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He said this so lucidly and consistently that he could see it further impose itself. If she hadn't been interested before she'd have been interested now. SAID THIS SO LUCIDLY AND CONSISTENTLY THAT HE COULD SEE IT FURTHER IMPOSE ITSELF IF SHE HADN'T BEEN INTERESTED BEFORE SHE'D HAVE BEEN INTERESTED NOW
n. But it's what strikes me now." "Of course," he said after a moment, "it strikes you. Of course it strikes _me_. Of course what's in store for me may be no more than that. The only thing is," he went on, "that I think if it had been that I should by this time know." "Do you mean because you've _been_ in love?" And then as he but looked at her in silence: "You've been in love, and it hasn't meant such a cataclysm, hasn't proved the great affair?" "Here I am, you see. It hasn't been overwhelming." "Then it hasn't been love," said May Bartram. "Well, I at least thought it was. I took it for that--I've taken it till now. It was agreeable, it was delightful, it was miserable," he explained. "But it wasn't strange. It wasn't what my affair's to be." "You want something all to yourself--something that nobody else knows or _has_ known?" "It isn't a question of what I 'want'--God knows I don't want anything. It's only a question of the apprehension that haunts me--that I live with day by day. HOUGHT DID YOU ASK ME THAT BEFORE NO I WASN'T SO FREE AND EASY THEN BUT IT'S WHAT STRIKES ME NOW OF COURSE HE SAID AFTER A MOMENT IT STRIKES YOU OF COURSE IT STRIKES ME OF COURSE WHAT'S IN STORE FOR ME MAY BE NO MORE THAN THAT THE ONLY THING IS HE WENT ON THAT I THINK IF IT HAD BEEN THAT I SHOULD BY THIS TIME KNOW DO YOU MEAN BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN IN LOVE AND THEN AS HE BUT LOOKED AT HER IN SILENCE YOU'VE BEEN IN LOVE AND IT HASN'T MEANT SUCH A CATACLYSM HASN'T PROVED THE GREAT AFFAIR HERE I AM YOU SEE IT HASN'T BEEN OVERWHELMING THEN IT HASN'T BEEN LOVE SAID MAY BARTRAM WELL I AT LEAST THOUGHT IT WAS I TOOK IT FOR THAT I'VE TAKEN IT TILL NOW IT WAS AGREEABLE IT WAS DELIGHTFUL IT WAS MISERABLE HE EXPLAINED BUT IT WASN'T STRANGE IT WASN'T WHAT MY AFFAIR'S TO BE YOU WANT SOMETHING ALL TO YOURSELF SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE KNOWS OR HAS KNOWN IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF WHAT I WANT GOD KNOWS I DON'T WANT ANYTHING IT'S ONLY A QUESTION OF THE APPREHENSION THAT HAUNTS ME THAT I LIVE WITH DAY BY DAY
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