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katharine,e
intotherooheingafterherheriver,for
visitingshakespearesto.anyfactaboutthepoethad
bee,forthent,reaterioher
thantheiediatepresent,aaintythatthere
inginenglandaspotofgroundwhere
shakespearehadundoubtedlystood,wherehisverybones
laydirectlybeho,oher
onthisparticularoccasionthatshegreetedherdaughter
ation:
“dyouthinkheeverpassedthishouse”
thequestion,fortheokathario
havereferen.
“onhisean,”s.hilberyntinued,
“foryoukestdisveryisthatheowned
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ahousethere.”
kathariilllookedaboutherinperplexity,ands.
hilberyadded:
“hatheaspoorastheyve
sotissaid.ishouldliketothinkthathehadenough,
thoughidontintheleasttoberich.”
then,perceivingherdaughtersexpressionofperplexity,
s.hilberyburstoutlaughing.
“dear,iottalkingaboutyour,though
thatsanotherreasonforlikinghiialking,ihinking,
ireangofshakespeare,
ofurse.isntitodd,”shesed,standingatthewindow
andtappilyuponthepahatforallone
see,thatdearoldthinginthebluebon,crossing
theroad,hasneverheard
thatthereitallgoeson:lawyers
hurryingtotheirensquabblingfortheirfares,
littleboysrollingtheirhoops,littlegirlsthrowingbread
tothegulls,asifthereashakespeareinthe
ostandatthatcrossingalldaylong
andsay:people,readshakespeare”
katharidohertableandopenedalong
dustyenvelope.asshelleyentioheurse
oftheletterasifhehad,ofurse,nsiderable
value.heriediatetaskodecideher
thetershouldbeprinted,oronlytheparagraph
entionedshelleysna,andshereachedoutfor
apenainreadiodojusticeuponthe
sheet.herpen,hoaiheair.alstsurreptitiously
sheslippedasheetinfrontofher,and
herhand,desding,begandrawingsquareboxeshalved
andquarteredbystraightlines,andthencirclesh
undereprocessofdisse.
“kathariuponabrilliantidea”s.hilbery
exclaid”tolayout,say,ahundredpoundsorsoon
piesofshakespeare,andgivetheoen.
soofyourcleverfrieingsght
helpus,katharine.andthatghtleadtoaplayhouse,
akeparts.youdberosalindbut
youveadashoftheoldnurseinyou.yourfathershaet,
etoyearsofdisabit
ofthell;iuitealargebitofthefool,butthefools
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nightandday
inshakespearesayallthecleverthings.nohoshall
beaherohotspurhenrythefifthno,s
gotatouletinhitoo.ifancythat
talkstohielfharine,you
stsayverybeautifulthingsogether”
sheaddedfully,haglaherdaughter,who
hadtoldheothingaboutthedihenightbefore.
“oh,alkalotofnonsense,”saidkatharine,hiding
herslipofpaperashertherstoodbyher,andspreading
theoldletteraboutshelleyinfrontofher.
“ittoyounonseei,”
saids.hilbery.“believe,katharine,youlllookback
onthesedaysaftereerallthesilly
thingsyouvesaid;andyoullfindthatyourlifehasbeen
builtohebestoflifeisbuiltonwesay
isntnonseharine,”she
urged,“itsthetruth,itstheonlytruth.”
kathariher,
andthenshehepointofnfidingihey
etis.but,whileshe
hesitatedandsoughtforother
hadreursetoshakespeare,andtuedpageafterpage,
setuponfindingsoquotationhisabout
lovefar,farbetterthansheuld.agly,katharine
didnothingbutscruboneofhercirclesanintenseblack
idstofhetelephone
bellrang,atheroooans.
rs.hilberyhadfoundnotthepassage
sheed,butanotherofexquisitebeautyasshe
justlyobserved,lookingupforasendtoaskkatharine
hatwas
“rydatchet,”katharinerepliedbriefly.
“ahihalfary,butit
havegonehhilbery,andithavegoneh
rodney.nohisisntthepassageied.inever
findi.butitsspring;itsthedaffodils;its
thegreenfields;itsthebirds.”
sheperative
telephonebell.on.
“dearchild,hophsofsceare”
s.hilberyexclaidou.“theyllbelinking
usoobuthat”
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“,”katharinerepliedyetrebriefly.
“illfiveanything,foriertainthatthere
arentanysintheon.ihopehesingto
lun”
“hesingtotea.”
“isetoleave
youalone.”
“theresnoneedforyoutodothat,”saidkatharine.
shesherhahefadedsheet,anddrew
herselfupsquarelytothetableasifsherefusedtoe
tianylohegestureother.
ithiheexistehingsteandunapproachable
inherdaughterscharacter,ruckchill
uponher,asthesightofpoverty,ordrunkenness,orthe
logicetisthoughtgoodto
delishherillenniubr >
struckchilluponher.shebacktoheroable,
andputtingonherspectacleshacuriousexpression
ofquiethulity,addressedherselfforthefirsttithat
ingtothetaskbeforeher.theshockpathetic
onher.foronce,
herindustrysurpassedherdaughters.katharineuld
notreducetheothatparticularperspectivein
artineau,forinstance,wasafigureof
solidiortandpossessedofagenuiionship
tothisfigureortothatdate.singularlyeno
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