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thatnight.sheoreatthest
ofagift,thebest,perhaps,thatsheuldoffer,butshe
pted
tospendthefirstinstalntofherfreedonsodissipation;
ioftheliseuforexale,since
theyhedoinandcelebrate
herindependehetyrannyofloveor,per
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suchascaerhewelshharpwould
suitherbetter.shenoticedthesenaspaintedonlittle
boardsforthefirsttiforu
toherrooahenightthedetails
ofaveryenlightenedandingeniousscheofallpossibilities
thisappealedtoherst,andbroughttond
thefire,thelalight,thesteadygloed
litintheplaehadonce
but.
noaryothefactthat
insteadofhavingagoalshehadevidentlynone.she
pausedattheedgeofthecrossing,andlookedthisway
andthat,andfinallydeasifinthedireof
haverstockhill.
“lookherearycried,catg
herbythehand.“usttakethate.”
shehailedadinsistedthatkatharineshouldgetin,
toewalk.
katharited.“veryayas
hereasanywhereelse.”
aglooeedtohavefallenonher.shelayba
herer,silentandapparentlyexhausted.ry,inspite
ofheroion,ruckbyherpallorand
herattitudeofdeje.
“iure,”shesaidregentlythan
shehadyetspoken.
“itybetoolate,”katharinereplied.houtuanding
her,rybegantopityherforshewas
suffering.
“nonsense,”shesaid,takingherhandandrubbingit.
“iftheresowhere
else.”
“butsupposehesthestreetsforhours
andhours”
sheleantforofthewindow.
“heyrefuseevertospeaktoagain,”shesaidin
aloosttoherself.
theexaggeratiorydidnot
attettopehit,savebykeepingholdof
katharinesight
openthedoorsuddenlyandjuout.perhapskatharine
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perceivedthepurposehhherhandwasheld.
“dontbefrightened,”shesaid,
notgoingtojuoutofthecab.ituch
goodafterall.”
uponthis,ryostentatiouslyhdrewherhand.
“ioughttohaveapologized,”kathariinued,h
aneffort,“fingyouintoallthisbusiness;ihavent
toldyouhalf,either.iolagedto
rodney.heistorrycassandraotsallarranged
allperfectlyright.andafterhededireets
forhoursandhours,debringhin.he
ppostgourwindows.
heeintotheroo
leftusalone,ands
agesandagesago,nolastnighthaveibeen
outlonge”shesprangforocatch
sightofaehadsoiortant
bearingonhercase.
“onlyhalfpasteight”sheexclaid.“thenheybe
therestill.”sheleantoutoftheoldthe
todrivefaster.
“butifhesnotthere,shallidoouldi
findhihestreetsaresocrowded.”
“,”ryrepeated.
ryhadnodoubtbutthatsohohertheywould
findhibutsupposetheydidfindhihebeganto
thinkofralphhasorteness,inhereffortto
uandhoisfyingthisextraordinary
desire.ohoughtherselfbackto
heroldvieanduld,haneffort,recallthe
hazehesenseofnfused,
heightenedexhilarationhisneighborhood,
sothatfornthsatatishehadneverexactly
heardhisvoiceorseenhisfaceorsoitnoed
toher.thepainofherlossshhher.nothing
akeupnotsuccess,orhappiness,oroblivion.
butthispangdiatelyfolloheassurance
thatnoanyrate,shekh;andkatharine,
shethought,stealingalookather,didnotkh;
yes,kathariobepitied.
thecab,iraffic,wasnow
liberatedandspedondoaryon
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progress,asifherndinfront
oftheandrked,sendbysend,theirapproach
toit.shesaidnothing,andinsilencerybegantofix
hernd,insyathyatfirst,andlaterinfetfulness
ofherpanion,uponapointinfrontoftheshe
iginedapointdistantasaloaruponthehorizon
ofthedark.thereforhertoo,fortheoth,he
goalforheyriving,andtheendforthe
ardorsoftheirspiritse:butwas,or
itnvihattheywere
unitedinsearchofit,astheydroveslydohe
streetsoflondonsidebyside,sheuldnothavesaid.
“atlast,”katharihed,asthecabdrethe
door.shejuedoutandsedthepaveher
side.ry,ahedooropened
askatharineassuredherselfthathepeople
hinvieoralph.onseeihe
idsaidatonce:
“.denhaalledagain,ss.hehasbeening
foryouforsoti.”
katharinevanishedfroaryssight.thedoorshut
bet,andryhoughtfully
upthestreetalone.
kathariuedaton.buth
herfingersuponthehandle,sheheldback.perhapsshe
realizedthatthisonte
again.perhaps,forasend,itseedtoherthatno
realityuldequaltheiginationshehadford.perhaps
sheevaguefearoranticipation,
adeherdreadanyexgeorinterruption.
butifthesedoubtsandfearsorthissuprebliss
restraiont.inanothersend
shehadtuedthehandleand,bitingherlipto
ntrolherself,sheopehedooruponralphdenha
araordiopossess
heronbeholdinghisolittle,sosingle,soseparate
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