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Then it was, just at the turn, as he afterwards made it out to himself, that, everything else failing, she herself decided to take up the case and, as it were, save the situation. THEN IT WAS JUST AT THE TURN AS HE AFTERWARDS MADE IT OUT TO HIMSELF THAT EVERYTHING ELSE FAILING SHE HERSELF DECIDED TO TAKE UP THE CASE AND AS IT WERE SAVED THE SITUATION
y didn't quite want it to be a failure. Their attempted supposition of reasons for their not having met but showed how little they knew of each other. There came in fact a moment when Marcher felt a positive pang. It was vain to pretend she was an old friend, for all the communities were wanting, in spite of which it was as an old friend that he saw she would have suited him. He had new ones enough--was surrounded with them for instance on the stage of the other house; as a new one he probably wouldn't have so much as noticed her. He would have liked to invent something, get her to make-believe with him that some passage of a romantic or critical kind _had_ originally occurred. He was really almost reaching out in imagination--as against time--for something that would do, and saying to himself that if it didn't come this sketch of a fresh start would show for quite awkwardly bungled. They would separate, and now for no second or no third chance. They would have tried and not succeeded. OF CONFESSION THAT THEY DIDN'T QUITE WANT IT TO BE A FAILURE THEIR ATTEMPTED SUPPOSITION OF REASONS FOR THEIR NOT HAVING MET BUT SHOWED HOW LITTLE THEY KNEW OF EACH OTHER THERE CAME IN FACT A MOMENT WHEN MARCHER FELT A POSITIVE PANG IT WAS VAIN TO PRETEND SHE WAS AN OLD FRIEND FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES WERE WANTING IN SPITE OF WHICH IT WAS AS AN OLD FRIEND THAT HE SAW SHE WOULD HAVE SUITED HIM HE HAD NEW ONES ENOUGH WAS SURROUNDED BY THEM FOR INSTANCE ON THE STAGE OF THE OTHER HOUSE AS A NEW ONE HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE SO MUCH AS NOTICED HER HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO INVENT SOMETHING GET HER TO MAKE BELIEVE WITH HIM THAT SOME PASSAGE OF A ROMANTIC OR CRITICAL KIND HAD ORIGINALLY OCCURRED HE WAS REALLY ALMOST REACHING OUT IN IMAGINATION AS AGAINST TIME FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD DO AND SAYING TO HIMSELF THAT IF IT DIDN'T COME THIS SKETCH OF A FRESH START WOULD SHOW FOR QUITE AWKWARDLY BUNGLED THEY WOULD SEPARATE AND NOW FOR NO SECOND OR NO THIRD CHANCE THEY WOULD HAVE TRIED AND NOT SUCCEEDED
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