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totheshelvesagain
“totea;ifthatsuitsyou”
“ifitsuitstobeout;isupposeyouan”
“oh;yourehorridyou”
“yes”
“youbehappytoo”
“iauitehappy;”katharinereplied
“ianasiakatharine;”shesaidiulsively;“do
letsberriedonthesaday”
“tothesan”
“oh;no;nobutarrysoone
else”
“heresyourcaulay;”saidkatharine;tuingroundh
thebookinherhand“ishouldsayyoudbetterbeginto
readatoneantobeeducatedbyteati”
“dalordcaulay”criedcassandra;slappingthe
bookuponthetable“heottalk”
“alkedenoughalready;”katharinerepliedevasively
“iknoacaulay;”said
cassandra;lookingruefullyatthedullredverofthe
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prese;anic
property;sinceadredithehadadvisedalittle
seriousreadingfortheinghours
“haveyoureadcaulay”sheasked
“nonevertriedtoeducate”asshespoke
shesacassandrasface;asifshe
hadiliedsoother;resterious;relationship
shepunarveledather
ohelifeofanother;as
shehadinfluencedcassandraslife
“kly
“butiearfullyserious;”saidcassandra;halittle
shudder;andherlookshohatshespokethetruth
shetuedandglancedatkatharineasshehadnever
glancedatherbeforetheree;h
dartedonherandthendroppedguiltilyoh;katharine
hadeverythingbeauty;nd;charactersheuldnever
petehkatharine;sheuldneverbesafesolong
askatharinebroodedoverher;donatingher;disposing
ofhershecalledherld;unseeing;unscrupulous;but
theonlysignshegaveouturiousoneshe
reaeofhistory
atthatntthebellofthetelephonerangand
katharine
observation;droppedherbookandclenchedherhands
shesufferedrefierytortureinthosefeinutesthan
shehadsufferedintheore
ofhercapacitiesforfeelingbutharinereappeared
she;andhadgainedalookofdignity
thatoher
“”sheasked
“it;”katharinereplied
“iantralphdenha”
“eanralphdenhabr 》
toldyouaboutralphdenhatheaccusationthat
katharine;callous;andindifferentpossible
infaationshegave
etofraananshenare
youandgoingtoberried”sheasked
entsitwas;
indeed;averydifficultquestiontoansion
thenightbefore;hadindicatedtocassandra
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that;inhisbelief;katharineingengagedto
ralphdenhanthediningroocassandra;intherosy
lightofherostances;hadbeendisposedto
thinkthatthetterstbesettledalreadybutaletter
oingfro
initsexpressionofaffection;hadnveyed
toherobliquelythatheent
oftheirengagenttoincidehthatofkatharines
thisdocuntcassandranoed;andreadaloud;
uchhesitation
“athousandpitiesahefearausea
greatdealofnaturalannoyanceif;ontheotherhand;
ihavereasontothinkwillhappen;shouldhappen
e;andthepresentpositionis
notinanyyopinion;
serveallourinterestsbetterthanapretureexplanation;
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oresurprisethanis
desirable”
“verylike;”katharineexclaid;havinggathered
thedriftofthesererkshaspeedthat;by
itself;disncertedcassandra
“iquiteunderstandhisfeelings;”cassandrareplied“i
quiteagreeithinkituchbetter;if
youintendtorrydenhathatas
says”
“but;then;ifidontrryhiothsor;perhaps;
notatall”
cassandratheprospectappalledher
katharinehadbeentelephoningtoralphdenhashe
lookedqueer;too;shestbe;orabouttobee;engaged
tohibutifcassandrauldhaveoverheardthe
nversationuponthetelephone;shehave
feltsocertainthatittendedinthatdirectionito
thiseffect:
“ialphdenhapeakinginrightsenses
now”
“hooutsidethehouse”
“ieandeyoualetteritoreitup”
“ishalltearupeverythingtoo”
“ishalle”
“yesetoday”
“istexplaintoyou”
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nightandday
“yesustexplain”
alongpausefolloence;h
hecanceledhthehing”suddenly;together;
atthesant;theysaidgoodbyeandyet;ifthe
telephonehadbeenraculouslynnectede
higheratspherepungenteand
thesavorofsalt;katharineuldhardlyhavebreathed
inakeenersenseofexhilarationsherandoairson
thecrestofitsheazedtofindherselfalready
ttedbyandcassandratorrytheowner
ofthehaltingvoiceshehadjustheardonthetelephone
thetendenedtobeinanaltogether
differentdirection;andofadifferentnatureshehad
onlytolookatcassandratoseethelovethatresults
inanengagentandrriageansshensidered
forant;andthensaid:“ifyoudontto
tellpeopleyourselves;illdoitforyouikno
hasfeelingsaboutthesettersthatkeitverydifficult
forhiodoanything”
“becausehesfearfullysensitiveaboutotherpeoples
feelings;”saidcassandra“theideathatheuldupset
auntggieorunillforweeks”
thisinterpretationofs
nventionalityokatharineandyetshefeltit
noobethetrueone
“yes;youreright;”shesaid
“andthenheyheslifetobebeautiful
ineverypartofithaveyoueveoticedhoely
hefinisheseverythinglookattheaddresson
thatenvelopeeveryletterisperfect”
entsexpressed
intheletter;katharines
solicitudeuponcassandraitnotonlyfailedto
irritateher;asithaddoneheobjectofit;
butappeared;ascassandrasaid;thefruitofhisloveof
beauty
“yes;”shesaid;“helovesbeauty”
“ihopeanychildren;”said
cassandra“heloveschildren”
thisrerkdekatharinerealizethedepthsoftheir
inticybetterthananyotherouldhavedone;
sheont;butthenextshewas
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huliatedshehadknoforyears;andshe
hadneveronceguessedthathelovedchildrenshelooked
atthequeergloationincassandraseyes;
throughhetruespiritofa
hunbeing;andhatshealking
aboutforevercassandrauno
gratifyhershetalkedontheingslippedaway
katharinescarcelychangedherpositionontheedgeof
herfathersingtable;andcassandraneveropened
the“historyofengland”
andyetitstbenfessedthattherelapses
intheattentionharinebestoweduponher
usintheatsphereongenialfor
th