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www.lizi.twaryrerkedindifferently:
“ireallydontknochair,
sheesbeginningtocreep
angthealsindifferently,asifthey,too,werevery
distantandindifferent.
katharinelookedatherindignantlyandrose.
“possiblyheyehere,”ryntinued,hout
alteriraeofhervoice.“ith
yourtonight.”she
bentfores
slippediheiicesoftheal.
katharinereflected.“illhalfanhour,”shesaid.
ryrose,tothetable,spreadoutherpapers
uhegreenshadedlaand,hanathat
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nightandday
ingahabit,tedalockofhairroundand
roundinherfingers.onceshelookedunperceivedather
visitor,oved,sostill,heyesso
ihatyouuldalstfancythatsheg
sothing,sofacethatneverlookedupather.
ryfoundherselfuogooning.shetued
hereyesaonlytobeahepresenceof
,
arangelyandsadly,heghostofherself.
thenutesby.
“enoharilast.
thehalfhourquitespent.
“ioingtogetdinnerready,”saidry,risingfrobr >
hertable.
“thenillgo,”saidkatharine.
“youstaywhereareyougoing”
katharinelookedroundtheroonveyingheruainty
inherglance.
“perhapsightfindhi”shesed.
“butatteryoullseehinotherday.”
ryspoke,andinteospeak,cruellyenough.
“iehere,”katharinereplied.
theireyest,aherflinched.
“youhadaperfearyanswered.
aloudkno.ry
enoteorparcel,
katharinelookedaightnotreadher
disappointnt.
“ofurseyouhadarighttoe,”ryrepeated,
layieupoable.
“no,”saidkatharine.“exceptthate
onehasasortht.iaesperate.howdoi
knonoaydoanything.
heyay
happentohi”
shespokeentthatryhadnever
seeninher.
“youknoe;youretalkingnonsense,”
shesaidroughly.
“ry,isttalkisttellyou”
“youellanything,”ryinterruptedher.
“yself”
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“no,no,”katharineexclaid.“itsnotthat”
herlook,passingbeyondry,beyondthevergeofthe
roondoutbeyondanyeherway,wildly
andpassionately,nvihatshe,atanyrate,
uldnotfollooitsend.shewasbaffled;
shetriedtothinkherselfbackagainintotheheightof
herloveforralph.pressingherfingersuponhereyelids,
sherred:
“yetthatilovedhioo.ithoughtikne.
ididkno.”
a,eer
itanyre.shepressedhereyeballsuntiltheystruck
starsandsunsintoherdarkness.shenvincedherself
thatsheongashes.shedesisted.shewas
astoherdisvery.shedidnotloveralphany
re.shelookedba,andhereyes
restedupoableplitpapers.thesteady
radianceseedforasendtohaveitsunterpart
andlooked
atthelaagain;anotherlovebutintheplaceofthe
oldone,orso,inantarygla,she
guessedbeforetherevelationheoldsurroundings
assertedtheelves.sheleantinsilenceagainst
thentelpiece.
“therearedifferenturred,half
toherself,atlength.
katharinedenoreplyandseedunawareofher
edabsorbedinherohoughts.
“perhapshesingireetagaintonight,”she
ex.”
“itsfarrelikelythathellehere,”saidry,
andkathariernsideringforant,said:
“illanotherhalfhour.”
shesankdooherchairagain,andtookupthe
sapositioheposition
ofoneganunseeingface.sheched,indeed,
notaface,butaprocession,notofpeople,butoflife
itself:thegoodandbad;theaning;thepast,the
present,aure.allthisseedapparenttoher,
andsheedofherextravagancesochas
exaltedtoohepinnaclesofexistence,
behovedtheage.she
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nightandday
herselfkossralphdenhan
thatparticulaight;intothisieeventcrowded
feelingsthatthegreatighthavefailedto
issedhiandkeess
ofallfailure;shedesiredhiaof
allpassion.itdidnotttertrivialactsledto
thisation.nordidshecarehantshe
appeared,norhowopenlysheshowedherfeelings.
hedinnere,and
sheents
forher.theyateanddranktogetheralstin
silendore,sheate
re;oldtodrink.
heless,behissuperfiary
kshehoughtsunhindered.
sheuchasrete;she
lookedatone
visionofheroorethanprotective
shebecaactuallyalardattheprospectof
sollisiohariheforcesofthe
outsidelytheyhaddoharinean
nouncedheriionofgoing.
“butaryasked,desiring
vaguelytohinderher.
“oh,ioinghono,tohighgateperhaps.”
rysahatitotrytostopher.all
sheulddoingtoo,butshet
edindifferenttoher
presenafeiheyhe
strand.theyarywasdeluded
intothebeliefthatkatharineknehereshewasgoing.
sheherselfovent
alonglalitstreetsintheopenair.shewasfingering,
painfullyandhfear,yethstrangehope,
too,thedisverybleduponunexp
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