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There was but one account of her that would have been true all the while and that she could give straight to nobody, least of all to John Marcher. THERE WAS BUT ONE ACCOUNT OF HER THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TRUE ALL THE WHILE AND THAT SHE COULD GIVE STRAIGHT TO NOBODY LEAST OF ALL TO JOHN MARCHER
don whose invitations he accepted and repaid--and the detachment that reigned beneath them and that made of all behaviour, all that could in the least be called behaviour, a long act of dissimulation. What it had come to was that he wore a mask painted with the social simper, out of the eye-holes of which there looked eyes of an expression not in the least matching the other features. This the stupid world, even after years, had never more than half discovered. It was only May Bartram who had, and she achieved, by an art indescribable, the feat of at once--or perhaps it was only alternately--meeting the eyes from in front and mingling her own vision, as from over his shoulder, with their peep through the apertures. So while they grew older together she did watch with him, and so she let this association give shape and colour to her own existence. Beneath _her_ forms as well detachment had learned to sit, and behaviour had become for her, in the social sense, a false account of herself.  COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE IN LONDON WHOSE INVITATIONS HE ACCEPTED AND REPAID AND THE DETACHMENT THAT REIGNED BENEATH THEM AND THAT MADE OF ALL BEHAVIOR ALL THAT COULD IN THE LEAST BE CALLED BEHAVIOR A LONG ACT OF DISSIMULATION WHAT IT HAD COME TO WAS THAT HE WORE A MASK PAINTED WITH THE SOCIAL SIMPER OUT OF THE EYEHOLES OF WHICH THERE LOOKED EYES OF AN EXPRESSION NOT IN THE LEAST MATCHING THE OTHER FEATURES THIS THE STUPID WORLD EVEN AFTER YEARS HAD NEVER MORE THAN HALF DISCOVERED IT WAS ONLY MAY BARTRAM WHO HAD AND SHE ACHIEVED BY AN ART INDESCRIBABLE THE FEET OF AT ONCE OR PERHAPS IT WAS ONLY ALTERNATELY MEETING THE EYES FROM IN FRONT AND MINGLING HER OWN VISION AS FROM OVER HIS SHOULDER WITH THEIR PEEP THROUGH THE APERTURES SO WHILE THEY GREW OLDER TOGETHER SHE DID WATCH WITH HIM AND SO SHE LET THIS ASSOCIATION GIVE SHAPE AND COLOR TO HER OWN EXISTENCE BENEATH HER FORMS AS WELL DETACHMENT HAD LEARNED TO SIT AND BEHAVIOR HAD BECOME FOR HER IN THE SOCIAL SENSE A FALSE ACCOUNT OF HERSELF
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