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hishat,stidhedooropenforkatharine
topassout.thestthatulddoostand
attheheadofthestairsandsaygoodnight.heuld
noto.heuldnotinsistthatshe
shouldstay.hechedherdesd,ratherslowly,owing
totheduskofthestaircase,andhehadalastsightof
denhaheadandofkatharinesheadogether,
againstthepanels,ejealousy
overainednscious
oftheslippersuponhisfeet,heer
therthe
spot.atthetuofthestaircasekathariuedto
lookback,trustingtothislastglaosealtheirpact
ofgoodfriendship.insteadofretuinghersilent
greeting,grinnedba
e.
shestoppeddeadforant,andthendesded
slootheurt.shelookedthtandtothe
left,andonceupintothesky.sheonsciousof
denhasabloeasuredthe
distastbetraversedbeforeshewouldbealone.
butetothestrandnocabsobe
seen,anddenharokethesilencebysaying:
“thereseeobenocabs.shalltle”
“very.
aion,orabsorbedinhisown
thoughts,ralphsaidnothingfurther;andihey
edistancealorand.ralphwasdoing
hisbesttoputhisthoughtsintosuchorderthatone
inationthatwhen
hespokeheshouldspeakadehiutoffthe
ntofspeakingtillhehadfoundtheexactwords
aheplacethatbestsuitedhithestrandwas
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toobusy.thereuchrisk,also,offindingan
etycab.houtaiouedto
theleft,dohesidestreetsleadingtotheriver.
onnoatsttheypartuntilsothingofthevery
greatestiortancehadhappened.heknely
heosay,andhadarraonly
thesubstatheorderinosayit.
nohathehher,notonlydid
hefindthediffiostinsuruntable,
buthehathehherforthus
disturbinghiandcasting,asitwassoeasyforaperson
ofheradvaodo,thesephantoandpitfalls
acrosshispath.heihatheion
herasseverelyasheself;and
ketheoth,oninance
orrenou.buttheloheyhus
alohereheurbedbythesenseofher
actualpresence.herskirtblehefeathersi
etishesa,
orhadtoup.
thesilehdre
tentiontohifirstshehattherewasno
hispany;thensherecalledvaguely
sothingthatryhadsaidtokeherthinkillof
hisheuldnotreer,buttherelle,
bierfulalkso
fastdoadeherreandre
nsarked,thoughdisagreeable,
forcebyherside.shestoppedand,lookingroundherfor
acab,sightedohedistance.hehusprecipitated
intospeech.
“shouldyoundiftlefarther”heasked.
“theressothingitosaytoyou.”
“veryhathisrequesthad
sothingtodoarydatchet.
“itsquieterbytheriver,”hesaid,andinstantlyhe
crossedover.“ierelythis,”hebegan.
buthepausedsolongthatsheuldseehisheadagainst
thesky;theslopeofhisthincheekandhislarge,strong
nosearkedagainstit.whilehepaused,
thoseheintended
tousepreseheelves.
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virginiawoolf
“ivedeyoustandardeversinceisawyou.ive
dreaaboutyou;ivethoughtofnothingbutyou;you
representtotheoyintheworld.”
hishequeerstrainedvoihhe
spokethedeitappearasifheaddressedsoperson
anbesidehibutsoone
faraway.
“aosuchapassthat,unless
iad.i
thinkofyouasthestbeautiful,thetruestthingin
theinued,filledhasenseofexaltation,
andfeelingthathehadnoneednoochoosehis
hpedanticaccuracy,forheedtosay
eplaintohi
“iseeyoueverye
youreeverythingthatexists;therealityofeverything.
life,itellyou,possiblehoutyou.and
no”
shehadheardhiofarhafeelingthatshehad
droppedsoterialadesehe
rest.sheuldheaoreofthisunintelligiblerabr >
bling.shefeltthatshewasoverhearing
eantforanother.
“idontuand,”shesaid.“youresayingthings
thatyoudontan.”
“ianeveryphatically.he
tuedhisheadtohewordsshe
isin
loveebaarydatchets
voice.herangerblazedupinher.
“isaed.
hedeaventasifheaken
aback,butansont:
“shetoldyouthatihadaskedhertorry,isuppose”
“no”katharineexclaid,insurprise.
“ididthough.ithedayisalinln,”he
ntinued.“ihadanttoaskhertorry,and
thenilookedoutoftheerthat
ididntarry.butididit;and
shekhoughtthen,
andstillthink,thatshee.ibehavedvery
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badly.idontdefendself.”
“no,”saidkatharine,“ishouldhopenot.theresno
defeithinkof.ifanynductishat
is.”shespokehahatedeven
reagainstherselfthanagainsthi“itseeto,”
shentinued,eenergy,“thatpeopleare
boundtobehoheresnoexcuseforsuchbehavior.”
sheuldnoheexpression
onrydatchetsface.
afterashortpause,hesaid:
“iaottellingyouthatianlove
notinlovehyou.”
“ididntthinkthat,”shere
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