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If she was old, or almost, John Marcher assuredly was, and yet it was her showing of the lesson, not his own, that brought the truth home to him. IF SHE WAS OLD OR ALMOST JOHN MARCHER ASSUREDLY WAS AND YET IT WAS HER SHOWING OF THE LESSON NOT HIS OWN THAT BROUGHT THE TRUTH HOME TO HIM
ncerted. It lapsed for him with a strange steady sweep, and the oddest oddity was that it gave him, independently of the threat of much inconvenience, almost the only positive surprise his career, if career it could be called, had yet offered him. She kept the house as she had never done; he had to go to her to see her--she could meet him nowhere now, though there was scarce a corner of their loved old London in which she hadn't in the past, at one time or another, done so; and he found her always seated by her fire in the deep old-fashioned chair she was less and less able to leave. He had been struck one day, after an absence exceeding his usual measure, with her suddenly looking much older to him than he had ever thought of her being; then he recognised that the suddenness was all on his side--he had just simply and suddenly noticed. She looked older because inevitably, after so many years, she _was_ old, or almost; which was of course true in still greater measure of her companion. PERIOD MORE AND MORE DISCONCERTED IT LAPSED FOR HIM WITH A STRANGE STEADY SWEEP AND THE ODDEST ODDITY WAS THAT IT GAVE HIM INDEPENDENTLY OF THE THREAT OF MUCH INCONVENIENCE ALMOST THE ONLY POSITIVE SURPRISE HIS CAREER IF CAREER IT COULD BE CALLED HAD YET OFFERED HIM SHE KEPT THE HOUSE AS SHE HAD NEVER DONE HE HAD TO GO TO HER TO SEE HER SHE COULD MEET HIM NOWHERE NOW THOUGH THERE WAS SCARCE A CORNER OF THEIR LOVED OLD LONDON IN WHICH SHE HADN'T IN THE PAST AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER DONE SO AND HE FOUND HER ALWAYS SEATED BY HER FIRE IN THE DEEP OLD FASHIONED CHAIR SHE WAS LESS AND LESS ABLE TO LEAVE HE HAD BEEN STRUCK ONE DAY AFTER AN ABSENCE EXCEEDING HIS USUAL MEASURE WITH HER SUDDENLY LOOKING MUCH OLDER TO HIM THAN HE HAD EVER THOUGHT OF HER BEING THEN HE RECOGNISED THAT THE SUDDENNESS WAS ALL ON HIS SIDE HE HAD JUST SIMPLY AND SUDDENLY NOTICED SHE LOOKED OLDER BECAUSE INEVITABLY AFTER SO MANY YEARS SHE WAS OLD OR ALMOST WHICH WAS OF COURSE TRUE IN STILL GREATER MEASURE OF HER COMPANION
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