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What it had come to was that he wore a mask painted with the social simper, out of the eye holes of which there looked eyes of an expression not in the least matching the other features. WHAT IT HAD COME TO WAS THAT HE WORE A MASK PAINTED WITH THE SOCIAL SIMPER OUT OF THE EYEHOLES OF WHICH THERE LOOKED EYES OF AN EXPRESSION NOT IN THE LEAST MATCHING THE OTHER FEATURES
He allowed for himself, but she, exactly, allowed still more; partly because, better placed for a sight of the matter, she traced his unhappy perversion through reaches of its course into which he could scarce follow it. He knew how he felt, but, besides knowing that, she knew how he looked as well; he knew each of the things of importance he was insidiously kept from doing, but she could add up the amount they made, understand how much, with a lighter weight on his spirit, he might have done, and thereby establish how, clever as he was, he fell short. Above all she was in the secret of the difference between the forms he went through--those of his little office under Government, those of caring for his modest patrimony, for his library, for his garden in the country, for the people in London whose invitations he accepted and repaid--and the detachment that reigned beneath them and that made of all behaviour, all that could in the least be called behaviour, a long act of dissimulation. E WHOLE CALL IT ANYTHING ELSE HE ALLOWED FOR HIMSELF BUT SHE EXACTLY ALLOWED STILL MORE PARTLY BECAUSE BETTER PLACED FOR A SIGHT OF THE MATTER SHE TRACED HIS UNHAPPY PERVERSION THROUGH REACHES OF ITS COURSE INTO WHICH HE COULD SCARCE FOLLOW IT HE KNEW HOW HE FELT BUT BESIDES KNOWING THAT SHE KNEW HOW HE LOOKED AS WELL HE KNEW EACH OF THE THINGS OF IMPORTANCE HE WAS INSIDIOUSLY KEPT FROM DOING BUT SHE COULD ADD UP THE AMOUNT THEY MADE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WITH A LIGHTER WEIGHT ON HIS SPIRIT HE MIGHT HAVE DONE AND THEREBY ESTABLISH HOW CLEVER AS HE WAS HE FELL SHORT ABOVE ALL SHE WAS IN THE SECRET OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FORMS HE WENT THROUGH THOSE OF HIS LITTLE OFFICE UNDER GOVERNMENT THOSE OF CARING FOR HIS MODEST PATRIMONY FOR HIS LIBRARY FOR HIS GARDEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE IN LONDON WHOSE INVITATIONS HE ACCEPTED AND REPAID AND THE DETACHMENT THAT REIGNED BENEATH THEM AND THAT MADE OF ALL BEHAVIOR ALL THAT COULD IN THE LEAST BE CALLED BEHAVIOR A LONG ACT OF DISSIMULATION
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