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The extraordinary thing we speak of was the sudden rush of the result of this question. The sight that had just met his eyes named to him, as in letters of quick flame, something he had utterly, insanely missed, and what he had missed made these things a train of fire, made them mark themselves in an anguish of inward throbs. THE EXTRAORDINARY THING WE SPEAK OF WAS THE SUDDEN RUSH OF THE RESULT OF THIS QUESTION THE SIGHT THAT HAD JUST MET HIS EYES NAMED TO HIM AS IN LETTERS OF QUICK FLAME SOMETHING HE HAD UTTERLY INSANELY MISSED AND WHAT HE HAD MISSED MADE THESE THINGS A TRAIN OF FIRE MADE THEM MARK THEMSELVES IN AN ANGUISH OF INWARD THROBS
 Marcher was at all events conscious of was in the first place that the image of scarred passion presented to him was conscious too--of something that profaned the air; and in the second that, roused, startled, shocked, he was yet the next moment looking after it, as it went, with envy. The most extraordinary thing that had happened to him--though he had given that name to other matters as well--took place, after his immediate vague stare, as a consequence of this impression. The stranger passed, but the raw glare of his grief remained, making our friend wonder in pity what wrong, what wound it expressed, what injury not to be healed. What had the man _had_, to make him by the loss of it so bleed and yet live? Something--and this reached him with a pang--that _he_, John Marcher, hadn't; the proof of which was precisely John Marcher's arid end. No passion had ever touched him, for this was what passion meant; he had survived and maundered and pined, but where had been _his_ deep ravage? N STIRRED AS BY AN OVERT DISCORD WHAT MARCHER WAS AT ALL EVENTS CONSCIOUS OF WAS IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT THE IMAGE OF SCARRED PASSION PRESENTED TO HIM WAS CONSCIOUS TOO OF SOMETHING THAT PROFANED THE AIR AND IN THE SECOND THAT ROUSED STARTLED SHOCKED HE WAS YET THE NEXT MOMENT LOOKING AFTER IT AS IT WENT WITH ENVY THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY THING THAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM THOUGH HE HAD GIVEN THAT NAME TO OTHER MATTERS AS WELL TOOK PLACE AFTER HIS IMMEDIATE VAGUE STARE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS IMPRESSION THE STRANGER PASSED BUT THE RAW GLARE OF HIS GRIEF REMAINED MAKING OUR FRIEND WONDER IN PITY WHAT WRONG WHAT WOUND IT EXPRESSED WHAT INJURY NOT TO BE HEALED WHAT HAD THE MAN HAD TO MAKE HIM BY THE LOSS OF IT SO BLEED AND YET LIVE SOMETHING AND THIS REACHED HIM WITH A PANG THAT HE JOHN MARCHER HADN'T THE PROOF OF WHICH WAS PRECISELY JOHN MARCHER'S ARID END NO PASSION HAD EVER TOUCHED HIM FOR THIS WAS WHAT PASSION MEANT HE HAD SURVIVED AND MAUNDERED AND PINED BUT WHERE HAD BEEN HIS DEEP RAVAGE
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