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"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." 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
 be that of mockery. "Isn't what you describe perhaps but the expectation--or at any rate the sense of danger, familiar to so many people--of falling in love?" John Marcher thought. "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. E TOOK THIS IN BUT THE LIGHT IN HER EYES CONTINUED FOR HIM NOT TO BE THAT OF MOCKERY ISN'T WHAT YOU DESCRIBE PERHAPS BUT THE EXPECTATION OR AT ANY RATE THE SENSE OF DANGER FAMILIAR TO SO MANY PEOPLE OF FALLING IN LOVE JOHN MARCHER THOUGHT 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
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