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He would have liked to invent something, get her to make believe with him that some passage of a romantic or critical kind _had_ originally occurred. HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO INVENT SOMETHING GET HER TO MAKE BELIEVE WITH HIM THAT SOME PASSAGE OF A ROMANTIC OR CRITICAL KIND HAD ORIGINALLY OCCURRED
in possession of the something or other that their actual show seemed to lack. It yet somehow presented itself, this show, as too good to be spoiled; so that they were reduced for a few minutes more to wondering a little helplessly why--since they seemed to know a certain number of the same people--their reunion had been so long averted. They didn't use that name for it, but their delay from minute to minute to join the others was a kind of confession that they didn't quite want it to be a failure. Their attempted supposition of reasons for their not having met but showed how little they knew of each other. There came in fact a moment when Marcher felt a positive pang. It was vain to pretend she was an old friend, for all the communities were wanting, in spite of which it was as an old friend that he saw she would have suited him. He had new ones enough--was surrounded with them for instance on the stage of the other house; as a new one he probably wouldn't have so much as noticed her. THEN THEY WOULD BE IN POSSESSION OF THE SOMETHING OR OTHER THAT THEIR ACTUAL SHOW SEEMED TO LACK IT YET SOMEHOW PRESENTED ITSELF THIS SHOW AS TOO GOOD TO BE SPOILED SO THAT THEY WERE REDUCED FOR A FEW MINUTES MORE TO WONDERING A LITTLE HELPLESSLY WHY SINCE THEY SEEMED TO KNOW A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE SAME PEOPLE THEIR REUNION HAD BEEN SO LONG AVERTED THEY DIDN'T USE THAT NAME FOR IT BUT THEIR DELAY FROM MINUTE TO MINUTE TO JOIN THE OTHERS WAS A KIND OF CONFESSION THAT THEY DIDN'T QUITE WANT IT TO BE A FAILURE THEIR ATTEMPTED SUPPOSITION OF REASONS FOR THEIR NOT HAVING MET BUT SHOWED HOW LITTLE THEY KNEW OF EACH OTHER THERE CAME IN FACT A MOMENT WHEN MARCHER FELT A POSITIVE PANG IT WAS VAIN TO PRETEND SHE WAS AN OLD FRIEND FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES WERE WANTING IN SPITE OF WHICH IT WAS AS AN OLD FRIEND THAT HE SAW SHE WOULD HAVE SUITED HIM HE HAD NEW ONES ENOUGH WAS SURROUNDED BY THEM FOR INSTANCE ON THE STAGE OF THE OTHER HOUSE AS A NEW ONE HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE SO MUCH AS NOTICED HER
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