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“ifthatsyourstandard;youvenothingtobeproud
of;”saidralphgriy
“ustreflectersonthatitsbeingand
notdoingthattters;”shentinued
“erson”ralphexclaid;hderision“youdont
antosayyoureaderson”
“perhapsiterson;butiread
erson”sheasked;hatingeofanxiety
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nightandday
“theresnoreasonthatiknobination
thatsoddbooksandstockingsthebinationisvery
odd”butitseedtorenditselftohirygave
alittlelaugh;expressiveofhappiness;andtheparticular
stitchesthatshetingintoherworkappeared
tohertobedonehsingulargraceandfelicitysheheld
outthestockingandlookedatitapprovingly
“youalhat;”shesaid“iassureyouitsa
nbination;asyoucallit;inthehousesof
theeisthati
enjoytheothersonandthestocking”
aknocked:
“dathosepeopleiing”
“itsonlytuer;onthefloorbeloary;and
shefeltgratefultotuerforhavingalardralph;
andforhavinggivenafalsealar
“herebeacroerapause
“therellbetherrisesandthecrashak
osboe;andseptis;andallthatsetkatharinehilbery
ising;bytherodneytold”
“katharinehilbery”ralphexclaid
“youknoesurprise
“itoateapartyatherhouse”
rypressedhiotellherallaboutit;andralphwas
notatallunoexhibitproofsoftheextentofhis
knohescenehcertainadditions
andexaggerationsuch
“but;inspiteofireher;”she
said“iveonlyseenheronceortsto
tobeonecallsapersonality”
“ididntantoabuseherionlyfeltthatshe
verysyatheticto”
“theysayshesgoingtorrythatqueercreature
rodney”
“rryrodneythenshestberedeludedthani
thoughther”
“noydoor;allright;”ryexclaid;carefully
puttinghercessionofknocks
reverberatedunnecessarily;acpaniedbyasoundof
peoplestaingtheirfeetandlaughingantlater
theroonanden;ein
ed“oh”when
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theysa;andthenstoodstill;gapingrather
foolishly
therooerysoonntainedbetyandthirty
people;ostpartuponthefloor;
occupyingthettresses;andhunchingtheelvestogether
intotriangularshapestheywereallyoungand
sooftheeedtokeaprotestbytheirhairand
dress;andsothingsoerandtruculentintheexpression
oftheirfaaltype;
nibusoran
undergroundrailablethatthetalkwas
nfinedtogroups;andodic
incharacter;andtteredinundertonesasifthespeakers
heirfellos
katharinehilberycainratherlate;andtookupa
positiononthefloor;hherbackagainstthewallshe
lookedroundquickly;regnizedabouthalfadozen
people;toshenodded;butfailedtoseeralph;or;
ifso;hadalreadyforgottentoatta
butinasendtheseheterogeneouselentswereall
unitedbythevoirrodney;rode
uptothetable;andbeganveryrapidlyinhighstrained
tones:
“inundertakingtospeakoftheelizabethanuseoftaphor
inpoetry”
allthedifferentheadssselves
intoapositioninheyuldgazestraight
atthespeakersfanexpression
but;atthesati;
eventhefacesthatostexposedtovieherefore
sttautlyundetrol;dispulsive
trerlychecked;wouldhave
developedintoanoutburstoflaughterthefirstsightof
rodneyiblyludicroushewasveryredin
thefabeightoervousness;
andeveryvent;frohewayhewrung
hishandstotheorightandleft;
asthoughavisiondrenoothedoor;noothe
fortunderthestare
ofsonyeyesherupulouslywelldressed;anda
pearlintheedtogivehitouch
ofaristocratipulencebuttheratherpronenteyes
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nightandday
andtheiulsivestaeringnner;edto
indiittentlypressingforutterance
andalheirursebyaclutchof
nervousness;dreoreiosing
personage;butadesiretolaugh;hwas;however;
entirelylackinginlicerodneyly
sopainfullynsciousoftheoddityofhisappearance;
andhisveryrednessandthestartstohhisbodywas
liablegavesuchproofofhisofort;thatthere
ethingendearinginthisridiculoussusceptibility;
althoughstpeoplehoed
denhaprivateexarryingacreature
likethat”
hispapertenout;butinspiteofthis
prerrodneynagedtotuoverts
insteadofone;tochoosetheencewo
tentogether;andtodisverhisoing
suddenlyillegiblewhen
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hefoundhielfpossessed
ofaherentpassage;heshookitathisaudiencealst
aggressively;andthenfuledforanotherafteradistressing
searchafreshdisveryade;and
producedinthesaeansofrepeated
attaation
quitererkableinthesegatheringsher
theyforpoetryorbythe
ntortionsanbeinghroughfor
theirbenefit;itrrodney
satdopulsivelyintheddleofasentence;and;
afterapauseofbeent;theaudienceexpressed
itsreliefatbeingabletolaughaloudinadecidedoutburst
ofapplause
rodneyacknohishaeround
hiand;insteadofingtoansions;he
juedup;thrusthielfthroughtheseatedbodiesinto
theered;
veryaudibly:
“adeabigenoughfoolof
selfevenforyouiterribleterribleterrible”
“hushyoustansheirquestions;”katharine
quietoddly
enough;;
thereseedtobechthativeinhe
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hadsaidatanyrate;apalefaanhsad
eyes;deliveringanaccurately
posurerodney
listenedhacuriousliftingofhisupperlip;although
hisfaceotion
“idiot”heisunderstoodeveryword
isaid”
“hen;ans;”katharinek
“no;ishanttheydonlylaughat
youpersuadethatthesesortofpeoplecareforliterature”
hentinued
thereur
rodneyspaperithadbeencraedhassertionsthat
suchandsuchpassages;takenliberallyfronglish;
french;anditalian;arethesuprepearlsofliterature
further;heetaphorspounded
inthestudy;ped
oroutofplaceashedeliveredthenfragntsliterature
wasafreshgarlandofspringflowers;hesaid;in
ingledh
thevarioustintsoftheanene;andsohoher
thisgarlandencircledrblebrowshehadreadvery
badlysoverybeautifulquotationsbutthroughhis
nnerandhisnfusionoflanguagetherehaderged
sopassionoffeelingedin
thejorityoftheaudiencealittlepictureoranidea
ostof