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To tell her what he had told her  what had it been but to ask something of her? something that she had given, in her charity, without his having, by a remembrance, by a return of the spirit, failing another encounter, so much as thanked her. What he had asked of her had been simply at first not to laugh at him. She had beautifully not done so for ten years, and she was not doing so now. TO TELL HER WHAT HE HAD TOLD HER WHAT HAD IT BEEN BUT TO ASK SOMETHING OF HER SOMETHING THAT SHE HAD GIVEN IN HER CHARITY WITHOUT HIS HAVING BY A REMEMBRANCE BY A RETURN OF THE SPIRIT FAILING ANOTHER ENCOUNTER SO MUCH AS THANKED HER WHAT HE HAD ASKED OF HER HAD BEEN SIMPLY AT FIRST NOT TO LAUGH AT HIM SHE HAD BEAUTIFULLY NOT DONE SO FOR TEN YEARS AND SHE WAS NOT DOING SO NOW
r possible derision. Somehow the whole question was a new luxury to him--that is from the moment she was in possession. If she didn't take the sarcastic view she clearly took the sympathetic, and that was what he had had, in all the long time, from no one whomsoever. What he felt was that he couldn't at present have begun to tell her, and yet could profit perhaps exquisitely by the accident of having done so of old. "Please don't then. We're just right as it is." "Oh I am," she laughed, "if you are!" To which she added: "Then you do still feel in the same way?" It was impossible he shouldn't take to himself that she was really interested, though it all kept coming as a perfect surprise. He had thought of himself so long as abominably alone, and lo he wasn't alone a bit. He hadn't been, it appeared, for an hour--since those moments on the Sorrento boat. It was she who had been, he seemed to see as he looked at her--she who had been made so by the graceless fact of his lapse of fidelity.  EXCESSIVE PUT HIM AT EASE ABOUT HER POSSIBLE DERISION SOMEHOW THE WHOLE QUESTION WAS A NEW LUXURY TO HIM THAT IS FROM THE MOMENT SHE WAS IN POSSESSION IF SHE DIDN'T TAKE THE SARCASTIC VIEW SHE CLEARLY TOOK THE SYMPATHETIC AND THAT WAS WHAT HE HAD HAD IN ALL THE LONG TIME FROM NO ONE WHOMSOEVER WHAT HE FELT WAS THAT HE COULDN'T AT PRESENT HAVE BEGUN TO TELL HER AND YET COULD PROFIT PERHAPS EXQUISITELY BY THE ACCIDENT OF HAVING DONE SO OF OLD PLEASE DON'T THEN WE'RE JUST RIGHT AS IT IS OH I AM SHE LAUGHED IF YOU ARE TO WHICH SHE ADDED THEN DO YOU STILL FEEL IN THE SAME WAY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE HE SHOULDN'T TAKE TO HIMSELF THAT SHE WAS REALLY INTERESTED THOUGH IT ALL KEPT COMING AS A PERFECT SURPRISE HE HAD THOUGHT OF HIMSELF SO LONG AS ABOMINABLY ALONE AND LO HE WASN'T ALONE A BIT HE HADN'T BEEN IT APPEARED FOR AN HOUR SINCE THOSE MOMENTS ON THE SORRENTO BOAT IT WAS SHE WHO HAD BEEN HE SEEMED TO SEE AS HE LOOKED AT HER SHE WHO HAD BEEN MADE SO BY THE GRACELESS FACT OF HIS LAPSE OF FIDELITY
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