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The week had been warm, the spring was supposed to have begun early, and May Bartram sat, for the first time in the year, without a fire; a fact that, to Marcher's sense, gave the scene of which she formed part a smooth and ultimate look, an air of knowing, in its immaculate order and cold meaningless cheer, that it would never see a fire again. Her own aspect  he could scarce have said why  intensified this note. THE WEEK HAD BEEN WARM THE SPRING WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEGUN EARLY AND MAY BARTRAM SAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR WITHOUT A FIRE A FACT THAT TO MARCH HER SENSE GAVE THE SCENE OF WHICH SHE FORMED PART A SMOOTH AND ULTIMATE LOOK AN AIR OF KNOWING IN ITS IMMACULATE ORDER AND COLD MEANINGLESS CHEER THAT IT WOULD NEVER SEE A FIRE AGAIN HER OWN ASPECT HE COULD SCARCE HAVE SAID WHY INTENSIFIED THIS NOTE
orated, that, and that only, was failure. It wouldn't have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything. And so, in the dark valley into which his path had taken its unlooked-for twist, he wondered not a little as he groped. He didn't care what awful crash might overtake him, with what ignominy or what monstrosity he might yet be associated--since he wasn't after all too utterly old to suffer--if it would only be decently proportionate to the posture he had kept, all his life, in the threatened presence of it. He had but one desire left--that he shouldn't have been "sold." CHAPTER IV Then it was that, one afternoon, while the spring of the year was young and new she met all in her own way his frankest betrayal of these alarms. He had gone in late to see her, but evening hadn't settled and she was presented to him in that long fresh light of waning April days which affects us often with a sadness sharper than the greyest hours of autumn.  CHAPTER FOUR OF THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE BY HENRY JAMES THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG CHAPTER FOUR OF THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE BY HENRY JAMES THEN IT WAS THAT ONE AFTERNOON WHILE THE SPRING OF THE YEAR WAS YOUNG AND NEW SHE MET ALL IN HER OWN WAY HIS FRANKEST BETRAYAL OF THESE ALARMS HE HAD GONE IN LATE TO SEE HER BUT EVENING HADN'T SETTLED AND SHE WAS PRESENTED TO HIM IN THAT LONG FRESH LIGHT OF WANING APRIL DAYS WHICH AFFECTS US OFTEN WITH A SADNESS SHARPER THAN THE GREYEST HOURS OF AUTUMN
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