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“theyoing;”shetoldhiafter
apause
“youreglad”heasked
shebentherhead“yes;yes;”shesighed“butyou
dontknoe”
ralphdeasoundofunderstanding“youedthere
lastnighttoo”sheasked
“yesicanreplied
theedtofilltherootion
harinennectedhthesoundofdistant
ent;the
criesofsirenshootingdoheriver;thedarknessand
theheuprightfigurestandingbeneath
thelapost
“inginthedark;”shesaid;glancingatthewindow;
asifhesasheitsdifferent”
shebrokeoff“iotthepersonyouthink
untilyourealizethatitsiossible”
placingherelbohetable;sheslidherrubyring
upanddoractedlyshefrothe
roherboundbooksoppositeherralphlooked
keenlyatherverypale;butstelyncentratedupon
heraning;beautifulbutsolittleao
seeetefroilso;thereethingdistant
andabstractaboutherandchilled
hitthesati
“no;youreright;”hesaid“idontknowyouivenever
knownyou”
“yetperhapsyouknoebetterthananyoneelse;”
shesed
sodetachedinstinctdeherahatshewas
gazingatabookeother
partofthehousesheotheshelf;tookit
douedtoherseat;placingthebookonthe
tablebetralphopeneditandlookedatthe
portraitofaninouseshirtllar;
edthefrontispiece
“isayidoknoed;shutting
thebook“itsonlyfotsthatigod”
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virginiawoolf
“doyoucalltont”
“isoyouthatnothisinstant;iseeyou
preciselyasyouarenoonehaseverknownyouasi
knoakendohatbookjust
noknownyou”
“thatstrue;”shereplied;“butyoucantthinkho
dividedhoateasebewildered
theunrealitythedarktheingoutside
inthee;notseeing;
andidontseeyoueitherbutidosee;”sheon
quickly;changingherpositionandfrowningagain;“heaps
ofthings;onlynotyou”
“tellyousee;”heurged
butsheuldnotreducehervisionto
hedark;butrathera
generalexcitent;anatsphere;ried
tovisualizeit;tookforsaheflanksof
northehillsandflashinglightuponfieldsandpools
“iossible;”shesighed;laughingattheridiculousnotion
ofputtinganypartofthisintowords
“try;katharine;”ralphurgedher
“buticantialkingasortofnonsensethesort
ofnonsenseoalkstooneself”sheayedby
theexpressionoflonginganddespairuponhisface“i
ountaininthenorthofengland;”
sheatteted“itstoosillyigoon”
“ogether”hepressedher
“noiedtobedisappointingthe
desireofachildhisfacefell
“yourealhere”
“icantexplain”sheuldnotexplainthatshewas
essentiallyalohere“itsnotauntaininthenorth
ofenglanditsaniginationastoryoellsoneself
youhaveyourstoo”
“youreeinneyourethethingikeup;
yousee”
“oh;isee;”shesighed“thatspossible”
shetueduponhilstfierusttryto
stopit;”shesaid
“i;”herepliedroughly;“becausei”hestopped
herealizedthatthenthadetoiartthat
neostiortanceriedto
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nightandday
iarttorydatbanknt;
tothedrunkentraupontheseathowshould
heofferittokatharinehelookedquicklyatherhesaw
thatshe;onlyasectionof
herthesightrousedinhiuch
desperationthathehadpulse
toriseandleavethehouseherhandlaylooselycurled
uponthetableheseizeditandgraspeditfiryasifto
kesureofherexistenceandofhisoausei
loveyou;katharine;”hesaid
soroundnessorthessentialtothatstatent
hisvoice;andshehadrelytoshake
herheadveryslightlyforhiodropherhandandtu
aeathisopotencehethoughtthat
shehaddetectedhisoleavehershehaddisceed
thebreakinhisresolution;theblanknessintheheartof
hisvisionitruethathehadbeenhappieroutin
thestreet;thinkingofher;thannohathehe
sarooherhelookedatherhaguiltyexpression
onhisfaent
norreproachherposewaseasy;andshe
seedtogiveeffeoodofquietspeculationby
thespinningofherrubyringuponthepolishedtable
denhaorgothisdespairinthoughts
nocupiedher
“youdontbelieve”hesaidhistoneble;
anddehersleathi
“asfarasiunderstandyoubutshouldyouadvise
todohthisring”sheasked;holdingitout
“ishouldadviseyoutoletkeepitforyou;”he
replied;inthesatoneofhalfhurousgravity
“afteryouvesaid;icanhardlytrustyouunless
youllunsayyouvesaid”
“verynotinlovehyou”
“butithinkyouareinloveeasia
you;”sheaddedcasuallyenough“atleast;”shesaid
slippingherringbacktoitsoldposition;“other
hestatewerein”
shelookedathiravelyandinquiringly;asifinsearch
ofhelp
“its
alone;”hestated
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“soithought;”shereplied
inordertoexplaintoherhisstateofnd;ralphreunted
hisexperiencehthephotograph;theletter;
andtheflokeenedveryseriously
“andthenyouravingaboutthestreets;”she
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sed“ystateishan
yours;becauseithasntanythingtodohfactsitsan
hallupleanintoxicationone
canbeinlovehpurereason”shehazarded“because
ifyoureinlovehavision;ibelievethatthats
inloveh”
thisnedfantasticandprofoundlyunsatisfactory
toralph;butaftertheastonishingvariations
ofhisoentsduringthepasthalfhourhe
uldnotaccuseheroffancifulexaggeration
“rodneyseetoknoindwellenough;”he
saidalstbitterlythesic;hhadceased;had
noelodyofzartseedto
expresstheeasyandexquisiteloveofthetairs
“ontbutwe”she
glancedathisiftoascertainhisposition;“wesee
eachotheronlynohen”
“likelightsinastor
“inthedstofahurricane;”shencluded;asthe
hthepressureofthehey
listenedtothesoundinsilence
herethedooropenedhnsiderablehesitation;and
shilberysheadappeared;atfirsthanairofcaution;
buthavingdesurethatshehadadttedherself
tothediningroondnottosoreunusualregion;
shecapletelyinsideandseedinnoway
takenabackbythesightshesaed;asusual;
boundonsoquestofheroerrupted
pleasantlybutstrangelybyrunningintooneofthose
queer;unnecessarycereniesthatotherpeoplethought
fittoindulgein
“pleasedontl