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“haveyoubeendoingsi”ralphasked
atlength.
“doing”shepondered.“ofother
peopleshouses.ialsarehappy”
shespeculated,stoppingbefraybear,whowas
philosophicallyplayinghatasselhonce,perhaps,
fordpartofaladysparasol.
“ifraidrodneydidntlikeing,”ralphrerked.
“no.buthellsoooverthat,”shereplied.thedetat
expressedbyhervoicepuzzledralph,andhe
eaning
further.buthegoingtopressherforexplanations.
eatakeit,
pleteinitself,ohingofitshappioexplanations,
borro
thefuture.
“thebearsseeappy,”hererked.“butust
buythebagofsothing.therestheplacetobuy
busgoahe”theyotheunter
piledultaneouslyproduced
ashillingandpresseditupontheyounglady,who
didnotknoan,
butdecided,froventionalreasons,thatitwas
thepartofthegeopay.
“iptorily,refusingthe
inhariendered.“ihaveareasonfor
ido,”headded,seeinghersleathistoneofdecision.
“ibelieveyouhaveareasonforeverything,”sheagreed,
breakingthebunintopartsandtossingtheohe
bearsthroats,“butitbelieveitsagoodohis
ti.isyourreason”
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herefusedtotellher.heuldnotexplaihat
heoher,
andopoureverypossession
hehadupontheblazingpyre,evenhissilverandgold.
hethedistance
theigeinthe
shrine.
cirspiredtokethiseasierthanit
heybeeedinadrawing
rooforexale,.hesaw
heragainstabackgroundofpalegrottosandsleekhides;
calsslaheirheavyriddedeyesather,giraffes
fastidiouslyobservedherfroheirlaninence,
andthepinklirunksofelephantscautiouslyabstracted
bunsfroeroutstretchedhands.thenthere
hehothouses.hesahons
ileduponthesand,ornsideringthebrokbreaking
thestaghealligatorspool,orsearg
soionoftropicalforestfolden
eyeofalizardortheindraoventofthegreen
frogsflanks.inparticular,hesalinedagainst
thedeepgreeners,inhsquadronsofsilveryfish
ont,pressing
theirdistorteduthsagainsttheglass,quiveringtheir
tailsstraightoutbehindtheagain,therehei
house,edtheblindsofthelittlecages,
andrveledatthepurplecirclesrkedupontherich
tussoreelatelyergedandsenscious
butterfly,oratcaterpillarsiobileliketheknobbed
tgreensabbing
theglasshtheirflickering
ofheavy
floi
redjars,togetherhthedisplayofcuriouspattes
andfantastiosphereinh
hunbeingsteolookpaleandtofallsilent.
openingthedoorofahouseog
andprofoundlyunhappylaughterofhey
disveredandcassandra.appearedto
betetingsosllrelu
anupperperchtopartakeofhalfanapple.cassandra
,inherhighpitchedtones,anat
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virginiawoolf
ofthiscreaturessecludeddispositionandnoctualhabits.
shesaed:
“hereyouaredopreventfrothis
unfortunateayeaye.”
“hought.helooked
frootheother,aakestockof
denhaunfashionableappearance.heseedtowish
tofindsooutletforlevole,failingone,he
reinedsilent.theglaheslightquiveroftheupper
lip,lostuponkatharine.
“isntkindtoanils,”shererked.“hedoesnt
knotheylikeandtheydontlike.”
“itakeityoureatters,denha”
saidrodney,hdrahtheapple.
“itsinlyaquestionofkno,”
denhaeplied.
“heothereptilehouse”cassandra
askedhinenuinedesiretovisitthereptiles,
butinobedieoheeininesusceptibility,
andnciliatetheother
sex.deogiveherdires,andkatharine
aogether.
“ihopeyouvehadapleasantafteoon,”rerked.
“ilikeralphdenha”shereplied.
“casevoit,”retued,hsuperficialurbanity.
shewhole,
forpeace,katharinerelyinquired:
“areyouingbacktotea”
“cassandraandithoughtofhavialittleshop
inportlandplace,”hereplied.“idontknoheryou
anddenhajoinus.”
“illaskhi”shereplied,tuingherheadtolookfor
hibutheandcassandraheayeaye
oncere.
andkatharineforant,and
eachlookedcuriouslyattheobjectoftheotherspreference.
butrestinghiseyeuponcassandra,toe
thedresskershadno
saidsharply:
“ifyoue,ihopeyouake
ridiculous.”
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“ifthatse,”
katharinereplied.
theyoustral
onkeys,ahhlyannoyedby
,sheparedhioaisanthropical
ape,huddledinascrapofoldshatheendofapole,
dartingpeevishglancesofsuspianddistrustathis
panioolerangher.theevents
ofthepastthin.shewasinoneof
thoseods,perhapsnotuhersex,
esveryclearlydistinguished,and
ofiblebaseness,sothattheyofassociation
isdegrading,aie,onts
isalelyclose,dragslikeahalterroundthe
neck.sexagdendsandhisjealous
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