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She spoke it in a tone so special, in spite of her weakness, that he stared an instant  stared as if some light, hitherto hidden, had shimmered across his vision. SHE SPOKE IT IN A TONE SO SPECIAL IN SPITE OF HER WEAKNESS THAT HE STARED AN INSTANT STARED AS IF SOME LIGHT HITHERTO HIDDEN HAD SHIMMERED ACROSS HIS VISION
 this proved, this bottomless drop was concerned--the last time of their life. It rested on him with a weight he felt he could scarce bear, and this weight it apparently was that still pressed out what remained in him of speakable protest. "I believe you; but I can't begin to pretend I understand. _Nothing_, for me, is past; nothing _will_ pass till I pass myself, which I pray my stars may be as soon as possible. Say, however," he added, "that I've eaten my cake, as you contend, to the last crumb--how can the thing I've never felt at all be the thing I was marked out to feel?" She met him perhaps less directly, but she met him unperturbed. "You take your 'feelings' for granted. You were to suffer your fate. That was not necessarily to know it." "How in the world--when what is such knowledge but suffering?" She looked up at him a while in silence. "No--you don't understand." "I suffer," said John Marcher. "Don't, don't!" "How can I help at least _that_?" "_Don't_!" May Bartram repeated. FUL SENSE OF STANDING THERE BEFORE HER FOR SO FAR AS ANYTHING BUT THIS PROVED THIS BOTTOMLESS DROP WAS CONCERNED THE LAST TIME OF THEIR LIFE IT RESTED ON HIM WITH A WEIGHT HE FELT HE COULD SCARCE BEAR AND THIS WEIGHT IT APPARENTLY WAS THAT STILL PRESSED OUT WHAT REMAINED IN HIM OF SPEAKABLE PROTEST I BELIEVE YOU BUT I CAN'T BEGIN TO PRETEND I UNDERSTAND NOTHING FOR ME IS PAST NOTHING WILL PASS TILL I PASS MYSELF WHICH I PRAY MY STARS MAY BE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SAY HOWEVER HE ADDED THAT I'VE EATEN MY CAKE AS YOU CONTEND TO THE LAST CRUMB HOW CAN THE THING I'VE NEVER FELT AT ALL BE THE THING I WAS MARKED OUT TO FEEL SHE MET HIM PERHAPS LESS DIRECTLY BUT SHE MET HIM UNPERTURBED YOU TAKE YOUR FEELINGS FOR GRANTED YOU WERE TO SUFFER YOUR FATE THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY TO KNOW IT HOW IN THE WORLD WHEN WHAT IS SUCH KNOWLEDGE BUT SUFFERING SHE LOOKED UP AT HIM AWHILE IN SILENCE NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND I SUFFER SAID JOHN MARCHER DON'T DON'T HOW CAN I HELP AT LEAST THAT DON'T MAY BARTRAM REPEATED
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