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It would represent, as connected with his past attitude, a drop of dignity under the shadow of which his existence could only become the most grotesques of failures. IT WOULD REPRESENT AS CONNECTED WITH HIS PAST ATTITUDE A DROP OF DIGNITY UNDER THE SHADOW OF WHICH HIS EXISTENCE COULD ONLY BECOME THE MOST GROTESQUES OF FAILURES
ater measure of her companion. 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. His surprises began here; when once they had begun they multiplied; they came rather with a rush: it was as if, in the oddest way in the world, they had all been kept back, sown in a thick cluster, for the late afternoon of life, the time at which for people in general the unexpected has died out. One of them was that he should have caught himself--for he _had_ so done--_really_ wondering if the great accident would take form now as nothing more than his being condemned to see this charming woman, this admirable friend, pass away from him. He had never so unreservedly qualified her as while confronted in thought with such a possibility; in spite of which there was small doubt for him that as an answer to his long riddle the mere effacement of even so fine a feature of his situation would be an abject anticlimax. OF COURSE TRUE IN STILL GREATER MEASURE OF HER COMPANION 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 HIS SURPRISES BEGAN HERE WHEN ONCE THEY HAD BEGUN THEY MULTIPLIED THEY CAME RATHER WITH A RUSH IT WAS AS IF IN THE ODDEST WAY OF THE WORLD THEY HAD ALL BEEN KEPT BACK SOWN IN A THICK CLUSTER FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON OF LIFE THE TIME AT WHICH FOR PEOPLE IN GENERAL THE UNEXPECTED HAS DIED OUT ONE OF THEM WAS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT HIMSELF FOR HE HAD SO DONE REALLY WONDERING IF THE GREAT ACCIDENT WOULD TAKE FORM NOW AS NOTHING MORE THAN HIS BEING CONDEMNED TO SEE THIS CHARMING WOMAN THIS ADMIRABLE FRIEND PASS AWAY FROM HIM HE HAD NEVER SO UNRESERVEDLY QUALIFIED HER AS WHILE CONFRONTED IN THOUGHT WITH SUCH A POSSIBILITY IN SPITE OF WHICH THERE WAS SMALL DOUBT FOR HIM THAT AS AN ANSWER TO HIS LONG RIDDLE THE MERE EFFACEMENT OF EVEN SO FINE A FEATURE OF HIS SITUATION WOULD BE AN ABJECT ANTICLIMAX
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