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1336
Unless it were his health, then? But physically he had gained since they had come to Dorsetshire, grown robuster, ruddier, and fresher eyed. UNLESS IT WERE HIS HEALTH THEN BUT PHYSICALLY HE HAD GAINED SINCE THEY HAD COME TO DORSETSHIRE GROWN ROBUSTER RUDDIER AND FRESHER EYED
 one of his long tramps on the downs. She had noticed of late that he preferred to be unaccompanied on these occasions; and, in the tried security of their personal relations, had been driven to conclude that his book was bothering him, and that he needed the afternoons to turn over in solitude the problems left from the morning's work. Certainly the book was not going as smoothly as she had imagined it would, and the lines of perplexity between his eyes had never been there in his engineering days. Then he had often looked fagged to the verge of illness, but the native demon of "worry" had never branded his brow. Yet the few pages he had so far read to her -- the introduction, and a synopsis of the opening chapter -- gave evidences of a firm possession of his subject, and a deepening confidence in his powers. The fact threw her into deeper perplexity, since, now that he had done with "business" and its disturbing contingencies, the one other possible element of anxiety was eliminated.  THE HEARTH HER HUSBAND HAD GONE OFF AFTER LUNCHEON FOR ONE OF HIS LONG TRAMPS ON THE DOWNS SHE HAD NOTICED OF LATE THAT HE PREFERRED TO GO ALONE AND IN THE TRIED SECURITY OF THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONS HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO CONCLUDE THAT HIS BOOK WAS BOTHERING HIM AND THAT HE NEEDED THE AFTERNOONS TO TURN OVER IN SOLITUDE THE PROBLEMS LEFT FROM THE MORNING'S WORK CERTAINLY THE BOOK WAS NOT GOING AS SMOOTHLY AS SHE HAD THOUGHT IT WOULD AND THERE WERE LINES OF PERPLEXITY BETWEEN HIS EYES SUCH AS HAD NEVER BEEN THERE IN HIS ENGINEERING DAYS HE HAD OFTEN THEN LOOKED FAGGED TO THE VERGE OF ILLNESS BUT THE NATIVE DEMON OF WORRY HAD NEVER BRANDED HIS BROW YET THE FEW PAGES HE HAD SO FAR READ TO HER THE INTRODUCTION AND THE SUMMARY OF THE OPENING CHAPTER SHOWED A FIRM HOLD ON HIS SUBJECT AND AN INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN HIS POWERS THE FACT THREW HER INTO DEEPER PERPLEXITY SINCE NOW THAT HE HAD DONE WITH BUSINESS AND ITS DISTURBING CONTINGENCIES THE ONE OTHER POSSIBLE SOURCE OF ANXIETY WAS ELIMINATED
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