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thelastfouryearsanhiswife;
tto
bearhinotherthisstateofthingshadbeendisvered
byslvain;herauntcelia;azealousinquirer
intosuchtters;terion
cyril;shesaid;stbedetorrythean
atonce;andcyril;rightlyorh
suchinterferencehhisaffairs;andown
thathehadanyedofhielfhadhe
anyedofhielf;katharinewondered;
andshetuedtoherauntagain
“reer;”shephaticstatent;
“thathebearsyourgrandfathersna;andsowill
theuch
toblaasthean;thinkinghi
gentlen;oney;hhehas
not”
“saytothis”thought
katharine;beginningtopaceupanddo
shetchedasidethecurtains;sothat;ontuing;she
;uldjustdistinguish
thebranchesofaplareeandtheyellos
ofsooneelseswindows
“say”
shereflected;pausingbythehenight
;sheraised;inordertofeeltheairuponher
face;andtoloseherselfinthenothingnessofnightbut
ngsoundoffaroffcrowded
thoroughfaresittedtotherootheincessant
andtultuoushufthedistanttrafficseed;asshe
stoodthere;torepresentthethicktextureofherlife;for
herlifedinhtheprogressofother
livesthatthesoundofitsoewasinaudible
peoplelikeralphandry;shethought;haditalltheir
optyspacebefor
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etheand;asshe
enviedthesheagineanety
landenanden;
thislifedeupofthedensecrossingsandentangle
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virginiawoolf
ntsofnanden;hadnoexistenceever
evennonight;lookingoutintotheshapeless
ssoflondon;sheeerthatthere
e
nneont;was
seatedinanutespeeotheeastof
her;andhisndhhisbook;but
hhershehatnooneintheould
thinkofherho
onesfellothewindow
oretoherletters
sheuldnotdoubtbutthatsletterhe
stgenuineshehadyetrehehad
etothenclusionthatheuldnotlivehout
her;heehebelievedthathekneould
giveherhappiness;andthattheirrriagewouldbe
unlikeotherrriagesnorheson;inspiteof
itsacplishnt;lackinginpassion;andkatharine;
asshereadthepagesthroughagain;uldseein
directionherfeelingsoughttofloheyrevealed
theelvessheetofeelahurous
sortoftendeessforhiazealouscareforhissusceptibilities;
and;afterall;shensidered;thinkingofher
fatherandther;islove
naturally;hherface;position;andbackground;she
hadexperienenarryher;
anddeprotestationsoflove;but;perhapsbecause
shedidnotretuthefeeling;itreinedsothingof
apageanttoheothavingexperienceofitherself;her
ndhadunnseyearsin
dressingupanigeoflove;andtherriagethatwas
theouteoflove;andthenwhoinspiredlove;
plesthatcaherway
easily;andagination
depictures;superbbackgroundscastingarichthough
phantoightuponthefactsintheforegroundsplendid
asthe
highledgesofrock;andplungedootheblue
depthsofnight;t;
draoiteverydropoftheforceoflife;anddashing
thellasunderinthesuperbcatastropheinh
everythingightbere
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nightandday
agnaniushero;
ridingagreathorsebytheshoreoftheseatheyrode
throughforeststogether;theygallopedbytherifthe
seabutplateaperfectly
lovelessrriage;asthethingonedidactuallyinreal
life;forpossiblythepeoplethusarethose
ostprosaicthings
atthisntsheuchinclinedtositoninto
thenight;spinningherlightfabrifthoughtsuntilshe
tiredoftheirfutility;andathetics;but;
assheknehatsheshould
seeherfatherbeforehetobedthecaseofcyril
alardycestbediscussed;herthersillusionsand
therightsofthefalyattendedtobeingvagueherself
astoountedto;shehadtotakeunsel
hherfathershetookherlettersinherhandand
doe
intotheirreign;thegrandfathersclockinthehallticking
inpetitionallclockonthelanding
hilberysstudyranoutbehindtherestofthehouse;
onthegroundfloor;and;subterranean
place;thesunindayticastingareabstractoflight
throughaskylightuponhisbooksandthelargetable;
inedbyagreen
readinglaherehilberysateditinghisreview;or
plaentsbyansofuld
beprovedthatshelleyhadten“of”insteadof“and;”
orthattheinninhe
“nagshead”andnotthe“turkishknight;”orthatthe
christiannaofkeatssunclehadbeenjohnrather
thanriinutedetailsaboutthese
poetsthananyninengland;probably;andwaspreparing
aneditionofshelleyhscrupulouslyobserved
thepoetssystefpunctuationhesaorof
theseresearfroarrying
theutostscrupulosity
hefortablyinadeeparhairsking
acigar;andrunatingthefruitfulquestionasto
arrydorothy
wordsh;and;ifhehaddoneso;wouldhave
beenthensequeninparticular;andtoliterature
ingeneraleinhereflected
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virginiawoolf
thathekneefor;andhedea
pencilnotebeforehespoketoherhavingdohis;he
saont
houtsayinganythingshewasreading“isabella
andthepotofbasil;”andhedheitalian
hillsandthebluedaylight;andthehedgessethlittle
rosettesofredanderosesfeelingthatherfather
edforher;shesighedandsaid;shuttingherbook:
“ivehadaletterfrountceliaaboutcyril;fatherit
seetobetrueabouthisrriageareodo”
“cyrilseetohavebeenbehavinginaveryfoolish
nner;”saidhilbery;inhispleasantanddeliberate
tones
katharinefoundsodifficultyincarryingonthenversation;
herbalancedhisfingertipsso
judiedtoreservesonyofhisthoughts
forhielf
“hesaboutdoneforhielf;ishouldsay;”hentinued
houtsayinganything;hetookkatharinesletters
outofherhand;adjustedhiseyeglasses;andreadthebr 》
through
atlengthhesaid“huh”andgavethelettersback
toher
“therknoarked
“ellher”
“ishalltellyourtherbutishalltellherthatthere
isnothingeverforustodo”
“buttherriage”katharineasked;ediffidence
hilberysaidnothing;andstaredintothefire
“eofnsciencedidhedoitfor”he
speselfthantoher
katharinehadbeguntoreadherauntsletteroveragain;
andshenoedasentence“ibsenandbutlerhe
hassentaletterfullofquotationsnonsense;though
cleveonsense”
“heyoungergenerationtocarr