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And in each, according to temperament and character, there stirred the life instincts that were natural, untamed, and, in a sense—savage. AND IN EACH ACCORDING TO TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER THERE STIRRED THE LIFE INSTINCTS THAT WERE NATURAL UNTAMED AND IN A SENSE SAVAGE
ey ate more, and, to say the least, with less delay, than was her custom in the select atmosphere of her English dining-room; and that while Joan attacked her tin plateful with genuine avidity, Sangree, the Canadian, bit and gnawed at his, laughing and talking and complimenting the cook all the while, and making me think with secret amusement of a starved animal at its first meal. While, from their remarks about myself, I judged that I had changed and grown wild as much as the rest of them. In this and in a hundred other little ways the change showed, ways difficult to define in detail, but all proving—not the coarsening effect of leading the primitive life, but, let us say, the more direct and unvarnished methods that became prevalent. For all day long we were in the bath of the elements—wind, water, sun—and just as the body became insensible to cold and shed unnecessary clothing, the mind grew straightforward and shed many of the disguises required by the conventions of civilisation. T THAT MISSUS MALONEY ATE MORE AND TO SAY THE LEAST WITH LESS DELAY THAN WAS HER CUSTOM IN THE SELECT ATMOSPHERE OF HER ENGLISH DINING ROOM AND THAT WHILE JOAN ATTACKED HER TIN PLATEFUL WITH GENUINE AVIDITY SANGREE THE CANADIAN BIT AND GNAWED AT HIS LAUGHING AND TALKING AND COMPLIMENTING THE COOK ALL THE WHILE AND MAKING ME THINK WITH SECRET AMUSEMENT OF A STARVED ANIMAL AT ITS FIRST MEAL WHILE FROM THEIR REMARKS ABOUT MYSELF I JUDGED THAT I HAD CHANGED AND GROWN WILD AS MUCH AS THE REST OF THEM IN THIS AND IN A HUNDRED OTHER LITTLE WAYS THE CHANGE SHOWED WAYS DIFFICULT TO DEFINE IN DETAIL BUT ALL PROVING NOT THE COARSENING EFFECT OF LEADING THE PRIMITIVE LIFE BUT LET US SAY THE MORE DIRECT AND UNVARNISHED METHODS THAT HAD BECOME PREVALENT FOR ALL DAY LONG WE WERE IN THE BATH OF THE ELEMENTS WIND WATER SUN AND JUST AS THE BODY BECAME INSENSIBLE TO COLD AND SHED UNNECESSARY CLOTHING THE MIND GREW STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SHED MANY OF THE DISGUISES REQUIRED FOR THE CONVENTIONS OF CIVILIZATION
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