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observedforayear;shedeoutonasheetofpaper
thatthepletionofthebookain;andshelaid
hersotheruch
ofthetaskplishedshilberyexaned
thesheetofpaperverycarefullythensheclapped
herhandsandexclaidenthusiastically:
“harineawonderfulheadforbusiness
youvegotnoe;and
everydayishallkealittlerkinpocketbook;
andonthelastdayofallletthink;shallwedo
tocelebratethelastdayofallifittheer
akeajaunttoitalytheysayszerlands
verylovelyinthesnofortheldbut;asyou
say;thegreatthingistofinishthebooknoe
see”
anuscripts;harine
hadputinorder;theyfoundastateofthingsed
todashtheirspirits;iftheyhadnotjustresolved
onrefortheyfound;tobeginh;agreatvarietyof
veryiosingparagraphshhebiographywas
toopen;nyofthese;itistrue;wereunfinished;and
reseledtriuhalarchesstandingupononeleg;but;
asshilberyobserved;theyuldbepatchedupinten
nutes;ifshegavehedtoitnext;therewasan
aeofthealardyces;orrather;
ofspringinsuffolk;ifullyten;
althoughnotessentialtothestoryhoharine
hadputtogetherastringofnasanddates;sothatthe
poetintotheh
yearishapafterthat;s
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virginiawoolf
hilberyentalreasons;tointroducethe
rellectionsofaveryfluentoldlady;whohadbeen
broughtupinthesavillage;butthesekatharinedecided
stgoitghtbeadvisabletointroduceherea
sketporarypoetryntributedbyhilbery;
andthusterseandleaedand
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altogetheroutofkeeping
rshilberyhatitwas
toobare;anddeonefeelaltogetherlikeagoodlittle
girlinale;atallinkeeping
ethe
periodofhisearlynhood;he
heartsteitherbencealedorrevealed;hereagain
shilberyinds;andathickpacketof
nuscripthesideration
severalyearsitted;becauses
hilberyhadfoundsothingdistastefultoherinthat
period;andhadpreferredtodions
asachildafterthis;itseedtokatharine
thatthebookbecaahewisps;
otinuity;houtherenceeven;or
anyattettokeanarrativehereypages
uponhergrandfatherstasteinhats;anessayuponnteorary
rdaysexpedition
intotheuntry;issedtheirtrain;
togetherentaryvisionsofallsortsoffaus
nanden;edtobepartlyiginary
andpartlyauthenticthereoreover;thousandsof
letters;andassoffaithfulrellectionsntributed
byoldfriends;heirenvelopes;
butstbeplacedsoheirfeelings
anyvolushadbeentenabout
thepoetsincehisdeaththatshehadalsotodisposeof
agreatnuerofsstatents;inute
researetis
katharinebrooded;halfetis
shefeltthatitence
thatsheshouldfreeherselffrohepast;atothers;that
thepasthadpletelydisplacedthepresent;h;
edlifeafteraingangthedead;
provedtobeofanutterlythinandinferiorposition
theofithatshehadnoaptitudeforliterature
shedidnotlikephrasesshehadevensonatural
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nightandday
antipathytothatproination;thatperpetual
efforttounderstandonesownfeeling;andexpress
itbeautifully;fitly;orenergeticallyinlanguage;
othersexistence
shehentrary;inclinedtobesilent;she
shrankfroxpressingherselfevenintalk;letalonein
ingasthisdispositionina
falyanufactureofphrases;and
seedtoarguearrespondingcapacityforaction;she
herchildhoodeven;putinchargeofhousehold
affairsshehadthereputation;hingin
henetradiostpracticalof
peopleorderingals;directingservants;payingbills;
andsontrivingthateveryoreorless
accuratelyinti;andanuerofvaseswerealways
fulloffreshfloent
ofhers;and;indeed;shilberyoftenobserved
thatitaveryearly
age;too;shehadtoexertherselfinanothercapacity;
shehadtounselandhelpandgenerallysustainher
thershilberylywellable
tosustainherselfifthetheworldis
notsheifullyadaptedforlifeinanotherpla
butthenaturalgeniusshehadfoductingaffairsthere
ple;
antsourceofsurprisetoher;andattheage
ofsixtyfivesheazedattheascendancyh
rulesandreasonsexertedoverthelivesofotherpeople
shehadneverleatherlesson;andhadnstantlyto
bepunishedforherignorancebutasthatignorancewas
binedhafinenaturalinsighthsawdeep
rs
hilberyoffangthedunces;onthentrary;shehada
ingthebut;on
theverynecessarytoseeksupportin
herdaughter
katharine;thus;eerofaverygreatprofession
;notitleandverylittleregnition;although
thelaborofllandfaore
severeandtheresultsoflessbenefittotheworldshe
livedathoshediditveryingto
thehouseincheyhatherewasanorderly
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place;shapely;ntrolledaplacewherelifehadbeen
trainedtoshoposed
ofdifferentelents;detoappearhaious
andhacharacterofitsohechief
triuhofkatharinesartthatshilberyscharacterpredonated
sheandhilberyappearedtobearichbackground
forherthersrestrikingqualities
silenposed
uponher;theonlyotherrerkthatherthersfriends
akingaboutithatitwas
neitherastupidsilencenoranindifferentsilencebutto
e
sortithad;nooroubledtheelvestoinquireitwas
understoodthatsheothertoproducea
greatbooksheanagethehousehold
sheainlybeautifulthatacuntedforhersatisfactorily
butitonlyto
otherpeoplebuttokatharineherself;ifsogicch
uldhavetakenuntofthentsspentinanentirely
differentoherostensibleonesitting
hfadedpapersbeforeher;shetookpartina
seriesofscenessuchasthetangofwildponiesupon
thearicanprairies;orthenductofavastshipina
hurriontoryofrock;orinothers
repeaceful;butrkedbyherpleteencipation
froerpresentsurroundingsand;needlesstosay;
byhersurpassingabilityinheeionwhenshe
aking
andbiography;shetuedherattentioninarelegitite
direction;though;strangelyenough;shewould
ratherhavenfessedhersofhurricane
andprairiethanthefa;
sheroseearlyintheingorsatuplateatnightto
atheticsnoforceonearthade
hefessthatheractionshusengagedwere
furtiveandseenoctualanil
stepshadonlytosoundonthestaircase;andshe
slipped