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It had made them anciently meet  her at twenty, him at twenty five; but nothing was so strange, they seemed to say to each other, as that, while so occupied, it hadn't done a little more for them. They looked at each other as with the feeling of an occasion missed; the present would have been so much better if the other, in the far distance, in the foreign land, hadn't been so stupidly meagre. IT HAD MADE THEM ANCIENTLY MEET HER AT TWENTY HIM AT TWENTY FIVE BUT NOTHING WAS SO STRANGE THEY SEEMED TO SAY TO EACH OTHER AS THAT WHILE SO OCCUPIED IT HADN'T DONE A LITTLE MORE FOR THEM THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AS WITH THE FEELING OF AN OCCASION MISSED THE PRESENT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER IF THE OTHER IN THE FAR DISTANCE IN THE FOREIGN LAND HADN'T BEEN SO STUPIDLY MEAGER
or refuge into an excavation--this incident had not occurred at the Palace of the Caesars, but at Pompeii, on an occasion when they had been present there at an important find. He accepted her amendments, he enjoyed her corrections, though the moral of them was, she pointed out, that he _really_ didn't remember the least thing about her; and he only felt it as a drawback that when all was made strictly historic there didn't appear much of anything left. They lingered together still, she neglecting her office--for from the moment he was so clever she had no proper right to him--and both neglecting the house, just waiting as to see if a memory or two more wouldn't again breathe on them. It hadn't taken them many minutes, after all, to put down on the table, like the cards of a pack, those that constituted their respective hands; only what came out was that the pack was unfortunately not perfect--that the past, invoked, invited, encouraged, could give them, naturally, no more than it had. LENCE AS TO DRIVE THEM FOR REFUGE INTO AN EXCAVATION THIS INCIDENT HAD NOT OCCURRED AT THE PALACE OF THE CAESARS BUT AT POMPEII ON AN OCCASION WHEN THEY HAD BEEN PRESENT THERE AT AN IMPORTANT FIND HE ACCEPTED HER AMENDMENTS HE ENJOYED HER CORRECTIONS THOUGH THE MORAL OF THEM WAS SHE POINTED OUT THAT HE REALLY DIDN'T REMEMBER THE LEAST THING ABOUT HER AND HE ONLY FELT IT AS A DRAWBACK THAT WHEN ALL WAS MADE STRICTLY HISTORIC THERE DIDN'T APPEAR MUCH OF ANYTHING LEFT THEY LINGERED TOGETHER STILL SHE NEGLECTING HER OFFICE FOR FROM THE MOMENT HE WAS SO CLEVER SHE HAD NO PROPER RIGHT TO HIM AND BOTH NEGLECTING THE HOUSE JUST WAITING AS TO SEE IF A MEMORY OR TWO MORE WOULDN'T AGREE AGAIN BREATHE ON THEM IT HADN'T TAKEN THEM MANY MINUTES AFTER ALL TO PUT DOWN ON THE TABLE LIKE THE CARDS OF A PACK THOSE THAT CONSTITUTED THEIR RESPECTIVE HANDS ONLY WHAT CAME OUT WAS THAT THE PACK WAS UNFORTUNATELY NOT PERFECT THAT THE PAST INVOKED INVITED ENCOURAGED COULD GIVE THEM NATURALLY NO MORE THAN IT HAD
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