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The feeling had never been stronger than on the December afternoon when, waiting in the library for the belated lamps, she rose from her seat and stood among the shadows of the hearth. Her husband had gone off, after luncheon, for one of his long tramps on the downs. THE FEELING HAD NEVER BEEN STRONGER THAN ON THIS PARTICULAR AFTERNOON WHEN WAITING IN THE LIBRARY FOR THE LAMPS TO COME SHE ROSE FROM HER SEAT AND STOOD AMONG THE SHADOWS OF THE HEARTH HER HUSBAND HAD GONE OFF AFTER LUNCHEON FOR ONE OF HIS LONG TRAMPS ON THE DOWNS
ce. "It's that," Ned had once enthusiastically explained, "that gives such depth to their effects, such relief to their least contrasts. They've been able to lay the butter so thick on every exquisite mouthful." The butter had certainly been laid on thick at Lyng: the old gray house, hidden under a shoulder of the downs, had almost all the finer marks of commerce with a protracted past. The mere fact that it was neither large nor exceptional made it, to the Boynes, abound the more richly in its special sense -- the sense of having been for centuries a deep, dim reservoir of life. The life had probably not been of the most vivid order: for long periods, no doubt, it had fallen as noiselessly into the past as the quiet drizzle of autumn fell, hour after hour, into the green fish-pond between the yews; but these back-waters of existence sometimes breed, in their sluggish depths, strange acuities of emotion, and Mary Boyne had felt from the first the occasional brush of an intenser memory.  DISTANCE AND SO SHORT A DISTANCE A DIFFERENCE IT'S THAT NED HAD ONCE ENTHUSIASTICALLY EXPLAINED THAT GIVES SUCH DEPTH TO THEIR EFFECTS SUCH RELIEF TO THEIR CONTRASTS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO LAY THE BUTTER SO THICK ON EVERY DELICIOUS MOUTHFUL THE BUTTER HAD CERTAINLY BEEN LAID ON THICK AT LYING THE OLD HOUSE HIDDEN UNDER A SHOULDER OF THE DOWNS HAD ALMOST ALL THE FINER MARKS OF COMMERCE WITH THE PROTRACTED PAST THE MERE FACT THAT IT WAS NEITHER LARGE NOR EXCEPTIONAL MADE IT TO THE BOINS ABOUND THE MORE COMPLETELY IN ITS SPECIAL CHARM THE CHARM OF HAVING BEEN FOR CENTURIES A DEEP DIM RESERVOIR OF LIFE THE LIFE HAD PROBABLY NOT BEEN OF THE MOST VIVID ORDER FOR LONG PERIODS NO DOUBT IT HAD FALLEN AS NOISELESSLY INTO THE PAST AS THE QUIET DRIZZLE OF AUTUMN FELL HOUR AFTER HOUR INTO THE FISH POND BETWEEN THE EWES BUT THESE BACKWATERS OF EXISTENCE SOMETIMES BREED IN THEIR SLUGGISH DEPTHS STRANGE ACCUITIES OF EMOTION AND MARY BOYNE HAD FELT FROM THE FIRST THE MYSTERIOUS STIR OF INTENSER MEMORIES
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