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By the time they at last thus came to speech they were alone in one of the rooms  remarkable for a fine portrait over the chimney place  out of which their friends had passed, and the charm of it was that even before they had spoken they had practically arranged with each other to stay behind for talk. BY THE TIME THEY AT LAST THUS CAME TO SPEECH THEY WERE ALONE IN ONE OF THE ROOMS REMARKABLE FOR A FINE PORTRAIT OVER THE CHIMNEY PLACE OUT OF WHICH THEIR FRIENDS HAD PASSED AND THE CHARM OF IT WAS THAT EVEN BEFORE THEY HAD SPOKEN THEY HAD PRACTICALLY ARRANGED WITH EACH OTHER TO STAY BEHIND FOR TALK
idn't she enjoy at periods a protection that she paid for by helping, among other services, to show the place and explain it, deal with the tiresome people, answer questions about the dates of the building, the styles of the furniture, the authorship of the pictures, the favourite haunts of the ghost? It wasn't that she looked as if you could have given her shillings--it was impossible to look less so. Yet when she finally drifted toward him, distinctly handsome, though ever so much older--older than when he had seen her before--it might have been as an effect of her guessing that he had, within the couple of hours, devoted more imagination to her than to all the others put together, and had thereby penetrated to a kind of truth that the others were too stupid for. She _was_ there on harder terms than any one; she was there as a consequence of things suffered, one way and another, in the interval of years; and she remembered him very much as she was remembered--only a good deal better. ORKING A REMUNERATED PART DIDN'T SHE ENJOY AT PERIODS A PROTECTION THAT SHE PAID FOR BY HELPING AMONG OTHER SERVICES TO SHOW THE PLACE AND EXPLAIN IT DEAL WITH THE TIRESOME PEOPLE ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DATES OF THE BUILDING THE STYLES OF THE FURNITURE THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE PICTURES THE FAVORITE HAUNTS OF THE GHOST IT WASN'T THAT SHE LOOKED AS IF YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN HER SHILLINGS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK LESS SO YET WHEN SHE FINALLY DRIFTED TOWARD HIM DISTINCTLY HANDSOME THOUGH EVER SO MUCH OLDER OLDER THAN WHEN HE HAD SEEN HER BEFORE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AS AN EFFECT OF HER GUESSING THAT HE HAD WITHIN THE COUPLE OF HOURS DEVOTED MORE IMAGINATION TO HER THAN TO ALL THE OTHERS PUT TOGETHER AND HAD THEREBY PENETRATED TO A KIND OF TRUTH THAT THE OTHERS WERE TOO STUPID FOR SHE WAS THERE ON HARDER TERMS THAN ANY ONE SHE WAS THERE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THINGS SUFFERED ONE WAY AND ANOTHER IN THE INTERVAL OF YEARS AND SHE REMEMBERED HIM VERY MUCH AS SHE WAS REMEMBERED ONLY A GOOD DEAL BETTER
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