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She had touched in her passage a bell near the chimney and had sunk back strangely pale. "I'm afraid I'm too ill." "Too ill to tell me?" it sprang up sharp to him, and almost to his lips, the fear she might die without giving him light. He checked himself in time from so expressing his question, but she answered as if she had heard the words. "Don't you know  now?" "'Now' SHE HAD TOUCHED IN HER PASSAGE A BELL NEAR THE CHIMNEY AND HAD SUNK BACK STRANGELY PALE I AM AFRAID I'M TOO ILL TOO ILL TO TELL ME IT SPRANG UP SHARP TO HIM AND ALMOST TO HIS LIPS THE FEAR SHE MIGHT DIE WITHOUT GIVING HIM LIGHT HE CHECKED HIMSELF IN TIME FROM SO EXPRESSING HIS QUESTION BUT SHE ANSWERED AS IF SHE HAD HEARD THE WORDS DON'T YOU KNOW NOW
ately shone with it--it glittered almost as with the white lustre of silver in her expression. She was right, incontestably, for what he saw in her face was the truth, and strangely, without consequence, while their talk of it as dreadful was still in the air, she appeared to present it as inordinately soft. This, prompting bewilderment, made him but gape the more gratefully for her revelation, so that they continued for some minutes silent, her face shining at him, her contact imponderably pressing, and his stare all kind but all expectant. The end, none the less, was that what he had expected failed to come to him. Something else took place instead, which seemed to consist at first in the mere closing of her eyes. She gave way at the same instant to a slow fine shudder, and though he remained staring--though he stared in fact but the harder--turned off and regained her chair. It was the end of what she had been intending, but it left him thinking only of that. "Well, you don't say--? O GIVE HIM HER WASTED FACE DELICATELY SHONE WITH IT IT GLITTERED ALMOST AS WITH THE WHITE LUSTRE OF SILVER IN HER EXPRESSION SHE WAS RIGHT INCONTESTABLY FOR WHAT HE SAW IN HER FACE WAS THE TRUTH AND STRANGELY WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE WHILE THEIR TALK OF IT AS DREADFUL WAS STILL IN THE AIR SHE APPEARED TO PRESENT IT AS INORDINATELY SOFT THIS PROMPTING BEWILDERMENT MADE HIM BUT GAPE THE MORE GRATEFULLY FOR HER REVELATION SO THAT THEY CONTINUED FOR SOME MINUTES SILENT HER FACE SHINING AT HIM HER CONTACT IMPONDERABLY PRESSING AND HIS STARE ALL KIND BUT ALL EXPECTANT THE END NONE THE LESS WAS THAT WHAT HE HAD EXPECTED FAILED TO COME TO HIM SOMETHING ELSE TOOK PLACE INSTEAD WHICH SEEMED TO CONSIST AT FIRST IN THE MERE CLOSING OF HER EYES SHE GAVE WAY AT THE SAME INSTANT TO A SLOW FINE SHUDDER AND THOUGH HE REMAINED STARING THOUGH HE STARED IN FACT BUT THE HARDER TURNED OFF AND REGAINED HER CHAIR IT WAS THE END OF WHAT SHE HAD BEEN INTENDING BUT IT LEFT HIM THINKING ONLY OF THAT WELL YOU DON'T SAY
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