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It had sprung as he didn't guess; it had sprung as she hopelessly turned from him, and the mark, by the time he left her, had fallen where it _was_ to fall. IT HAD SPRUNG AS HE DIDN'T GUESS IT HAD SPRUNG AS SHE HOPELESSLY TURNED FROM HIM AND THE MARK BY THE TIME HE LEFT HER HAD FALLEN WHERE IT WAS TO FALL
nd monstrous, that all the while he had waited the wait was itself his portion. This the companion of his vigil had at a given moment made out, and she had then offered him the chance to baffle his doom. One's doom, however, was never baffled, and on the day she told him his own had come down she had seen him but stupidly stare at the escape she offered him. The escape would have been to love her; then, _then_ he would have lived. _She_ had lived--who could say now with what passion?--since she had loved him for himself; whereas he had never thought of her (ah how it hugely glared at him!) but in the chill of his egotism and the light of her use. Her spoken words came back to him--the chain stretched and stretched. The Beast had lurked indeed, and the Beast, at its hour, had sprung; it had sprung in that twilight of the cold April when, pale, ill, wasted, but all beautiful, and perhaps even then recoverable, she had risen from her chair to stand before him and let him imaginably guess. TH HOME IT WAS THE TRUTH VIVID AND MONSTROUS THAT ALL THE WHILE HE HAD WAITED THE WEIGHT WAS ITSELF HIS PORTION THIS THE COMPANION OF HIS VIGIL HAD AT A GIVEN MOMENT MADE OUT AND SHE HAD THEN OFFERED HIM THE CHANCE TO BAFFLE HIS DOOM ONE'S DOOM HOWEVER WAS NEVER BAFFLED AND ON THE DAY SHE TOLD HIM HIS OWN HAD COME DOWN SHE HAD SEEN HIM BUT STUPIDLY STARE AT THE ESCAPE SHE OFFERED HIM THE ESCAPE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO LOVE HER THEN THEN HE WOULD HAVE LIVED SHE HAD LIVED WHO COULD SAY NOW WITH WHAT PASSION SINCE SHE HAD LOVED HIM FOR HIMSELF WHEREAS HE HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF HER AH HOW IT HUGELY GLARED AT HIM BUT IN THE CHILL OF HIS EGOTISM AND THE LIGHT OF HER YOUTH HER SPOKEN WORDS CAME BACK TO HIM THE CHAIN STRETCHED AND STRETCHED THE BEAST HAD LURKED INDEED AND THE BEAST AT ITS HOUR HAD SPRUNG IT HAD SPRUNG IN THAT TWILIGHT OF THE COLD APRIL WHEN PALE ILL WASTED BUT ALL BEAUTIFUL AND PERHAPS EVEN THEN RECOVERABLE SHE HAD RISEN FROM HER CHAIR TO STAND BEFORE HIM AND LET HIM IMAGINABLY GUESS
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