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listehesic.
katharineandralphhscarcelyaword
ofdiscussionastotheyodo,andina
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ntshejoinedhinthehalldressedforwalking.
thenightoonlit,fitfh
anynightedsotothedesiringre
thananythi,freedorocrutiny,silence,
andtheopenair.
“atlast”shebreathed,asthefrontdoorshut.shetold
hioed,fidgeted,thoughthewasnever
ing,listenedforthesoundofdoors,halfexpectedto
seehigaihelapost,lookingatthehouse.
theytuedandlookedattheserenefronthitsgold
riedtheshrineofsochadoration.
inspitehalepressureofckery
onhisarheresignhisbelief,buth
herhaingthere,hervoicequiedandsteriously
vinginhisears,hehadnottitheyhadnot
thesainationotherobjectsdretention.
hoetofindtheelvesreet
anylas,ersradianthlight,andasteady
suotoroibusesplyingbothwaysalong
it,theyuldheroftheell;noratforthe
iulsesuddenlytoseleeofthese
ounttotheveryfro.aftercurving
throughstreetsofparativedarkness,sonarrohat
shadoheblindshinafeof
theirfaces,theycatoohosegreatknotsof
activityhelights,havingdraogether,
thinoutagainandtaketheirseparateheywere
boeonuntiltheysahespiresofthecitychurches
paleandflatagainstthesky.
“areyould”heasked,astheystoppedbytelebar.
“yes,iaather,”shereplied,beingnsciousthat
thesplendidraceoflightsdrahereyesbythe
superbcurvingandsonsteronhshe
satesuchursein
theirthoughtstoo;theyhadbeenboeon,victorsin
theforefrontofsotriuhalcar,spectatorsofapageant
ena,stersoflife.butstandingon
thepaventalohisexaltatiohetheywere
gladtobealoogether.ralphstoodstillforant
tolighthispipebehala.
shelookedathisfaceisolatedilecircleof
light.
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“oh,thatttage,”shesaid.“usttakeitandgo
there.”
“andleaveallthis”heinquired.
“asyoulike,”shereplied.shethought,lookingatthe
skyabovecerylane,hoe
everyhatthislofty
blueanditssteadfastlightsanttoher;reality,,
figures,love,truth
“ivesothingonnd,”saidralphabruptly.“i
anivebeenthinkingofrydatchet.wereverynear
herroonoindifthere”
shehadtuedbeforesheans.shehadno
edtoherthatthe
ienseriddlehadbeen
solved;sheheldinherhandsforonebriefntthe
gltoshape,round,
thenfusionofchaos.tosee
ryoriskthedestruofthisglobe.
“didyoutreatherbadly”sheaskedratherically,
walkingon.
“iulddefendself,”hesaid,alstdefiantly.“but
stheuse,ifohingibehhera
nute,”hesaid.“illjusttellher”
“ofurse,yousttellher,”saidkatharine,andnow
feltanxiousforhiodoappearedtobenecessary
ifhe,too,ontround,
ire.
“ielane
overherandobscuredatleastaseofherclearvision.
theglobesbeforeherasifobscuredbytears.
“iregretnothing,”saidralphfiry.sheleanttowards
hilstasifsheuldthusseehesaw.she
thoughthoilloher,saveonlythat
reaantlyheappearedtoherafirebuing
throughitsske,asourceoflife.
“goon,”shesaid.“yretnothing”
“nothingnothing,”herepeated.
“afire”shethoughttoherself.shethoughtof
hilazingsplendidlyinthenight,yetsoobscurethat
toholdhisarassheheldit,otouchthe
opaquesubstahatroaredupwards.
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“hing”sheaskedhurriedly,ihathe
ghtsayreandsokeresplendid,rered,
redarklyiokethisflarushing
upwards.
“areyouthinkingof,katharine”heaskedsuspiciously,
notiinessandtheinapt
words.
“ihinkingofyouyes,is.alwaysofyou,
butyoutakesuchstrangeshapesinnd.youve
destroyedloneliness.atotellyouhowiseeyou
ellfrohebeginning.”
beginningodintospeak
reandrefluently,reandrepassionately,feeling
herleaningto,listeninghwonderlikea
child,aerruptedhibr >
gravelynohen.
“butitostandoutsideandlookatthe
hadntseenyou.wouldyou
havegoobed”
hecappedherreproofentthataan
euldhavestoodinkingsthe
traffitilshefot.
“butited.
“tellfrohebeginning,”hebeggedher.
“no,ipersohings,”shepleaded.
“ishallsaysothingridiethingabout
flasfires.no,ittellyou.”
buthepersuadedherintoabrokenstateiful
tohichargedeextasshespokeof
thedarkredfire,aaking
hieelthathehadsteppedoverthethresholdintothe
faintlylitvastnessofanothernd,stirringhshapes,
se,sodiunveilingtheelvesonlyinflashes,and
vingaothedarkness,engulfedbyit.they
hadetothestreetinarylived,
andbeingengrossedbytheysaidandpartlysaw,
passedherstaircaseeof
nightthereraffidscarcelyanyfootpassengers,
sothattheyuldpaceslohoutinterruption,
arnarraisingtheirhandshing
upobluecurtainofthesky.
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theybroughttheelvesbytheseans,agona
odofprofoundhappioastateofclearsightedness
heliftingofafinge
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