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Marcher thought. "Assuredly  if you mean, as I do, something that includes all the loss and all the shame that are thinkable." MARCHER THOUGHT ASSUREDLY IF YOU MEAN AS I DO SOMETHING THAT INCLUDES ALL THE LOSS AND ALL THE SHAME THAT ARE THINKABLE
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. I'm only afraid of ignorance to-day--I'm not afraid of knowledge." And then as for a while she said nothing: "What makes me sure is that I see in your face and feel here, in this air and amid these appearances, that you're out of it. You've done. You've had your experience. You leave me to my fate." Well, she listened, motionless and white in her chair, as on a decision to be made, so that her manner was fairly an avowal, though still, with a small fine inner stiffness, an imperfect surrender. "It _would_ be the worst," she finally let herself say. "I mean the thing I've never said." It hushed him a moment. "More monstrous than all the monstrosities we've named?" "More monstrous. Isn't that what you sufficiently express," she asked, "in calling it the worst? 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 I'M ONLY AFRAID OF IGNORANCE TO DAY I'M NOT AFRAID OF KNOWLEDGE AND THEN AS FOR A WHILE SHE SAID NOTHING WHAT MAKES ME SURE IS THAT I SEE IN YOUR FACE AND FEEL HERE IN THIS AIR AND AMID THESE APPEARANCES THAT YOU'RE OUT OF IT YOU'VE DONE YOU'VE HAD YOUR EXPERIENCE YOU LEAVE ME TO MY FATE WELL SHE LISTENED MOTIONLESS AND WHITE IN HER CHAIR AS ON A DECISION TO BE MADE SO THAT HER MANNER WAS FAIRLY AN AVOWAL THOUGH STILL WITH A SMALL FINE INNER STIFFNESS AN IMPERFECT SURRENDER IT WOULD BE THE WORST SHE FINALLY LET HERSELF SAY I MEAN THE THING I'VE NEVER SAID IT HUSHED HIM A MOMENT MORE MONSTROUS THAN ALL THE MONSTROSITIES WE'VE NAMED MORE MONSTROUS ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU SUFFICIENTLY EXPRESS SHE ASKED IN CALLING IT THE WORST
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