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"Is it possibly that you've grown afraid?" IS IT POSSIBLY THAT YOU'VE GROWN AFRAID
ht." He continued to look at her. "What then is the matter with you?" "Well," she said after another wait, "the matter with me is simply that I'm more sure than ever my curiosity, as you call it, will be but too well repaid." They were frankly grave now; he had got up from his seat, had turned once more about the little drawing-room to which, year after year, he brought his inevitable topic; in which he had, as he might have said, tasted their intimate community with every sauce, where every object was as familiar to him as the things of his own house and the very carpets were worn with his fitful walk very much as the desks in old counting-houses are worn by the elbows of generations of clerks. The generations of his nervous moods had been at work there, and the place was the written history of his whole middle life. Under the impression of what his friend had just said he knew himself, for some reason, more aware of these things; which made him, after a moment, stop again before her. NSCRUTABLY YOU ARE FROM MY THOUGHT HE CONTINUED TO LOOK AT HER WHAT THEN IS THE MATTER WITH YOU WELL SHE SAID AFTER ANOTHER WAIT THE MATTER WITH ME IS SIMPLY THAT I'M MORE SURE THAN EVER MY CURIOSITY AS YOU CALL IT WILL BE BUT TOO WELL REPAID THEY WERE FRANKLY GRAVE NOW HE HAD GOT UP FROM HIS SEAT HAD TURNED ONCE MORE ABOUT THE LITTLE DRAWING ROOM TO WHICH YEAR AFTER YEAR HE BROUGHT HIS INEVITABLE TOPIC IN WHICH HE HAD AS HE MIGHT HAVE SAID TASTED THEIR INTIMATE COMMUNITY WITH EVERY SAUCE WHERE EVERY OBJECT WAS AS FAMILIAR TO HIM AS THE THINGS OF HIS OWN HOUSE AND THE VERY CARPETS WERE WORN WITH HIS FITFUL WALK VERY MUCH AS THE DESKS IN OLD COUNTING HOUSES ARE WORN BY THE ELBOWS OF GENERATIONS OF CLERKS THE GENERATIONS OF HIS NERVOUS MOODS HAD BEEN AT WORK THERE AND THE PLACE WAS THE WRITTEN HISTORY OF HIS WHOLE MIDDLE LIFE UNDER THE IMPRESSION OF WHAT HIS FRIEND HAD JUST SAID HE KNEW HIMSELF FOR SOME REASON MORE AWARE OF THESE THINGS WHICH MADE HIM AFTER A MOMENT STOP AGAIN BEFORE HER
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