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Was it  or rather wasn't it  that if for so long she had been watching with him the answer to their question must have swum into her ken and taken on its name, so that her occupation was verily gone? WAS IT OR RATHER WASN'T IT THAT IF FOR SO LONG SHE HAD BEEN WATCHING WITH HIM THE ANSWER TO THEIR QUESTION MUST HAVE SWUM INTO HER KEN AND TAKEN ON ITS NAME SO THAT HER OCCUPATION WAS VERILY GONE
with soft white draperies relieved by a faded green scarf on the delicate tone of which the years had further refined, she was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx, whose head, or indeed all whose person, might have been powdered with silver. She was a sphinx, yet with her white petals and green fronds she might have been a lily too--only an artificial lily, wonderfully imitated and constantly kept, without dust or stain, though not exempt from a slight droop and a complexity of faint creases, under some clear glass bell. The perfection of household care, of high polish and finish, always reigned in her rooms, but they now looked most as if everything had been wound up, tucked in, put away, so that she might sit with folded hands and with nothing more to do. She was "out of it," to Marcher's vision; her work was over; she communicated with him as across some gulf or from some island of rest that she had already reached, and it made him feel strangely abandoned. AD BEEN ETCHED BY A NEEDLE WITH SOFT WHITE DRAPERIES RELIEVED BY A FADED GREEN SCARF ON THE DELICATE TONE OF WHICH THE YEARS HAD FURTHER REFINED SHE WAS THE PICTURE OF A SERENE AND EXQUISITE BUT IMPENETRABLE SPHINX WHOSE HEAD OR INDEED ALL WHOSE PERSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN POWDERED WITH SILVER SHE WAS A SPHINX YET WITH HER WHITE PETALS AND GREEN FRONDS SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LILY TOO ONLY AN ARTIFICIAL LILY WONDERFULLY IMITATED AND CONSTANTLY KEPT WITHOUT DUST OR STAIN THOUGH NOT EXEMPT FROM A SLIGHT DROOP AND A COMPLEXITY OF FAINT CREASES UNDER SOME CLEAR GLASS BELL THE PERFECTION OF HOUSEHOLD CARE OF HIGH POLISH AND FINISH ALWAYS RAINED IN HER ROOMS BUT THEY NOW LOOKED MOST AS IF EVERYTHING HAD BEEN WOUND UP TUCKED IN PUT AWAY SO THAT SHE MIGHT SIT WITH FOLDED HANDS AND WITH NOTHING MORE TO DO SHE WAS OUT OF IT TO MARCHER'S VISION HER WORK WAS OVER SHE COMMUNICATED WITH HIM AS ACROSS SOME GULF OR FROM SOME ISLAND OF REST THAT SHE HAD ALREADY REACHED AND IT MADE HIM FEEL STRANGELY ABANDONED
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