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stepsdescendingthestaircase;andkatharine
straighttothedoor
“nded“iospeakto
youalone;”headded
shepaused;holdingthedoorajar
“illeback;”shesaid;andasshespokesheopenedthe
dooranddiatelyspeakto
sooneoutside;thoughthewordswereinaudible
hilberynfrontingtheguiltyuple;who
reinedstandingasiftheydidnotaccepttheirdisssal;
andthedisappearanceofkatharinehadbrought
sochangeintothesituationso;inhissecretheart;
hilberyfeltthatithad;forheuldnotexplainhis
daughtersbehaviortohisoisfaction
“unediulsively;“dont
beangry;pleaseiuldnthelpit;idobegyoutoforgive
”
herunclestillrefusedtoacknoity;and
stilltalkedoverherheadasifshedidnotexist
“isupposeyouhavenicatedhtheotways;”
hesaidtorodneygriy
“uncletrevor;edtotellyou;”cassandrareplied
forhi“
rodney;ly
“yesingfor”heruncleasked
sharply;lookingatheratlast
thethatshe
esoundoutside
theroohatetoherhelphereceivedno
ansened;too
“thisisastunpleasantbusinessforallparties;”he
ncluded;sinkingintohischairagain;hunchinghis
shouldersandregardingtheflasheseedtospeak
tohielf;androdneyandin
silence
“yousitdown”hesaidsuddenlyhespoke
gruffly;buttheforceofhisangerlyspent;or
sopreooodtootherre
410
virginiawoolf
gionsedhisinvitation;rodney
reinedstanding
“ithinkcassandracanexplainttersbetterin
absen;hilberygiving
hisassentbyaslightnodofthehead
annextdoor;denhand
katharineoreseatedatthehoganytable
theyseedtobentinuinganversationbrokenoff
intheddle;asifeachreeredtheprecisepointat
heyhadbeeninterrupted;andogoon
asquicklyaspossiblekatharine;havinginterposeda
shortacuntoftheintervie
denont;butsaid:
“anyhoheresnoreasonseeeach
other”
“orstaytogetheritsonlyrriagethatsoutofthe
question;”katharinereplied
“butififindselfingtooreand
re”
“ifourlapsesereandreoften”
hesighediatiently;andsaidnothingforant
“butatleast;”hereneablishedthefact
thatlapsesarestillinsooddedh
you;yourshavenothingtodoekatharine;”he
added;hisassutionofreasonbrokenupbyhisagitation;
“iassureyouthatotherpeople
eerthatnightsever
thenweelyhappyforhalfanhouryou
hadnolapseuntilthedayafter;ihadnolapseuntilyesterday
ingintervalsalldayuntil
iyhead;andyou;quitenaturally;werebored”
“ah;”sheexclaid;asifthesubjectchafedher;“icant
keyouunderstanditsnotboredoeverbored
realityreality;”sheejaculated;tappingherfingerupon
thetableasiftoehasizeandperhapsexplainherisolated
utteranceofthisoberealtoyouits
thefaagainthevisioninahurricanewe
etogetherforantandyfault;
tooisbadasyouareworse;perhaps”
theye;as
theiruresandfrequentinterruptionsshowed;
nlanguagetheyhadchristenedtheir
411
nightandday
“lapses”;anstantsour;inthe
pastfediatereasonwhyralphwas
onhisoleavethehouseharine;listening
anxiously;heardhindpreventedhihe
causeoftheselapseseitherbecausekatharinelooked
rebeautiful;orrestrange;becausesheething
different;orsaidsothingunexpected;ralphs
senseofherronceehiither
intosilenceorintoinarticulateexpressions;h
katharine;hunintentionalbutinvariableperversity;
interruptedotradictedeseverityorassertion
ofprosaicfactthenthevisiondisappeared;and
ralphexpressedvehentlyinhistuthenviction
thatheonlylovedhershadohingforher
realityifthelapseof
gradualdetachntuntilshebecapletelyabsorbed
inherohoughts;hsuch
intensitythatshesharplyresentedanyrecalltoher
panionssideitoassertthatthese
trancesse
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lf;however
littleintheirlaterstagestheyhadtodo
thefaandwas
veryloathtoberendedofhihohen;uldthey
beinlovethefragntarynatureoftheirrelationship
tooapparent
thustheysatdepressedtosilen
table;obliviousofeverything;he
draoverheadinsuchagitationandexaltation
ofndashehadneveceivedpossible;andcassandra
reinedalonehheruncleralph;atlength;rose
andilytotheo
thepaneoutsideandtheiensity
onlytobeapprehendedbythendinloneliness;
andneveicatedtoanotherworse
sacrilegepttoviolatehe
perpartitsoventbehind
hiadehieflectthatkatharinehadthepower;
ifshechose;tobeinpersonedofher
spirithetuedsharplytoiloreherhelp;whenagain
heruckldbyherlookofdistance;herexpression
ofintentnessuponsofarobjectasifnsciousofhis
lookuponhersheroseand;standingclose
412
virginiawoolf
byhisside;andlookingoutintothedusky
atspheretheirphysicalclosenessabitter
enoughntuponthedistancebetinds
yetdistantassheed
theselfperfogwonderful
deedsofurage;savingthedroheforlo
iatientofegotisheuldnot
shakeoffthenviehoonderful;
rontic;asterhservingsolongasshestood
therehehadnohatsheshouldspeak;hedidnot
lookatherortouchher;shelydeepinher
ohoughtsandobliviousofhispresence
thedooropenedr
hilberylookedroundtherooandforantfailed
todisverthethearted
;andobservedthebr 》
keenlybeforeheappearedabletokeuphisndto
sayanythinghedeaventfinallythatwaed
thefhispresence;theytuedinstantlyhoutspeaking;
hebe;and;keeping
hiseyesfroheregionoftheroobr 》
stood;heshepherdedherinfrontofhiacktothe
studyharineheshutthe
studydoorself
froothingthathedisliked
“noharine;”hesaid;takinguphisstandinfront
ofthefire;“youhekindnesstoexplain”
shereinedsilent“inferencesdoyou
expecttodraethat
youarenotengagedtorodney;iseeyouonappear
tobeextrelyintiteterhanotherh
ralphdenhaitoncludeareyou;”headded;
asshestillsaidnothing;“engagedtoralphdenha
“no;”shereplied
hissenseofrelief;hehadbeencertainthat
heransedhissuspicions;butthat