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The escape would have been to love her; then, _then_ he would have lived. _She_ had lived  who could say now with what passion? THE ESCAPE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO LOVE HER THEN THEN HE WOULD HAVE LIVED SHE HAD LIVED WHO COULD SAY NOW WITH WHAT PASSION
t the dread clearness of which he turned as cold as the stone beneath him. Everything fell together, confessed, explained, overwhelmed; leaving him most of all stupefied at the blindness he had cherished. The fate he had been marked for he had met with a vengeance--he had emptied the cup to the lees; he had been the man of his time, _the_ man, to whom nothing on earth was to have happened. That was the rare stroke--that was his visitation. So he saw it, as we say, in pale horror, while the pieces fitted and fitted. So _she_ had seen it while he didn't, and so she served at this hour to drive the truth home. It was the truth, vivid and monstrous, that all the while he had waited the wait was itself his portion. This the companion of his vigil had at a given moment made out, and she had then offered him the chance to baffle his doom. One's doom, however, was never baffled, and on the day she told him his own had come down she had seen him but stupidly stare at the escape she offered him. R TO ALL THE PAST THE VISION AT THE DREAD CLEARNESS OF WHICH HE TURNED AS COLD AS THE STONE BENEATH HIM EVERYTHING FELL TOGETHER CONFESSED EXPLAINED OVERWHELMED LEAVING HIM MOST OF ALL STUPEFIED AT THE BLINDNESS HE HAD CHERISHED THE FATE HE HAD BEEN MARKED FOR HE HAD MET WITH A VENGEANCE HE HAD EMPTIED THE CUP TO THE LEES HE HAD BEEN THE MAN OF HIS TIME THE MAN TO WHOM NOTHING ON EARTH WAS TO HAVE HAPPENED THAT WAS THE RARE STROKE THAT WAS HIS VISITATION SO HE SAW IT AS WE SAY IN PALE HORROR WHILE THE PIECES FITTED AND FITTED SO SHE HAD SEEN IT WHILE HE DIDN'T AND SO SHE SERVED AT THIS HOUR TO DRIVE THE TRUTH HOME IT WAS THE TRUTH VIVID AND MONSTROUS THAT ALL THE WHILE HE HAD WAITED THE WEIGHT WAS ITSELF HIS PORTION THIS THE COMPANION OF HIS VIGIL HAD AT A GIVEN MOMENT MADE OUT AND SHE HAD THEN OFFERED HIM THE CHANCE TO BAFFLE HIS DOOM ONE'S DOOM HOWEVER WAS NEVER BAFFLED AND ON THE DAY SHE TOLD HIM HIS OWN HAD COME DOWN SHE HAD SEEN HIM BUT STUPIDLY STARE AT THE ESCAPE SHE OFFERED HIM
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