noustgodo,i
suppose,andseeshappening.”
“uldbehappening”henryprotested.
“oh,theyyething,”shereplied
vaguely,puttingherfeetonthegrouingher
onherhands,andlookingoutedarkeyes
ivelyatthefire.
“aheres,”sheadded,asifbyahought.
henryverynearlylaughed,butrestrainedhielf.
“dotheyknoadeof,henry”she
asked,antlater.
“restails,ibelieve,”hehazarded.
“haveyoueverbeendoine”sheon.
“doalkaboutalnes,katharine,”hepro
tested.“heragain.
arried”
trendouslytohissurprise,hesahetearsstandin
hereyes.
“e”shesaid.“itisntkind.”
henryuldnotpretendthatheogetherigno
rantofheraning,though,certainly,hehadnever
guessedthatsheheteasing.butbeforeheknew
tosay,hereyeshesudden
crathesurfaceostfilledup.
“thingsarenteasy,anyhoated.
obeyinganiulseofgenuineaffe,henryspoke.
“prose,katharihatifieverhelpyou,
youe.”
sheseedtonsider,lookingoothered
ofthefire,anddeanyexplanation.
“yes,iprosethat,”shesaidatlength,andhe
hielfgratifiedbyherpletesiy,ao
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theyallcage,
anduldhearthepiiners,sothinglike
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