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akesitdesirabletopossess,
tolove,tle.aherlanchht
heoserenity.shestillheardthevoices.
sheentedbydesires.sheobebeyond
theirrange.sheentlyenoughthat
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sheuldfindherselfdrivingrapidlythroughthestreets;
sheeoneera
ntsgroping,tookadefiniteshapeandsolidified
intothepersonofrydatchet.shedrehecurtainsso
thatthedraperiestindeepfoldsintheddleofthe
window.
“ah,theresheis,”said.hilbery,anding
ssidetoside,hhisbacktothe
fire.“ehere,katharine.iuldntseewhereyoud
gottoourchildren,”heobservedpareically,“have
theirusesiystudy,katharine;go
tothethirdshelfontherighthandsideofthedoor;take
doe.
theon,youittotheasseled
panythatyouhavebeenstaken.”
“trelaionsofshelley.thethirdshelfon
therightofthedoor,”katharied.afterall,one
doesnotcheckchildrenintheirplay,orrousesleepers
froheirdrea.shepassedandcassandraon
herothedoor.
“stop,katharine,”said,speakingalstasifhe
ego.”herose,
afteraseation,andsheuoodthatitst
hineffort.shekonekneeuponthesofawhere
cassandrasat,lookingdoherusinsface,ill
vedhthespeedofshehadbeensaying.
“areyouhappy”sheasked.
“oh,dear”cassandraexclaid,asifnofurther
every
subjederthesun,”sheexclaid,“butithinkhes
theost
beautifulan,”sheadded,lookingatkatharine,and
asshelookedherfaationandbeca
alstlanpathyelancholy,
edtocassandrathelastrefiof
herdistin.
“ah,butitsonlytenoclock,”saidkatharinedarkly.
“aslateasthatuand.
“attyhorsestuintoratsandoffigo.the
illusionfades.butiacceptfate.ikehayhe
sunshines.”cassandralookedatherhapuzzledexpression.
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nightandday
“hereskatharialkingaboutrats,andhay,andall
sortsofoddthings,”shesaid,asretuedto
thehehadbeenquiakeherout”
katharineperceivedfroislittlefroation
thathedidnotfindthatpartitohis
tasteatpresent.shestohtatondsaidina
differenttone:
“ireallyaff,though.ihey
sayanything,.ishae,butivegottosee
soone.”
“atthistiofnight”cassandraexclaid.
“haveyougottosee”dended.
“afriend,”shererked,halftuingherheadtowards
hishekheostay,not,indeed,
,butintheieighborhood,incaseofneed.
“katharinehasagreatnyfriends,”saidrather
laly,sittingdoore,askathariheroo
sheo
drive,throughthelalitstreets.shelikedbothlight
andspeed,andthesenseofbeingoutofdoorsalone,
andtheknoaryinherhigh,
lonelyroottheendofthedrive.shecliedthe
stoepsquickly,rerkingthequeerlookofherblue
silkskirtandblueshoesupoone,dustyhthe
bootsoftheday,uhelightofanoccasioof
flickeringgas.
thedooraryherself,whose
faceshoonlysurpriseatthesightofhervisitor,
butsodegreeofearrassnt.shegreetedherrdially,
and,asthereeforexplanations,
katharine,andfound
herselfinthepresenanwhowaslying
baachairandholdingasheetofpaperinhishand,
atdiately
iddleofsayingtory
datchet.theapparitionofanunknownladyinfullevening
dressseedtodisturbhihetookhispipefrois
uth,rosestiffly,andsatdohajerk.
“haveyoubeendiningout”ryasked.
“areyouultaneously.
theyoungnshookhishead,asifhedisownedhis
shareinthequestioneirritation.
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“aryreplied.“.basthad
broughtsopaperstoshoe.wehrough
thebutostdoellusaboutyourparty.”
ryhadaruffledappearance,asifshehadbeenrunning
herfihroughherhairintheurseofher
ion;sheoreorlesslikearussian
peasantgirl.shesatdohairhlooked
asifithadbeenherseatforsohours;thesaucer
ntaiheashesofny
anhafresh
plexionandahighforeheadfroehairwas
bedstraightback,hatgroupof“very
ableyoungn”suspectedby.cla,justlyasit
tuedout,ofaninfluenarydatchet.hehad
edooheuiesnotlongago,
andationofsociety.in
ioofthegroupofveryableyoung
nhehaddraefortheeducationoflabor,
forthealgationoftheddleclassandthe
assaultofthetwobodies,
bihesoocracy,
uponcapital.theschehadalreadyreachedthestage
inissibletohireanoffidengage
asecretary,andhehadbeeedtoexpoundthe
sakeherahesecretaryship,
toatterofprinciple,asllsalary
tached.sincesevenoclockthateveninghehad
beenreadingoutloudthedotihof
thehereadingwas
sofrequentlyinterruptedbydiscussion,anditwasso
oftennery“instrictestnfidence”
oftheprivatecharactersandevildesignsofcertainindividuals
andsocietiesthattheyillonlyhalfway
throughthenusrealizedthat
thetalkhadalreadylastedthreehours.intheirabsorption
theyhadfotteofeedthefire,a
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