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"Nonsense, Joan," I said, a little severely; "you know him well. He's been with your father for months now." "But that was in London; and up here it's different—I mean, I feel that it may be different. NONSENSE JOAN I SAID A LITTLE SEVERELY YOU KNOW HIM WELL HE'S BEEN WITH YOUR FATHER FOR MONTHS NOW BUT THAT WAS IN LONDON AND UP HERE IT'S DIFFERENT I MEAN I FEEL THAT IT MAY BE DIFFERENT
—" "Yes, yes," she interrupted impatiently, "I can trust myself absolutely with him. He's gentle and singularly pure-minded. But there's something else that—" She stopped again sharply to listen. Then she came up close beside me in the darkness, whispering— "You know, Mr. Hubbard, sometimes my intuitions warn me a little too strongly to be ignored. Oh, yes, you needn't tell me again that it's difficult to distinguish between fancy and intuition. I know all that. But I also know that there's something deep down in that man's soul that calls to something deep down in mine. And at present it frightens me. Because I cannot make out what it is; and I know, I know, he'll do something some day that—that will shake my life to the very bottom." She laughed a little at the strangeness of her own description. I turned to look at her more closely, but the darkness was too great to show her face. There was an intensity, almost of suppressed passion, in her voice that took me completely by surprise. OU I SAID BUT HE'S NICE MINDED AND YES YES SHE INTERRUPTED IMPATIENTLY I CAN TRUST MYSELF ABSOLUTELY WITH HIM HE'S GENTLE AND SINGULARLY PURE MINDED BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT SHE STOPPED AGAIN SHARPLY TO LISTEN THEN SHE CAME UP CLOSE BESIDE ME IN THE DARKNESS WHISPERING YOU KNOW MISTER HUBBARD SOMETIMES MY INTUITIONS WARN ME A LITTLE TOO STRONGLY TO BE IGNORED OH YES YOU NEEDN'T TELL ME AGAIN THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN FANCY AND INTUITION I KNOW ALL THAT BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING DEEP DOWN IN THAT MAN'S SOUL THAT CALLS TO SOMETHING DEEP DOWN IN MINE AND AT PRESENT IT FRIGHTENS ME BECAUSE I CANNOT MAKE OUT WHAT IT IS AND I KNOW I KNOW HE'LL DO SOMETHING ONE DAY THAT THAT WILL SHAKE MY LIFE TO THE VERY BOTTOM SHE LAUGHED A LITTLE AT THE STRANGENESS OF HER OWN DESCRIPTION I TURNED TO LOOK AT HER MORE CLOSELY BUT THE DARKNESS WAS TOO GREAT TO SHOW HER FACE THERE WAS AN INTENSITY ALMOST OF SUPPRESSED PASSION IN HER VOICE THAT TOOK ME COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE
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