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"You admitted it months ago, when I spoke of it to you as of something you were afraid I should find out. Your answer was that I couldn't, that I wouldn't, and I don't pretend I have. But you had something therefore in mind, and I see now how it must have been, how it still is, the possibility that, of all possibilities, has settled itself for you as the worst. This," he went on, "is why I appeal to you. YOU ADMITTED IT MONTHS AGO WHEN I SPOKE OF IT TO YOU AS OF SOMETHING YOU WERE AFRAID I SHOULD FIND OUT YOUR ANSWER WAS THAT I COULDN'T THAT I WOULDN'T AND I DON'T PRETEND I HAVE BUT YOU HAD SOMETHING THEREFORE IN MIND AND I SEE NOW HOW IT MUST HAVE BEEN HOW IT STILL IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT OF ALL POSSIBILITIES HAS SETTLED ITSELF FOR YOU AS THE WORST THIS HE WENT ON IS WHY I APPEAL TO YOU
oked most things in the face." "Including each other?" She still smiled. "But you're quite right. We've had together great imaginations, often great fears; but some of them have been unspoken." "Then the worst--we haven't faced that. I _could_ face it, I believe, if I knew what you think it. I feel," he explained, "as if I had lost my power to conceive such things." And he wondered if he looked as blank as he sounded. "It's spent." "Then why do you assume," she asked, "that mine isn't?" "Because you've given me signs to the contrary. It isn't a question for you of conceiving, imagining, comparing. It isn't a question now of choosing." At last he came out with it. "You know something I don't. You've shown me that before." These last words had affected her, he made out in a moment, exceedingly, and she spoke with firmness. "I've shown you, my dear, nothing." He shook his head. "You can't hide it." "Oh, oh!" May Bartram sounded over what she couldn't hide. It was almost a smothered groan. NT FAR WHY I THOUGHT IT THE POINT YOU WERE JUST MAKING THAT WE HAD LOOKED MOST THINGS IN THE FACE INCLUDING EACH OTHER SHE STILL SMILED BUT YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT WE'VE HAD TOGETHER GREAT IMAGINATIONS OFTEN GREAT FEARS BUT SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN UNSPOKEN THEN THE WORST WE HAVEN'T FACED THAT I COULD FACE IT I BELIEVE IF I KNEW WHAT YOU THINK IT I FEEL HE EXPLAINED AS IF I HAD LOST MY POWER TO CONCEIVE SUCH THINGS AND HE WONDERED IF HE LOOKED AS BLANK AS HE SOUNDED IT'S SPENT THEN WHY DO YOU ASSUME SHE SAID THAT MINE ISN'T BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN ME SIGNS TO THE CONTRARY IT ISN'T A QUESTION FOR YOU OF CONCEIVING IMAGINING COMPARING IT ISN'T A QUESTION NOW OF CHOOSING AT LAST HE CAME OUT WITH IT YOU KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T YOU'VE SHOWN ME THAT BEFORE THESE LAST WORDS HAD AFFECTED HER HE MADE OUT IN A MOMENT EXCEEDINGLY AND SHE SPOKE WITH FIRMNESS I'VE SHOWN YOU MY DEAR NOTHING HE SHOOK HIS HEAD YOU CAN'T HIDE IT OH OH MAY BARTRAM SOUNDED OVER WHAT SHE COULDN'T HIDE IT WAS ALMOST A SMOTHERED GROAN
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