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She was sure that Boyne would never come back, that he had gone out of her sight as completely as if Death itself had waited that day on the threshold. SHE WAS SURE THAT BOYNE WOULD NEVER COME BACK THAT HE HAD GONE OUT OF HER SIGHT AS COMPLETELY AS IF DEATH ITSELF HAD WAITED THAT DAY ON THE THRESHOLD
ns of life. These moments lengthened into hours and days, till she passed into a phase of stolid acquiescence. She watched the familiar routine of life with the incurious eye of a savage on whom the meaningless processes of civilization make but the faintest impression. She had come to regard herself as part of the routine, a spoke of the wheel, revolving with its motion; she felt almost like the furniture of the room in which she sat, an insensate object to be dusted and pushed about with the chairs and tables. And this deepening apathy held her fast at Lyng, in spite of the urgent entreaties of friends and the usual medical recommendation of "change." Her friends supposed that her refusal to move was inspired by the belief that her husband would one day return to the spot from which he had vanished, and a beautiful legend grew up about this imaginary state of waiting. But in reality she had no such belief: the depths of anguish inclosing her were no longer lighted by flashes of hope. AS ONE OF THE FIXED CONDITIONS OF LIFE THESE MOMENTS LENGTHENED INTO HOURS AND DAYS TILL SHE PASSED INTO A PHASE OF STOLID ACQUIESENCE SHE WATCHED THE ROUTINE OF DAILY LIFE WITH THE INCURIOUS EYE OF A SAVAGE ON WHOM THE MEANINGLESS PROCESSES OF CIVILIZATION MAKE BUT THE FAINTEST IMPRESSION SHE HAD COME TO REGARD HERSELF AS PART OF THE ROUTINE A SPOKE OF THE WHEEL REVOLVING IN ITS MOTION SHE FELT ALMOST LIKE THE FURNITURE OF THE ROOM IN WHICH SHE SAT AN INSENSATE OBJECT TO BE DUSTED AND PUSHED ABOUT WITH THE CHAIRS AND TABLES AND THIS DEEPENING APATHY HELD HER FAST AT LYING IN SPITE OF THE ENTREATIES OF FRIENDS IN THE USUAL MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHANGE HER FRIENDS SUPPOSED THAT HER REFUSAL TO MOVE WAS INSPIRED BY THE BELIEF THAT HER HUSBAND WOULD ONE DAY RETURN TO THE SPOT FROM WHICH SHE HAD VANISHED AND A BEAUTIFUL LEGEND GREW UP ABOUT THIS IMAGINARY STATE OF WAITING BUT IN REALITY SHE HAD NO SUCH BELIEF THE DEPTHS OF ANGUISH ENCLOSING HER WERE NO LONGER LIGHTED BY FLASHES OF HOPE
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