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He had been struck one day, after an absence exceeding his usual measure, with her suddenly looking much older to him than he had ever thought of her being; then he recognised that the suddenness was all on his side  he had just simply and suddenly noticed. HE HAD BEEN STRUCK ONE DAY AFTER AN ABSENCE EXCEEDING HIS USUAL MEASURE WITH HER SUDDENLY LOOKING MUCH OLDER TO HIM THAN HE HAD EVER THOUGHT OF HER BEING THEN HE RECOGNISED THAT THE SUDDENNESS WAS ALL ON HIS SIDE HE HAD JUST SIMPLY AND SUDDENLY NOTICED
t better, but worse, inasmuch as her original adoption of his own curiosity had quite become the basis of her life. She had been living to see what would _be_ to be seen, and it would quite lacerate her to have to give up before the accomplishment of the vision. These reflexions, as I say, quickened his generosity; yet, make them as he might, he saw himself, with the lapse of the period, more and more disconcerted. It lapsed for him with a strange steady sweep, and the oddest oddity was that it gave him, independently of the threat of much inconvenience, almost the only positive surprise his career, if career it could be called, had yet offered him. She kept the house as she had never done; he had to go to her to see her--she could meet him nowhere now, though there was scarce a corner of their loved old London in which she hadn't in the past, at one time or another, done so; and he found her always seated by her fire in the deep old-fashioned chair she was less and less able to leave.  THIS WOULD MAKE THE MATTER NOT BETTER BUT WORSE INASMUCH AS HER ORIGINAL ADOPTION OF HIS OWN CURIOSITY HAD QUITE BECOME THE BASIS OF HER LIFE SHE HAD BEEN LIVING TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE TO BE SEEN AND WOULD QUITE LACERATE HER TO HAVE TO GIVE UP BEFORE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE VISION THESE REFLECTIONS AS I SAY QUICKENED HIS GENEROSITY YET MAKE THEM AS HE MIGHT HE SAW HIMSELF WITH THE LAPSE OF THE PERIOD MORE AND MORE DISCONCERTED IT LAPSED FOR HIM WITH A STRANGE STEADY SWEEP AND THE ODDEST ODDITY WAS THAT IT GAVE HIM INDEPENDENTLY OF THE THREAT OF MUCH INCONVENIENCE ALMOST THE ONLY POSITIVE SURPRISE HIS CAREER IF CAREER IT COULD BE CALLED HAD YET OFFERED HIM SHE KEPT THE HOUSE AS SHE HAD NEVER DONE HE HAD TO GO TO HER TO SEE HER SHE COULD MEET HIM NOWHERE NOW THOUGH THERE WAS SCARCE A CORNER OF THEIR LOVED OLD LONDON IN WHICH SHE HADN'T IN THE PAST AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER DONE SO AND HE FOUND HER ALWAYS SEATED BY HER FIRE IN THE DEEP OLD FASHIONED CHAIR SHE WAS LESS AND LESS ABLE TO LEAVE
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