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One discussed of course _like_ a hunchback, for there was always, if nothing else, the hunchback face. ONE DISGUST OF COURSE LIKE A HUNCHBACK FOR THERE WAS ALWAYS IF NOTHING ELSE THE HUNCHBACK FACE
 a privilege he could invite a woman to share; and that consequence of it was precisely what was the matter with him. Something or other lay in wait for him, amid the twists and the turns of the months and the years, like a crouching Beast in the Jungle. It signified little whether the crouching Beast were destined to slay him or to be slain. The definite point was the inevitable spring of the creature; and the definite lesson from that was that a man of feeling didn't cause himself to be accompanied by a lady on a tiger-hunt. Such was the image under which he had ended by figuring his life. They had at first, none the less, in the scattered hours spent together, made no allusion to that view of it; which was a sign he was handsomely alert to give that he didn't expect, that he in fact didn't care, always to be talking about it. Such a feature in one's outlook was really like a hump on one's back. The difference it made every minute of the day existed quite independently of discussion. ON IN SHORT WASN'T A PRIVILEGE HE COULD INVITE A WOMAN TO SHARE AND THAT CONSEQUENCE OF IT WAS PRECISELY WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH HIM SOMETHING OR OTHER LAY IN WAIT FOR HIM AMID THE TWISTS AND THE TURNS OF THE MONTHS AND THE YEARS LIKE A CROUCHING BEAST IN THE JUNGLE IT SIGNIFIED LITTLE WHETHER THE CROUCHING BEAST WERE DESTINED TO SLAY HIM OR TO BE SLAIN THE DEFINITE POINT WAS THE INEVITABLE SPRING OF THE CREATURE AND THE DEFINITE LESSON FROM THAT WAS THAT A MAN OF FEELING DIDN'T CAUSE HIMSELF TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LADY ON A TIGER HUNT SUCH WAS THE IMAGE UNDER WHICH HE HAD ENDED BY FIGURING HIS LIFE THEY HAD AT FIRST NONE THE LESS IN THE SCATTERED HOURS SPENT TOGETHER MADE NO ALLUSION TO THAT VIEW OF IT WHICH WAS A SIGN HE WAS HANDSOMELY ALERT TO GIVE THAT HE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT HE IN FACT DIDN'T CARE ALWAYS TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT SUCH A FEATURE IN ONE'S OUTLOOK WAS REALLY LIKE A HUMP ON ONE'S BACK THE DIFFERENCE IT MADE EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY EXISTED QUITE INDEPENDENTLY OF DISCUSSION
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