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She told herself that she could not have felt more unconcerned had he been the merest stranger. Nevertheless she waited and watched for John Phillips' homecoming. At ten o'clock she heard his voice in the kitchen. She leaned out of the bed and pulled open her door. SHE TOLD HERSELF THAT SHE COULD NOT HAVE FELT MORE UNCONCERNED HAD HE BEEN THE MEREST STRANGER NEVERTHELESS SHE WAITED AND WATCHED FOR JOHN PHILLIPS'S HOME COMING AT TEN O'CLOCK SHE HEARD HIS VOICE IN THE KITCHEN SHE LEANED OUT OF THE BED AND PULLED OPEN HER DOOR
, welcomed her back gladly, believing her to be a wronged and ill-used woman. They hated Stephen Fair with a new and personal rancour. The one thing they could hardly have forgiven Emily would have been the fact of her relenting towards him. But she did not relent. In her soul she knew that, with all her just grievances, she had been in the wrong, and for that she could not forgive him! Two years after she had left Stephen Mrs. Fair died, and his widowed sister-in-law went to keep house for him. If he thought of Emily he made no sign. Stephen Fair never broke a word once passed. Since their separation no greeting or look had ever passed between husband and wife. When they met, as they occasionally did, neither impassive face changed. Emily Fair had buried her love deeply. In her pride and anger she would not let herself remember even where she had dug its grave. And now Stephen was ill. The strange woman felt a certain pride in her own inflexibility because the fact did not affect her. D AMELIA THEY ON THEIR PART WELCOMED HER BACK GLADLY BELIEVING HER TO BE A WRONG AND ILL USED WOMAN THEY HATED STEPHEN FAIR WITH A NEW AND PERSONAL RANCOURT THE ONE THING THEY COULD HAVE HARDLY FORGIVEN EMILY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FACT OF HER RELENTING TOWARDS HIM BUT SHE DID NOT RELENT IN HER SOUL SHE KNEW THAT WITH ALL HER JUST GRIEVANCES SHE HAD BEEN IN THE WRONG AND FOR THAT SHE COULD NOT FORGIVE HIM TWO YEARS AFTER SHE LEFT STEPHEN MISSUS FAIR DIED AND HIS WIDOW'S SISTER IN LAW WENT TO KEEP HOUSE FOR HIM IF HE THOUGHT OF EMILY HE MADE NO SIGN STEPHEN FAIR NEVER BROKE A WORD ONCE PAST SINCE THEIR SEPARATION NO GREETING OR LOOK HAD EVER PASSED BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE WHEN THEY MET AS THEY OCCASIONALLY DID NEITHER IMPASSIVE FACE CHANGED EMILY FAIR HAD BURIED HER LOVE DEEPLY IN HER PRIDE AND ANGER SHE WOULD NOT LET HERSELF REMEMBER EVEN WHERE SHE HAD DUG ITS GRAVE AND NOW STEPHEN WAS ILL THE STRANGE WOMAN FELT A CERTAIN PRIDE IN HER OWN INFLEXIBILITY BECAUSE THE FACT DID NOT AFFECT HER
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