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shegedherdressand
treatlookingglasskatharinehad,
shethought,andhoatureallthearrasupon
thedressingtableparedtoshewasused
toatho.glanground,shethoughtthatthebills
stuckupouponthe
ntelpieishinglylikekatharihere
anyobeseen.the
roobinationofluxuryandbareness,its
silkdressinggosonslippers,itsshabbycarpet
andbareharineherself;
shestoodintheddleoftheroondehe
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nightandday
sensation;andthen,hadesiretofingerher
usinhehabitoffingering,cassandrabeganto
takedohebooksoodinaroheshelf
abovethebed.insthousesthisshelfistheledge
uponselves
asif,lateatnight,intheheartofprivacy,people,
skepticalbyday,findsolasippinghtof
theoldcharorsuchsorroay
stealfroheirhidingplathedark.buttherewas
nohybookhere.bytheirbatteredversaical
s,cassandrajudgedtheobeoldschoolbooks
belongingtourevor,andpiously,though
etrically,preservedbyhisdaughter.therewasno
end,shethought,totheuednessofkatharine.
shehadoryherself,and,
eabsorbedin
tryingtoreerhotenshe
oneinginalittlelater,foundher
deepinthischaracteristicpursuit.
“dear,”cassandraexclaid,shakingthebookat
herusin,“thisnti
stansnadoonce,orishallfet”
e,book,hlifehanged
katharineproceededtoascertain.shebegantolayaside
herclotheshurriedly,forshee.
“yisitandchyou”cassandraasked,shutting
upherbook.“igotreadyonpurpose.”
“oh,youreready,areyou”saidkatharine,halftuing
iofheroperations,andlookingat
cassandra,,claspingherknees,ontheedgeof
thebed.
“therearepeopledininghere,”shesaid,takinginthe
effeaneofvieeran
interval,thedistin,ofthesll
facehitslongtaperingnoseanditsbrightovaleyes
able.thehairroseupofftheforeheadrather
stiffly,and,givenarecarefultreatntbyhairdressers
anddresskers,thelightangularfigureghtpossess
alikeoafrenchladyofdistinieenth
tury.
“ingtodinner”cassandraasked,anticipat
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virginiawoolf
ingfurtherpossibilitiesofrapture.
“theres,and,ibelieve,aunteleanoranduncle
aubrey.”
“iogladising.didhetellyouthathe
senthisnuscriptithinkitshink
hesalstgoodenoughforyou,katharine.”
“youshallsitohindtellhiouthink
ofhi”
“ishantdaredothat,”cassandraasserted.
“,areyou”
“alittlebecausehesedhyou.”
katharinesled.
“butthen,hyoury,nsideringthat
yourestayileastafht,youhave
anyillusioaboutbythetiyougo.igiveyou
aypowerfadingdaybyday.
noax;buttorrollhavebegunto
fade.itoeabluedress,
cassandra,overthereinthelongwardrobe.”
shespokedisedly,handlingbrushandb,and
pullingoutthelittledraableand
leavingthepen.cassandra,sittingonthebedbehind
her,saherefleofherusinsfathelooking
glass.thefathelookingglassent,
apparentlyoccupiedhotherthingsbesidesthe
straightnessofthepartingh,however,wasbeingdriven
asstraightasaronroadthroughthedarkhair.cassandra
pressedagainbykathariurity;and,asshe
envelopedherselfinthebluedressostthe
ade
itthefraofapicture,holdingnotonlytheslightly
vingeffigyofthebeautifulan,butshapesandlors
ofobjectsreflectedfrohebackground,cassandra
thoughtthatnosighthadeverbeenquitesorontic.it
andthehouse,andthe
;forherearshadceasedtonotice
thehufdistantwheels.
theydoairsratherlate,inspiteofkatharines
extrespeediingready.tocassandrasearsthe
buzzofvoisidethedrahetuning
upoftheinstruntsoftheorchestra.itseedto
herthattherebersofpeopleintherooand
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nightandday
thattheyrangers,andthattheyiful
anddressedhthegreatestdistin,althoughthey
provedtobestlyherrelations,ainof
theirclothingpartial
observer,totheeat
theyallrosesiltaneously,pressive,
andtheyallexclaid,andshookhands,andshe
r.peyton,andthedoopen,
anddinner
rodneyherhisslightlybentblackarasshe
hadsecretlyhopedhe,hadthese
beenlookedatonlythroughhereyes,itsthavebeen
desagicalbrilliancy.thepatteofthe
soupplates,thestifffoldsofthenapkins,hroseby
thesideofealilies,the
longsticksofbreadtiedhpinkribbon,thesilverdishes
andthesealoredchaagneglasses,htheflakes
ofgoldngealedieallthesedetails,together
ellofkidgloves,ntributed
toherexhilaration,ustberepressed,
hoheworldheld
noreforhertorvelat.
theoreforhertorvelat,itistrue;
butitheldotherpeople;andeachotherpersonpossessed
iofprivately
shecalled“reality.”itthattheywould
iartifyouaskedtheorit,andthusnodinnerparty
uldpossiblybedull,andlittle.peytonht
androdneyonherlefteasure
eohersounstakable
andsopreciousthatthee
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