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As sharing his suspense and as giving herself all, giving her life, to bring it to an end, she had come with him every step of the way. AS SHARING HIS SUSPENSE AND AS GIVING HERSELF ALL GIVING HER LIFE TO BRING IT TO AN END SHE HAD COME WITH HIM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
ff with something in which he should be able to rest. What could the thing that was to happen to him be, after all, but just this thing that had began to happen? Her dying, her death, his consequent solitude--that was what he had figured as the Beast in the Jungle, that was what had been in the lap of the gods. He had had her word for it as he left her--what else on earth could she have meant? It wasn't a thing of a monstrous order; not a fate rare and distinguished; not a stroke of fortune that overwhelmed and immortalised; it had only the stamp of the common doom. But poor Marcher at this hour judged the common doom sufficient. It would serve his turn, and even as the consummation of infinite waiting he would bend his pride to accept it. He sat down on a bench in the twilight. He hadn't been a fool. Something had _been_, as she had said, to come. Before he rose indeed it had quite struck him that the final fact really matched with the long avenue through which he had had to reach it. M TO SAVE HIM TO PUT HIM OFF WITH SOMETHING IN WHICH HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REST WHAT COULD THE THING THAT WAS TO HAPPEN TO HIM BE AFTER ALL BUT JUST THIS THING THAT HAD BEGUN TO HAPPEN HER DYING HER DEATH HIS CONSEQUENT SOLITUDE THAT WAS WHAT HE HAD FIGURED AS THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE THAT WAS WHAT HAD BEEN IN THE LAP OF THE GODS HE HAD HAD HER WORD FOR IT AS HE LEFT HER WHAT ELSE ON EARTH COULD SHE HAVE MEANT IT WASN'T A THING OF A MONSTROUS ORDER NOT A FATE RARE AND DISTINGUISHED NOT A STROKE OF FORTUNE THAT OVERWHELMED AND IMMORTALIZED IT HAD ONLY THE STAMP OF THE COMMON DOOM BUT POOR MARCHER AT THIS HOUR JUDGED THE COMMON DOOM SUFFICIENT IT WOULD SERVE HIS TURN AND EVEN AS THE CONSUMMATION OF INFINITE WAITING HE WOULD BEND HIS PRIDE TO ACCEPT IT HE SAT DOWN ON A BENCH IN THE TWILIGHT HE HADN'T BEEN A FOOL SOMETHING HAD BEEN AS SHE HAD SAID TO COME BEFORE HE ROSE INDEED IT HAD QUITE STRUCK HIM THAT THE FINAL FACT REALLY MATCHED WITH THE LONG AVENUE THROUGH WHICH HE HAD HAD TO REACH IT
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