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“ehelsea”
“itsveryinteresting;”heobserved;stealinganother
lookather
shelaybackinherarhair;herfeethighuponthe
sideofthegrate;andinfrontofher;presublytoscreen
hereyes;sheheldanehshepickedup
asentenceorthis;henry
rerked:
“perhapsrriageakeyourehun”
atthisshelohene
saidnothingindeed;shesatquitesilentforovera
nute
“hingslikethestars;ouraffairs
dontseeotterverych;dothey”shesaidsuddenly
“idontthinkieverdonsiderthingslikethestars;”
henryreplied“iotsurethatthatsnottheexplanation;
though;”headded;noeadily
“idoubtherthereisanexplanation;”shereplied
ratherhurriedly;notclearlyunderstandingeant
“noexplanationofanything”heinquired;h
asle
“oh;thingshappenthatsaboutall;”sheletdropin
hercasual;decidedway
“thateofyouractions;”
henrythoughttohielf
“ohingsaboutasgoodasanother;andonesgotto
dosothing;”hesaidaloud;expressinghesupposed
tobeherattitude;chinheraccentperhaps
shedete;
shesaid;posure:
“ustbesile;
henry”
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virginiawoolf
“butidontbelieveit;”hesaidshortly
“noredoi;”shereplied
“ontlater“i
understandthatyouruleyourlifebythestars”
sheletthispass;eitherbecauseshedidnotattendto
it;orbecausethetooherliking
oncereshepaused;andthensheinquired:
“butdoyoualandhing
oughtoounderstandpeopleliketherunderstand;”
shereflected“noustgodo;i
suppose;andseeshappening”
“uldbehappening”henryprotested
“oh;theyyething;”shereplied
vaguely;puttingherfeetontheground;restingherchin
onherhands;andlookingoutofherlargedarkeyes
ntelativelyatthefire
“andthentheres;”sheadded;asifbyanafterthought
henryverynearlylaughed;butrestrainedhielf
“dotheyknoadeof;henry”she
asked;antlater
“restails;ibelieve;”hehazarded
“haveyoueverbeendoine”sheon
“dontletstalkaboutalnes;katharine;”hepro
tested“heragain
arried”
trendouslytohissurprise;hesahetearsstandin
hereyes
“e”shesaid“itisntkind”
henryuldnotpretendthatheogetherigno
rantofheraning;though;certainly;hehadnever
guessedthatshendedtheteasingbutbeforeheknew
tosay;hereyeshesudden
crackinthesurfaceostfilledup
“thingsarenteasy;anyhoated
obeyinganiulseofgenuineaffection;henryspoke
“prose;katharine;thatificaneverhelpyou;
youe”
sheseedtonsider;lookingoncereintothered
ofthefire;anddeanyexplanation
“yes;iprosethat;”shesaidatlength;andhenryfelt
hielfgratifiedbyherpletesincerity;andbeganto
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nightandday
tellheoine;inobediencetoher
loveoffacts
theyallcage;
anduldhearthepiiners;sothinglike
thegna;when
thedoor
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open;houtanyknocking
“edbothkatharine
andhenrytuedroundveryquicklyandratherguiltily
rodneyper
wasruffled
“thatse;”herepeated;
lookingatkatharine
“iveonlybeenhereabouttennutes;”shereplied
“dearkatharine;youleftthedraoveran
hourago”
shesaidnothing
“doesitverychtter”henryasked
rodneyfoundithardtobeunreasonableinthepresence
ofanothe;anddidnotans
“theydontlikeit;”hesaid“itisntkindtooldpeople
toleavethelonealthoughivenodoubtitsch
reasingtosituphereandtalktohenry”
“weines;”saidhenryurbanely
“yesbutuchreinteresting
thingsbeforethat;”saidkatharine
froheapparentdeteationtohurthih
shespoke;henrythoughtthatsosortofexplosionon
rodneysparttotakeplace
“icanquiteunderstandthat;”saidrodney;hhis
littlechuckle;leaningoverthebackofhischairandtapping
thelyhhisfingerstheywereall
silent;andthesilencefortabletohenry;
atleast
“”katharinesuddenlyasked;
pletechangeoftoneandalittlegestureof
herhand
“ofurseitsaidsulkily
“ayandtalktohenry;andillgodown;”
shereplied
sheroseasshespoke;andasshetuedtoleavethe
rooshelaidherhand;hacuriouslycaressinggesture;
uponrodneysshoulderinstantlyrodneyclasped
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herhandinhis;pulseofetionthat
henryherostentatiouslyopeneda
book
“ishalledo;asshedrew
ba
“ohno;”shesaidhastily“youstayhereandtalkto
henry”
“yes;do;”saidhenry;shuttinguphisbookagainhis
invitatione;houtbeingpreciselyrdial
rodneyevidentlyhesitatedastotheurseheshould
pursue;butseeingkatharineatthedoor;heexclaid:
“noiehyou”
shelookedback;andsaidinaveryndingtone;
andhanexpressionofauthorityuponherface:
“itsuselessforyoutoeishallgotobedinten
nutesgoodnight”
shenoddedtotheoth;buthenryuldnothelp
noticingthatherlastnodionrodney
satdoherheavily
hisrtificationhathenryscarcely
likedtoopenthenversationererkofa
literarycharacterontheotherhand;unlesshechecked
hirodneyghtbegintotalkabouthisfeelings;and
irretielypainful;atanyratein
prospeiddleurse;thatis
tosay;heeanoteupontheflyleafofhisbook;
ingstunfortable”
thishederatedhthoseflourishesandderative
bordersselvesupontheseoccasions;
andashedidso;hethoughttohielfthat
ightbe;theydidnot
justifyherbehaviorshehadspokenhakindofbrutality
ed;
enhaveapeculiarblindnesstothefeelings
ofn
thepeorever
hielfperhaps;forhean;hewas
rehurtthathenryhadseenhiebuffedthanbythe
rebuffitselfhehkatharine;andvanityis
notdeay
hazard;inthepresenceofonesorodney
enjoyedtheuragethatlaughable
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nightandday
andlovabledefect;andasteredhisfirst
iulse;insoakeafoolofhielf;hedrew
inspirationfroheperfectfitofhiseveningdresshe
choseacigarette;tappeditonthebackofhishand;
displayedhisexquisitepusontheedgeofthefender;
andsuonedhisselfrespect
“youveseveralbigestatesroundhere;o