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What it presently came to in truth was that poor Marcher waded through his beaten grass, where no life stirred, where no breath sounded, where no evil eye seemed to gleam from a possible lair, very much as if vaguely looking for the Beast, and still more as if acutely missing it. WHAT IT PRESENTLY CAME TO IN TRUTH WAS THAT POOR MARCHER WADED THROUGH HIS BEATEN GRASS WHERE NO LIFE STIRRED WHERE NO BREATH SOUNDED WHERE NO EVIL EYE SEEMED TO GLEAM FROM A POSSIBLE LAIR VERY MUCH AS IF VAGUELY LOOKING FOR THE BEAST AND STILL MORE AS IF ACUTELY MISSING IT
couldn't have made known she was watching him, for that would have published the superstition of the Beast. This was what closed his mouth now--now that the Jungle had been thrashed to vacancy and that the Beast had stolen away. It sounded too foolish and too flat; the difference for him in this particular, the extinction in his life of the element of suspense, was such as in fact to surprise him. He could scarce have said what the effect resembled; the abrupt cessation, the positive prohibition, of music perhaps, more than anything else, in some place all adjusted and all accustomed to sonority and to attention. If he could at any rate have conceived lifting the veil from his image at some moment of the past (what had he done, after all, if not lift it to _her_?) so to do this to-day, to talk to people at large of the Jungle cleared and confide to them that he now felt it as safe, would have been not only to see them listen as to a goodwife's tale, but really to hear himself tell one. EM BOTH AS IT WERE AWAY HE COULDN'T HAVE MADE KNOWN SHE WAS WATCHING HIM FOR THAT WOULD HAVE PUBLISHED THE SUPERSTITION OF THE BEAST THIS WAS WHAT CLOSED HIS MOUTH NOW NOW THAT THE JUNGLE HAD BEEN THRASHED TO VACANCY AND THAT THE BEAST HAD STOLEN AWAY IT SOUNDED TOO FOOLISH AND TOO FLAT THEFFERENCE FOR HIM IN THIS PARTICULAR THE EXTINCTION IN HIS LIFE OF THE ELEMENT OF SUSPENSE WAS SUCH AS IN FACT TO SURPRISE HIM HE COULD SCARCE HAVE SAID WHAT THE EFFECT RESEMBLED THE ABRUPT CESSATION THE POSITIVE PROHIBITION OF MUSIC PERHAPS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN SOME PLACE ALL ADJUSTED AND ALL ACCUSTOMED TO SENORITY AND TO ATTENTION IF HE COULD AT ANY RATE HAVE CONCEIVED LIFTING THE VEIL FROM HIS IMAGE AT SOME MOMENT OF THE PAST WHAT HAD HE DONE AFTER ALL IF NOT LIFT IT TO HER SO TO DO THIS TO DAY TO TALK TO PEOPLE AT LARGE OF THE JUNGLE CLEARED AND CONFIDE TO THEM THAT HE NOW FELT IT AS SAFE WOULD HAVE BEEN NOT ONLY TO SEE THEM LISTEN AS TO A GOOD WIFE'S TALE BUT REALLY TO HEAR HIMSELF TELL ONE
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