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Or it would have been nice if he could have been taken with fever all alone at his hotel, and she could have come to look after him, to write to his people, to drive him out in convalescence. OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF HE COULD HAVE TAKEN WITH FEVER ALL ALONE AT HIS HOTEL AND SHE COULD HAVE COME TO LOOK AFTER HIM TO WRITE TO HIS PEOPLE TO DRIVE HIM OUT IN CONVALESCENCE
vited, encouraged, could give them, naturally, no more than it had. 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. There weren't, apparently, all counted, more than a dozen little old things that had succeeded in coming to pass between them; trivialities of youth, simplicities of freshness, stupidities of ignorance, small possible germs, but too deeply buried--too deeply (didn't it seem?) to sprout after so many years. Marcher could only feel he ought to have rendered her some service--saved her from a capsized boat in the bay or at least recovered her dressing-bag, filched from her cab in the streets of Naples by a lazzarone with a stiletto. T PERFECT THAT THE PAST INVOKED INVITED ENCOURAGED COULD GIVE THEM NATURALLY NO MORE THAN IT HAD 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 THERE WEREN'T APPARENTLY ALL COUNTED MORE THAN A DOZEN LITTLE OLD THINGS THAT HAD SUCCEEDED IN COMING TO PASS BETWEEN THEM TRIVIALITIES OF YOUTH SIMPLICITIES OF FRESHNESS STUPIDITIES OF IGNORANCE SMALL POSSIBLE GERMS BUT TWO DEEPLY BURIED TOO DEEPLY DIDN'T IT SEEM TO SPROUT AFTER SO MANY YEARS MARCHER COULD ONLY FEEL HE OUGHT TO HAVE RENDERED HER SOME SERVICE SAVED HER FROM A CAPSIZED BOAT IN THE BAY OR AT LEAST RECOVERED HER DRESSING BAG FILCHED FROM HER CAB IN THE STREETS OF NAPLES BY A LOZZARONE WITH A STILETTO
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