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It was as if, in the view of society he had not _been_ markedly bereaved, as if there still failed some sign or proof of it, and as if none the less his character could never be affirmed nor the deficiency ever made up. IT WAS AS IF IN THE VIEW OF SOCIETY HE HAD NOT BEEN MARKEDLY BEREAVED AS IF THERE STILL FAILED SOME SIGN OR PROOF OF IT AND AS IF NONE THE LESS HIS CHARACTER COULD NEVER BE AFFIRMED NOR THE DEFICIENCY EVER MADE UP
le claim. A woman might have been, as it were, everything to him, and it might yet present him, in no connexion that any one seemed held to recognise. If this was the case in these closing weeks it was the case more sharply on the occasion of the last offices rendered, in the great grey London cemetery, to what had been mortal, to what had been precious, in his friend. The concourse at her grave was not numerous, but he saw himself treated as scarce more nearly concerned with it than if there had been a thousand others. He was in short from this moment face to face with the fact that he was to profit extraordinarily little by the interest May Bartram had taken in him. He couldn't quite have said what he expected, but he hadn't surely expected this approach to a double privation. Not only had her interest failed him, but he seemed to feel himself unattended--and for a reason he couldn't seize--by the distinction, the dignity, the propriety, if nothing else, of the man markedly bereaved. LT IT TO BE OF PRODUCIBLE CLAIM A WOMAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN AS IT WERE EVERYTHING TO HIM AND YET IT MIGHT PRESENT HIM IN NO CONNECTION THAT ANY ONE SEEMED HELD TO RECOGNIZE IF THIS WAS THE CASE IN THESE CLOSING WEEKS IT WAS THE CASE MORE SHARPLY ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAST OFFICES RENDERED IN THE GREAT GRAY LONDON CEMETERY TO WHAT HAD BEEN MORTAL TO WHAT HAD BEEN PRECIOUS IN HIS FRIEND THE CONCOURSE AT HER GRAVE WAS NOT NUMEROUS BUT HE SAW HIMSELF TREATED AS SCARCE MORE NEARLY CONCERNED WITH IT THAN IF THERE HAD BEEN A THOUSAND OTHERS HE WAS IN SHORT FROM THIS MOMENT FACE TO FACE WITH THE FACT THAT HE WAS TO PROFIT EXTRAORDINARILY LITTLE BY THE INTEREST MAY BARTRAM HAD TAKEN IN HIM HE COULDN'T QUITE HAVE SAID WHAT HE EXPECTED BUT HE HADN'T SURELY EXPECTED THIS APPROACH TO A DOUBLE PRIVATION NOT ONLY HAD HER INTEREST FAILED HIM BUT HE SEEMED TO FEEL HIMSELF UNATTENDED AND FOR A REASON HE COULDN'T SEIZE BY THE DISTINCTION THE DIGNITY THE PROPRIETY IF NOTHING ELSE OF THE MAN MARKEDLY BEREAVED
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