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He immediately began to imagine aggravations and disasters, and above all to think of her peril as the direct menace for himself of personal privation. HE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO IMAGINE AGGRAVATIONS AND DISASTERS AND ABOVE ALL TO THINK OF HER PERIL AS THE DIRECT MENACE FOR HIMSELF OF PERSONAL PRIVATION
what, oddly enough, he had never felt before, the growth of a dread of losing her by some catastrophe--some catastrophe that yet wouldn't at all be the catastrophe: partly because she had almost of a sudden begun to strike him as more useful to him than ever yet, and partly by reason of an appearance of uncertainty in her health, co-incident and equally new. It was characteristic of the inner detachment he had hitherto so successfully cultivated and to which our whole account of him is a reference, it was characteristic that his complications, such as they were, had never yet seemed so as at this crisis to thicken about him, even to the point of making him ask himself if he were, by any chance, of a truth, within sight or sound, within touch or reach, within the immediate jurisdiction, of the thing that waited. When the day came, as come it had to, that his friend confessed to him her fear of a deep disorder in her blood, he felt somehow the shadow of a change and the chill of a shock. E HE FELT IN THESE DAYS WHAT ODDLY ENOUGH HE HAD NEVER FELT BEFORE THE GROWTH OF A DREAD OF LOSING HER BY SOME CATASTROPHE SOME CATASTROPHE THAT YET WOULDN'T AT ALL BE THE CATASTROPHE PARTLY BECAUSE SHE HAD ALMOST OF A SUDDEN BEGUN TO STRIKE HIM AS MORE USEFUL TO HIM THAN EVER YET AND PARTLY BY REASON OF AN APPEARANCE OF UNCERTAINTY IN HER HEALTH COINCIDENT AND EQUALLY NEW IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE INNER DETACHMENT HE HAD HITHERTO SO SUCCESSFULLY CULTIVATED AND TO WHICH OUR WHOLE ACCOUNT OF HIM IS A REFERENCE IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC THAT HIS COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS THEY WERE HAD NEVER YET SEEMED SO AS AT THIS CRISIS TO THICKEN ABOUT HIM EVEN TO THE POINT OF MAKING HIM ASK HIMSELF IF HE WERE BY ANY CHANCE OF A TRUTH WITHIN SIGHT OR SOUND WITHIN TOUCH OR REACH WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE JURISDICTION OF THE THING THAT WAITED WHEN THE DAY CAME AS COME IT HAD TO THAT HIS FRIEND CONFESSED TO HIM HER FEAR OF A DEEP DISORDER IN HER BLOOD HE FELT SOMEHOW THE SHADOW OF A CHANGE AND THE CHILL OF A SHOCK
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