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jastohavehissleepout;andtaeringhtherights
ofindividualliberty
“yousee;jaslikestolieinbedandsleeplikea
hog;”saidjohnnie;explaininghielftokatharine;
esfiredupand;kingherhisgoal;also
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exclaid:
“becausesundaysareonechanceintheweekof
havingsleepoutjohnniessesicals
inthepantry”
theyappealedtoher;andsheforgothercakeandbegan
tolaughandtalkandargueation
thelargefalyseedtohersoandvariousthat
sheforgottocensuretheortheirtasteinpotterybut
thepersonalquestionbetesandjohnnierged
intosoarguntalready;apparently;debated;sothat
thepartshadbeendistributedangthefaly;inh
ralphtookthelead;andkatharinefoundherselfopposed
tohindthechaionofjohnniescause;
appeared;alent
hralph
“yes;yes;thatseanshesgotitright;”he
exclaid;afterkatharinehadrestatedhiscase;andde
itreprecisethedebateostsolelyto
katharineandralphtheylookedintoeachotherseyes
fixedly;likeoventis
ingnext;andharinebither
lohheextpointas
soonashehaddonetheyatched;and
heldtheoppositeviews
butatthestexent;foo
reasonthatkatharineuldsee;allchairswerepushed
bafalygotup
andned
thesheusedtotheclockionsofa
largefalyshehesitatedinshewassaying;and
rosesdenhandjoanhaddraogetherandstood
bythefireplace;slightlyraisingtheirskirtsabovetheir
ankles;anddiscussingsothinghhadanairof
beingveryseriousandveryprivatetheyappearedto
haveforgottenherpresenralphstood
holdingthedooropenforher
“euptoroohesaidandkatharine;
glancingbackatjoan;iledatherinapreoccupied
airsshehinkingof
theirargunt;andb;heopened
hisdoor;shebeganatonce
“thequestionis;then;atpointisitrightforthe
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nightandday
individualtoasserthisthehestate”
forsotitheyntinuedtheargunt;andthen
theintervalsbetentandthenextbeca
longerandlonger;andtheyspokerespeculatively
andlesspugnaciously;andatlastfellsilent
katharineentinhed;reering
hohen;ithadbeensetnspicuously
ontherightursebysorerkofferedeitherby
jasorbyjohnnie
“yourbrothersareveryclever;”shesaid“isuppose
youreinthehabitofarguing”
“jasandjohnniehatforhours;”
ralphreplied“soer;ifyoustartheruponelizabethan
dratists”
“andthelittlegirlhthepigtail”
“llyshesonlytenbuttheyrealong
theelves”
henselypleasedbykatharinespraiseofhis
brothersandsistersheogoontelling
heraboutthebuthecheckedhielf
“iseethatitstbediffi;”katharine
ntinuedhisdeepprideinhisfalyoreevident
tohiatthatnt;thaneverbefore;andtheideaof
livingaloneinattagehatbrotherhood
andsisterhood;andanon
pastan;allthestability;theunaitiousradeship;
andtailylifeatits
best;ind;andhethoughtofthesa
pany;ofheleader;boundonadifficult;
dreary;butgloriousvoyageanditharine
othis;hethought
alittledrynowroused
herattention
“tarook;”heexplainedbriefly“acathadbitten
oneofitslegs”shelookedattherook;andhereyes
oneobjecttoanother
“yousithereandread”shesaid;hereyesrestingupon
hisbookshesaidthathehehabitofworking
thereatnight
“thegreatadvantageofhighgateistheviewoverlondon
atnighttheviewindowissplendid”he
elyanxiousthatsheshouldappreciatehisview;
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andsherosetoseeobeseenitwasalreadydark
enoughfortheturbulenthazetobeyellohthelightof
streetlas;andshetriedtodeterhequartersofthe
hiswindow
gavehipeculiarsatisfactionued;atlength;
heotionlessinhischair
“itstbelate;”shesaid“istbegoing”she
settleduponthearfthechairirresolutely;thinking
thatshehadnoehere;
andheeakingthingsunpleasant
forher;andtheryoftheirquarrelcabacktoher
shehadnoti;
andfroisfixedstareshethoughtthathestbe
etheory;soargunthehadthought;
perhaps;ofsofreshpointinhisposition;astothe
boundsofpersonallibertysheed;silently;thinking
aboutliberty
“youveoving
“iveent
“iogodihadntaskedyouhere;”heburstout
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ean”
“happyyouveonly
tootheotalkaboutliberty
all”hestopped
short
“youthoughthowordinaryiwas”
“itriedtothinksobutithoughtyourewonderful
thanever”
anienserelief;andareluctancetoenjoythatrelief;
nflictedinherheart
shesliddoothechair
“ithoughtyoudisliked;”shesaid
“godknoybestto
seeyouasyouare;nedrontic
nonsensethatsincreased
follyof
thathinkofyouishallethewhole
eveningthinkingofyouishallywholelife;i
believe”
hespokeencethatherreliefdisappeared;
shefroost
ofseverity
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nightandday
“thisisiforetoldhingbutunhappiness
lookat;ralph”helookedather“iassure
youthatiarreordinarythaniappearbeauty
ansnothingostbeautiful
enaregenerallytheststupidiotthat;but
itteroffact;prosaic;ratherordinarycharacter;i
orderthedinner;ipaythebills;idotheacunts;iwind
uptheclock;andineverlookatabook”
“youforget”hebegan;butshe
speak
“youeandseeangfloures;and
thinksterious;rontic;andalltherestofitbeing
yourselfveryinexperiencedandveryetional;you
gohoandinventastoryabout;andno
separatefrohepersonyouveiginedtobe
youatteroffact
itsbeingindelusionallrontie;”
sheadded“therspendsherlifeinkingstories
aboutthepeopleshesfondofbutihaveyoudoit
about;ificanhelpit”
“youcanthelpit;”hesaid
“isthesourceofallevil”
“andofallgood;”headded
“youllfindoutthatiote”
“perhapsbutishallgainrethanilose”
“ifsuchgainshhaving”
theyforaspace
“thatybeoface;”hesaid“there
ybenothingelsenothingbutagine”
“thereasonofourloneliness;”shesed;andthey
e
“arried”heaskedabruptly;h
achangeoftone