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uponthegrouhelessexpressedanastonishing
auntofresolution.“iauiteaust
thinkof,”hebroughtout,looking.hilberydirectly
intheeyesforthefirstti.
“iuldexpressvieorefullyif
r.hilberyretued.
“butyet,”saidkatharine.shevedalittle
tooveestify
telytoherrespe,andheralliance.
“ithinkhasbehavedperfectlyrightly,and,after
all,itisinceediandcassandra.”
ovent
edtodraintoalliance
together.katharioneandglancede.hilbery
oncerefeelpletelyataloss,andinaddition,
painfullyandangrilyobsolete;butinspiteofanawful
innerholloposed.
“cassandraandrodneyhaveaperfectrighttosettle
theirootheiroisee
noreasonyroorin
house.iobequiteclearonthispoint,however;
youarenolagedtorodney.”
hepaused,andhispauseseedtosignifythathe
elythankfulforhisdaughtersdeliverance.
cassandratuedtokatharine,has
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nightandday
iftospeakao
aeventonherpart;herfathergla
herasifhehalfanticipatedsofurtherrevelation.she
reinedperfectlysilent.inthesileheyhearddistinctly
stepsdesdiaircase,andkatharine
straighttothedoor.
“nded.“iospeakto
youalone,”headded.
shepaused,holdingthedoorajar.
“illeback,”shesaid,andasshespokesheopehe
dooranddiatelyspeakto
sooside,thoughthewordswereinaudible.
.hilberynfrontingtheguiltyuple,who
reiandingasiftheydidnotaccepttheirdisssal,
andthedisappearanceofkatharinehadbrought
sogeintothesituation.so,inhissecretheart,
.hilberyfeltthatithad,forheuldnotexplainhis
daughtersbehaviortohisoisfa.
“unediulsively,“dont
beangry,please.iuld;idobegyoutive
.”
heruillrefusedtoaoity,and
stilltalkedoverherheadasifshedid.
“isupposeyouhavenicatedhtheotways,”
hesaidtorodneygriy.
“urevor,edtotellyou,”cassandrareplied
forhi“
rodney,ly.
“yesingfor”heruncleasked
sharply,lookingatheratlast.
thethatshe
esoundoutside
theroohatetoherhelp.hereceivedno
aoo.
“thisisastunpleasantbusinessforallparties,”he
ncluded,sinkingintohischairagain,hunghis
shouldersandregardingtheflas.heseedtospeak
tohielf,androdneyandin
silence.
“yousitdown”hesaidsuddenly.hespoke
gruffly,buttheforceofhisangerlyspent,or
sopreooodtootherre
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virginiawoolf
gions.edhisinvitation,rodney
reianding.
“ithinkcassandraexplainttersbetterin
absen,.hilberygiving
hisassentbyaslightnodofthehead.
adoor,denhand
kathariedatthehoganytable.
theyseedtobentinuingaionbrokenoff
intheddle,asifeachreeredtheprecisepointat
heyhadbeeninterrupted,andogoon
asquicklyaspossible.katharine,havinginterposeda
shortatoftheintervie
denont,butsaid:
“anyhoheresnoreasonseeeach
other.”
“orstaytogether.itsethatsoutofthe
question,”katharinereplied.
“butififindselfingtooreand
re”
“ifourlapsesereaen”
hesighediatiently,andsaidnothingforant.
“butatleast,”hereneablishedthefact
thatlapsesarestillinsooddedh
you;yourshavenothingtodoe.katharine,”he
added,hisassutionofreasonbrokenupbyhisagitation,
“iassureyouthatotherpeople
eerthatnight.sever
then.weelyhappyforhalfanhour.you
hadnolapseuntilthedayafter;ihadnolapseuntilyesterday
ing.intervalsalldayuntil
iyhead,andyou,quitenaturally,werebored.”
“ah,”sheexclaid,asifthesubjectchafedher,“it
keyouuand.itsnotboredoeverbored.
realityreality,”sheejaculated,tappingherfingerupon
thetableasiftoehasizeandperhapsexplainherisolated
utterahisoberealtoyou.its
thefaagainthevisioninahurrie.we
etogetherforantandyfault,
too.isbadasyouareworse,perhaps.”
theye,as
theiruresandfrequentinterruptionsshowed,
nlanguagetheyhadchristeheir
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nightandday
“lapses”;anstantsour,inthe
pastfediatereasonhwas
onhisoleavethehouseharine,listening
anxiously,heardhiedhihe
causeoftheselapseseitherbecausekatharinelooked
rebeautiful,orrestrange,becausesheething
different,orsaidsothingued,ralphs
senseofherroher
intosilenceorintoinarticulateexpressions,h
katharine,huionalbutinvariableperversity,
interruptedorntradictedeseverityorassertion
ofprosaicfact.thenthevisiondisappeared,and
ralphexpressedvehentlyinhistuthenvi
thatheonlylovedhershadohingforher
reality.ifthelapseradualdetatuntilshebecapletelyabsorbed
inherohoughts,hsuch
iythatshesharplyresentedanyrecalltoher
panionsside.itoassertthatthese
trancesse
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