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It even happened that, seeing her home at such times, he occasionally went in with her to finish, as he called it, the evening, and, the better to make his point, sat down to the frugal but always careful little supper that awaited his pleasure. IT EVEN HAPPENED THAT SEEING HER HOME AT SUCH TIMES HE OCCASIONALLY WENT IN WITH HER TO FINISH AS HE CALLED IT THE EVENING AND THE BETTER TO MAKE HIS POINT SAT DOWN TO THE FRUGAL BUT ALWAYS CAREFUL LITTLE SUPPER THAT AWAITED HIS PLEASURE
have said, a date; which came out in the fact that again and again, even after long intervals, other things that passed between them were in relation to this hour but the character of recalls and results. Its immediate effect had been indeed rather to lighten insistence--almost to provoke a reaction; as if their topic had dropped by its own weight and as if moreover, for that matter, Marcher had been visited by one of his occasional warnings against egotism. He had kept up, he felt, and very decently on the whole, his consciousness of the importance of not being selfish, and it was true that he had never sinned in that direction without promptly enough trying to press the scales the other way. He often repaired his fault, the season permitting, by inviting his friend to accompany him to the opera; and it not infrequently thus happened that, to show he didn't wish her to have but one sort of food for her mind, he was the cause of her appearing there with him a dozen nights in the month. E NONE THE LESS AS I HAVE SAID A DATE WHICH CAME OUT IN THE FACT THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN EVEN AFTER LONG INTERVALS OTHER THINGS THAT PASSED BETWEEN THEM WERE IN RELATION TO THIS HOUR BUT THE CHARACTER OF RECALLS AND RESULTS ITS IMMEDIATE EFFECT HAD BEEN INDEED RATHER TO LIGHTEN INSISTENCE ALMOST TO PROVOKE A REACTION AS IF THEIR TOPIC HAD DROPPED BY ITS OWN WEIGHT AND AS IF MOREOVER FOR THAT MATTER MARCHER HAD BEEN VISITED BY ONE OF HIS OCCASIONAL WARNINGS AGAINST EGOTISM HE HAD KEPT UP HE FELT AND VERY DECENTLY ON THE WHOLE HIS CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT BEING SELFISH AND IT WAS TRUE THAT HE HAD NEVER SINNED IN THAT DIRECTION WITHOUT PROMPTLY ENOUGH TRYING TO PRESS THE SCALES THE OTHER WAY HE OFTEN REPAIRED HIS FAULT THE SEASON PERMITTING BY INVITING HIS FRIEND TO ACCOMPANY HIM TO THE OPERA AND IT NOT INFREQUENTLY THUS HAPPENED THAT TO SHOW HE DIDN'T WISH HER TO HAVE BUT ONE SORT OF FOOD FOR HER MIND HE WAS THE CAUSE OF HER APPEARING THERE WITH HIM A DOZEN NIGHTS IN THE MONTH
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