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sharpcallofthetelephoillechoedinherear,
andherbodyandension,asif,
atanynt,sheghthearanothersuonsreaterioherthantheheh
tury.shedidnotclearlyrealizethiscallo
be;butheearshavegotintothehabitoflistening,
theygoonlisteninginvoluntarily,andthuskatharine
spentthegreaterpartoftheinginlisteningtoa
varietyofsoundsinthebackstreetsofchelsea.forthe
firsttiinherlife,probably,shers.hilbery
keepsocloselytoher
shakespeareeass.nowandagain
sheheardasighfroertherstable,butthatwas
theonlyproofshegaveofherexistendkatharine
didnotthinkofingiththesquareaspectof
heroionatthetable,or,perhaps,shewould
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havethrootherthereason
ofherrestlessheonlyaoacplish
intheurseoftheingter,addressed
toherusin,cassandraotblier,
long,affeandingallatonce.
shebadecassandraputhercreaturesinthechargeofa
grooaheoraheywouldgo
andhearsosictogether.cassandrasdislikeofrational
society,shesaid,ationfasthardening
intoaprejudice,helongrun,isolateher
frolliingpeopleandpursuits.shewasfinishing
thesheethesoundsheicipatingallthe
tiapeduphastily,
andslaedthedoorades.
hilberystart.oinherpreoccupied
stateshehadhebell.
thealveoairs,ielephonewas
placed,ainofpurple
velvet.itforsuperfluouspossessions,such
asexistinsthouseshekageof
threegeions.printsofgreatuncles,fadfortheir
proheeast,hungaboveeseteapots,whose
sidesedbylittlegoldstitches,andtheprecious
teapots,again,stooduponbookcasesntaining
thepleteerstt.
thethreadofsound,issuingfrohetelephone,was
alhesurroundings,so
itseedtokatharine.eo
biostrikeadisrd
“aninquire,
ination,forheuer.theunfaliar
voioisshilbery.outofalltheerof
voiceshefarendofthetelephone,
outoftheeneofpossibilities,e,
etoask
herselfthisquestion.itont.
“ivelookedoutthetrain.earlyonsaturdayafteoon
ebest.ialphdenhabut
illeitdown.”
orethantheusualsenseofbeingiingedupon
thepointofabayo,katharinereplied:
“ithinkiulde.illlookates.
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holdon.”
shedroppedthee,andlookedfixedlyatthe
printofthegreatuncleceasedtogaze,
iableauthority,intoah,as
yet,beheldnosytooftheindiantiny.a,
gentlysthehintheblacktube,
es,ofa
teapots,orofredvelvetcurtains.shechedtheoscillation
ofthetube,andatthesantbescious
oftheindividualityofthehouseinood;
sheheardthesoftdostidsularexistence
uponstairovents
throughthehehousedoor.shehad
noveryhielf,ed
thetelephooherlipsandrepliedthatshethought
saturdayher.shehopedthathesay
goodbyeatohoughshefeltnoparticularay
toattendtohewassaying,andbegan,evenwhile
hespoke,tothinkofhero,hitsbooks,
itspaperspressedbetheleavesofdiaries,
aablethatuldbeclearedforwork.shere
placedtheinstrunt,thoughtfully;herrestlessnesswas
assuaged;shefinishedherlettertocassandrahout
diffip
hherusualquickdecision.
abunonescaughts.hilberyseyewhen
theyhadfinishedluheblueandpurpleande
oftheboandinginapoolatedlightona
polishedchippeableinthedrawindow,
deherstopdeadationofpleasure.
“anded.
“hat
theyvebeenfottenandpassedover,andthatnobody
esareoverdue,andtheok
leavinginateerhoutingforherhere
ebodyiknoont
thenaofthisdesirableacquaintanceescaped
her.thebestrepresentativeoftheforlopanywhose
dayoneswas,in
katharinesopinion,thehe
croftheactuallydestituteand
starving,sheuchhavepreferred,s.
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hilberys,forthough
infortablecirces,sheelydull,
unattractive,edinsoobliquefashionhliterature,
andhadbeentouchedtothevergeoftears,on
oneoccasion,byanafteooncall.
ithappehats.hilberyhadaneelsewhere,
sothatthetaskoftakingthefloothe
croarine.shetookherletterto
cassandraeaningtopostitinthefirstpillar
boxshecato.when,hoof
doors,andnstantlyinvitedbypillarboxesandpost
officestoslipherenvelopedoheirscarletthroats,
sheforbore.shedeabsurdexcuses,asthatshedid
notocrosstheroad,orthatsheainto
passanotherpostoffiaretralpositionalittle
fartheron.thelongersheheldtheletterinherhand,
hoorepersistentlycertaiionspressed
uponher,asiffrolleofvoitheair.
theseinvisiblepeopleedher
sherodney,orent
brokenht,theyasked,toinvite
cassandraforavisit,androdneyinlove
hher,orlikely
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