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It was as clear, thank Heaven! as the bright outer light that surprised her almost with a touch of summer when she issued from the house for her daily round of the gardens. IT WAS AS CLEAR THANK HEAVEN AS THE BRIGHT OUTER LIGHT THAT SURPRISED HER ALMOST WITH A TOUCH OF SUMMER WHEN SHE ISSUED FROM THE HOUSE FOR HER DAILY ROUND OF THE GARDENS
ashed out at her from the fire, and re-duplicated itself brightly from the flanks of the urn and the sturdy flutings of the Georgian teapot. It was as if, in some roundabout way, all her diffused apprehensions of the previous day, with their moment of sharp concentration about the newspaper article, -- as if this dim questioning of the future, and startled return upon the past,-had between them liquidated the arrears of some haunting moral obligation. If she had indeed been careless of her husband's affairs, it was, her new state seemed to prove, because her faith in him instinctively justified such carelessness; and his right to her faith had overwhelmingly affirmed itself in the very face of menace and suspicion. She had never seen him more untroubled, more naturally and unconsciously in possession of himself, than after the cross-examination to which she had subjected him: it was almost as if he had been aware of her lurking doubts, and had wanted the air cleared as much as she did. LOW SEALED DUSKY ROOM IT WENT WITH HER DOWN STAIRS TO THE BREAKFAST TABLE FLASHED OUT AT HER FROM THE FIRE AND REDUPLICATED ITSELF FROM THE FLANKS OF THE URN AND THE STURDY FLUTINGS OF THE GEORGIAN TEAPOT IT WAS AS IF IN SOME ROUNDABOUT WAY ALL HER DIFFUSED FEARS OF THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH THEIR MOMENT OF SHARP CONCENTRATION ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AS IF THIS DIM QUESTIONING OF THE FUTURE AND STARTLED RETURN UPON THE PAST HAD BETWEEN THEM LIQUIDATED THE ARREARS OF SOME HAUNTING MORAL OBLIGATION IF SHE HAD INDEED BEEN CARELESS OF HER HUSBAND'S AFFAIRS IT WAS HER NEW STATE SEEMED TO PROVE BECAUSE HER FAITH IN HIM INSTINCTIVELY JUSTIFIED SUCH CARELESSNESS AND HIS RIGHT TO HER FAITH HAD NOW AFFIRMED ITSELF IN THE VERY FACE OF MENACE AND SUSPICION SHE HAD NEVER SEEN HIM MORE UNTROUBLED MORE NATURALLY AND UNCONSCIOUSLY HIMSELF THAN AFTER THE CROSS EXAMINATION TO WHICH SHE HAD SUBJECTED HIM IT WAS ALMOST AS IF HE HAD BEEN AWARE OF HER DOUBTS AND HAD WANTED THE AIR CLEARED AS MUCH AS SHE DID
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