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spoken,butuldnherselftoaskhins
ofaffe.thenvi
thathehusstraoherfilledherhdespondency,
andillustratedquitebeyonddoubttheinfinite
lonelinessofhunbeings.shehadneverfeltthe
truthofthisslybefore.shelookedaothe
fire;itseedtoherthatevenphysicallytheywerenow
scarcelyhinspeakingdistandspirituallythere
anbeingsheuldclaibr >
radeship;satisfiedherasshewasused
tobesatisfied;nothingreinedinyshe
uldbelieve,savethoseabstractideasfigures,laws,
stars,facts,oforlackof
knoe.
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hefollyofthisprolonged
silendtheannessofsuchdevices,and
lookedupreadytoseeksoexcusefoodlaugh,or
openingforanfession,heedby
hesaedequallyobliviousofwas
badorof.herexpressionsuggested
hiirelyretefrobr >
hersurroundings.theed
tohiathersculihanfenine.hisiulseto
breakupthenstraihe
exasperatingsenseofhisopoten.
heuldrastingkatharinehhisvision
oftheengaging,sicalcassandrkatharineurative,
ine,silent,asonotablethat
heuldneverdohouthergoodopinion.
sheveeredrounduponhintlater,asif,when
hertrainofthoughteawareofhis
presence.
“haveyoufinishedyourletter”sheasked.hethought
heheardfaiionotatraceof
jealousy.
“no,iotgoingtooretonight,”hesaid.
“iotintheodforitforsoreason.itsay
itosay.”
“cassandraknostenorbadlyten,”
katharinererked.
“iotsosureaboutthat.ishouldsayshehasa
gooddealofliteraryfeeling.”
“perhaps,”saidkatharineindifferently.“youvebeen
ingeducationlately,bytheway.iwishyoud
readsothichooseabook.”sospeaking,she
acrosstohisbookshelvesandbeganlookingina
desulthisbooks.anything,shethought,
terthanbickeringorthestrangesilenceh
drovehotoherthedista.asshe
pulledonebookforhenanothershethought
ironicallyofheroaintynotanho;ho
hadvanishedinant,hoerelyrking
tiasbestsheuld,notknoheleastwhere
theystood,lovedher
oot.reahenditionofrysndseed
toheruldbe
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virginiawoolf
quiteasshefigureditif,indeed,silicityexistedfor
ahedaughtersofen.
“seathaphazard
tosettlethisquestio.“letushaveso
s.”
rodookthebook,helditinfrontofhiied
onefihepages,butsaidnothing.hisface
ion,asifhewere
hinghanother,andsayanything
untilhisndadeup.
kathariakingherchairbesidehinotedhissilence
andlookedathisuddenapprehension.
shehopedorfeared,sheuldnothavesaid;ast
irrationalandindefensibledesireforsoassuranceof
hisaffeind.peevishness,
plaints,exainationshewas
usedto,butthisattitudeofposedquiet,h
seedtoefrohensciousnessofpohin,
puzzledher.shedidnotknoohappen
.
atlastspoke.
“ithinkitsalittleodd,dontyou”hesaid,inavoice
ofdetaostpeople,ian,wouldbe
seriouslyupsetiftheirrriageonths
orso.but;noforthat”
shelookedathindobservedhisjudicialattitudeas
ofoneholdingfaralooffrotion.
“iattributeit,”heon,houtingforherto
ansothefactthatherofusisintheleast
rontiaybepartly,nodoubt,
becauseined
tothinktheresreinitthanthat.theressothing
teerantal.ithinkyoureatrifleld,andi
suspectitrifleselfabsorbed.ifthatgoes
alongoexplainingouroddlackofillusionabout
eanotsayingthatthestsatisfactory
rriagesarentfoundeduponthissortofuanding.
butoing,when
e,hotleupsetifelt.bytheway,youre
surettedourselvestothathouse”
“ivekepttheletters,andillghtheorrow;
butiertainhesafeside.”
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“thanks.astothepsy,”hentinued,
asifthequestioedhiachedway,
“theresnodoubt,ithink,thateitherofusiscapableof
feelingplicity,icallroncefor
athirdperso,ivelittledoubtinoase.”
iteinallherknowledgeof
hihatkatharinehadkerthusdeliberately
andotionuponastatentof
hisoate
discussionsbyalittlelaughortuoftheion,
asen,ornoftheworld,
findsuchtopicsalittlesilly,orindoubtfultaste.his
obviousethingpuzzledher,ied
her,aralizedtheohervanity.for
soreason,too,shefeltreateasethan
usual;orhereaseoretheeaseofequalityshe
uldnotstoptothinkofthatatthentthough.
hisrerksiedhertoochforthelightthat
theythresofherown.
“ance”shesed.
“ah,thatsthequestion.ivenevereacrossadefi
nitionthatsatisfied,thoughtherearesood
ones”heglahedireofhisbooks.
“itsnotaltogetherkherperson,perhaps
itsignorance,”shehazarded.
“soauthoritiessayitsaquestionofdistance
iure,thatis”
“possibly,inthecaseofart.butinthecaseofpeopleit
ybe”shehesitated.
“haveyounopersonalexperie”heasked,letting
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