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And this deepening apathy held her fast at Lyng, in spite of the urgent entreaties of friends and the usual medical recommendation of "change." AND THIS DEEPENING APATHY HELD HER FAST AT LYING IN SPITE OF THE ENTREATIES OF FRIENDS IN THE USUAL MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHANGE
 vaporous caldron of human experience. Even Mary Boyne's consciousness gradually felt the same lowering of velocity. It still swayed with the incessant oscillations of conjecture; but they were slower, more rhythmical in their beat. There were moments of overwhelming lassitude when, like the victim of some poison which leaves the brain clear, but holds the body motionless, she saw herself domesticated with the Horror, accepting its perpetual presence as one of the fixed conditions of life. These moments lengthened into hours and days, till she passed into a phase of stolid acquiescence. She watched the familiar routine of life with the incurious eye of a savage on whom the meaningless processes of civilization make but the faintest impression. She had come to regard herself as part of the routine, a spoke of the wheel, revolving with its motion; she felt almost like the furniture of the room in which she sat, an insensate object to be dusted and pushed about with the chairs and tables.  PERPETUALLY BUBBLING UP FROM THE CLOUDY CAULDRON OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE EVEN MARY BOYNE'S CONSCIOUSNESS GRADUALLY FELT THE SAME LOWERING OF VELOCITY IT STILL SWAYED WITH THE INCESSANT OSCILLATIONS OF CONJECTURE BUT THEY WERE SLOWER MORE RHYTHMICAL IN THEIR BEAT THERE WERE EVEN MOMENTS OF WEARINESS WHEN LIKE THE VICTIM OF SOME POISON WHICH LEAVES THE BRAIN CLEAR BUT HOLDS THE BODY MOTIONLESS SHE SAW HERSELF DOMESTICATED WITH THE HORROR ACCEPTING ITS PERPETUAL PRESENCE AS ONE OF THE FIXED CONDITIONS OF LIFE THESE MOMENTS LENGTHENED INTO HOURS AND DAYS TILL SHE PASSED INTO A PHASE OF STOLID ACQUIESENCE SHE WATCHED THE ROUTINE OF DAILY LIFE WITH THE INCURIOUS EYE OF A SAVAGE ON WHOM THE MEANINGLESS PROCESSES OF CIVILIZATION MAKE BUT THE FAINTEST IMPRESSION SHE HAD COME TO REGARD HERSELF AS PART OF THE ROUTINE A SPOKE OF THE WHEEL REVOLVING IN ITS MOTION SHE FELT ALMOST LIKE THE FURNITURE OF THE ROOM IN WHICH SHE SAT AN INSENSATE OBJECT TO BE DUSTED AND PUSHED ABOUT WITH THE CHAIRS AND TABLES
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