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He was glad that the resolution was taken ; it had been hovering in his mind for some time. He felt a kind of importance in consequence of it ; he seemed to himself to be embarking on a fresh epoch in his existence. HE WAS GLAD THAT THE RESOLUTION WAS TAKEN IT HAD BEEN HOVERING IN HIS MIND FOR SOME TIME HE FELT A KIND OF IMPORTANCE IN CONSEQUENCE OF IT HE SEEMED TO HIMSELF TO BE EMBARKING ON A FRESH EPOCH IN HIS EXISTENCE
ed sometimes at night, just before she went to sleep, because of her thoughts. That would be terrible. She should tell him about it — just give him her warm little hands to hold, cast her eyes down, and make shy confidences. His vanity, caught by his imagination, soared grandly upwards, like thistledown riding the wind. He began to picture things ; her rapt eyes seemed to look at him, and her low voice to tell him how good he was. He seemed to hear music ; the wedding march took its memorable downward sweep, curled over the key-note, and broke at his feet. It moved upwards again, changed to a slow, straining- waltz that beat its great wings regularly — upwards into the rarefied atmosphere of the passionate lover, where the whole world stopped, and one kiss continued. 42 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. He had arrived slowly at his resolution — beginning with criticism and ending in ecstasy, just at the last, warming a cold ambition by the fires of love, or the nearest that he could get to love. IOUS HEARTED AND WAS BEING HURT BY IT HE WONDERED IF SHE CRIED SOMETIMES AT NIGHT JUST BEFORE SHE WENT TO SLEEP BECAUSE OF HER THOUGHTS THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE SHE WOULD TELL HIM ABOUT IT JUST GIVE HIM HER WARM LITTLE HANDS TO HOLD CAST HER EYES DOWN AND MAKE SHY CONFIDENCES HIS VANITY CAUGHT BY HIS IMAGINATION SOARED GRANDLY UPWARDS LIKE THISTLEDOWN RIDING IN THE WIND HE BEGAN TO PICTURE THINGS HER RAPT EYES SEEMED TO LOOK AT HIM AND HER LOW VOICE TO TELL HIM HOW GOOD HE WAS HE SEEMED TO HEAR MUSIC THE WEDDING MARCH TOOK ITS MEMORABLE DOWNWARD SWEEP CURLED OVER THE KEYNOTE AND BROKE AT HIS FEET IT MOVED UPWARDS AGAIN CHANGED TO A SLOW STRAINING WALTZ THAT BEAT ITS GREAT WINGS REGULARLY UPWARDS INTO THE RARE FIELD ATMOSPHERE OF THE PASSIONATE LOVER WHERE THE WHOLE WORLD STOPPED AND ONE KISS CONTINUED HE HAD ARRIVED SLOWLY AT HIS RESOLUTION BEGINNING WITH CRITICISM AND ENDING IN ECSTASY JUST AT THE LAST WARMING A COLD AMBITION BY THE FIRES OF LOVE OR THE NEAREST THAT HE COULD GET TO LOVE
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