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Through them, none the less, he tried to fix it and hold it; he kept it there before him so that he might feel the pain. That at least, belated and bitter, had something of the taste of life. THROUGH THEM NONE THE LESS HE TRIED TO FIX IT ANDLD IT HE KEPT IT THERE BEFORE HIM SO THAT HE MIGHT FEEL THE PAIN THAT AT LEAST BELATED AND BITTER HAD SOMETHING OF THE TASTE OF LIFE
assion?--since she had loved him for himself; whereas he had never thought of her (ah how it hugely glared at him!) but in the chill of his egotism and the light of her use. Her spoken words came back to him--the chain stretched and stretched. The Beast had lurked indeed, and the Beast, at its hour, had sprung; it had sprung in that twilight of the cold April when, pale, ill, wasted, but all beautiful, and perhaps even then recoverable, she had risen from her chair to stand before him and let him imaginably guess. It had sprung as he didn't guess; it had sprung as she hopelessly turned from him, and the mark, by the time he left her, had fallen where it _was_ to fall. He had justified his fear and achieved his fate; he had failed, with the last exactitude, of all he was to fail of; and a moan now rose to his lips as he remembered she had prayed he mightn't know. This horror of waking--_this_ was knowledge, knowledge under the breath of which the very tears in his eyes seemed to freeze. LIVED WHO COULD SAY NOW WITH WHAT PASSION SINCE SHE HAD LOVED HIM FOR HIMSELF WHEREAS HE HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF HER AH HOW IT HUGELY GLARED AT HIM BUT IN THE CHILL OF HIS EGOTISM AND THE LIGHT OF HER YOUTH HER SPOKEN WORDS CAME BACK TO HIM THE CHAIN STRETCHED AND STRETCHED THE BEAST HAD LURKED INDEED AND THE BEAST AT ITS HOUR HAD SPRUNG IT HAD SPRUNG IN THAT TWILIGHT OF THE COLD APRIL WHEN PALE ILL WASTED BUT ALL BEAUTIFUL AND PERHAPS EVEN THEN RECOVERABLE SHE HAD RISEN FROM HER CHAIR TO STAND BEFORE HIM AND LET HIM IMAGINABLY GUESS IT HAD SPRUNG AS HE DIDN'T GUESS IT HAD SPRUNG AS SHE HOPELESSLY TURNED FROM HIM AND THE MARK BY THE TIME HE LEFT HER HAD FALLEN WHERE IT WAS TO FALL HE HAD JUSTIFIED HIS FEAR AND ACHIEVED HIS FATE HE HAD FAILED WITH THE LAST EXACTITUDE OF ALL HE WAS TO FAIL OF AND A MOAN NOW ROSE TO HIS LIPS AS HE REMEMBERED SHE HAD PRAYED HE MIGHTN'T KNOW THIS HORROR OF WAKING THIS WAS KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE UNDER THE BREATH OF WHICH THE VERY TEARS IN HIS EYES SEEMED TO FREEZE
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