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But her maid, quickly obedient to her bell, was already with them. "I know nothing." And he was afterwards to say to himself that he must have spoken with odious impatience, such an impatience as to show that, supremely disconcerted, he washed his hands of the whole question. BUT HER MAID QUICKLY OBEDIENT TO HER BELL WAS ALREADY WITH THEM I KNOW NOTHING AND HE WAS AFTERWARDS TO SAY TO HIMSELF THAT HE MUST HAVE SPOKEN WITH ODIOUS IMPATIENCE SUCH AN IMPATIENCE AS TO SHOW THAT SUPREMELY DISCONCERTED HE WASHED HIS HANDS OF THE WHOLE QUESTION
face shining at him, her contact imponderably pressing, and his stare all kind but all expectant. The end, none the less, was that what he had expected failed to come to him. Something else took place instead, which seemed to consist at first in the mere closing of her eyes. She gave way at the same instant to a slow fine shudder, and though he remained staring--though he stared in fact but the harder--turned off and regained her chair. It was the end of what she had been intending, but it left him thinking only of that. "Well, you don't say--?" She had touched in her passage a bell near the chimney and had sunk back strangely pale. "I'm afraid I'm too ill." "Too ill to tell me?" it sprang up sharp to him, and almost to his lips, the fear she might die without giving him light. He checked himself in time from so expressing his question, but she answered as if she had heard the words. "Don't you know--now?" "'Now'--?" She had spoken as if some difference had been made within the moment. SO THAT THEY CONTINUED FOR SOME MINUTES SILENT HER FACE SHINING AT HIM HER CONTACT IMPONDERABLY PRESSING AND HIS STARE ALL KIND BUT ALL EXPECTANT THE END NONE THE LESS WAS THAT WHAT HE HAD EXPECTED FAILED TO COME TO HIM SOMETHING ELSE TOOK PLACE INSTEAD WHICH SEEMED TO CONSIST AT FIRST IN THE MERE CLOSING OF HER EYES SHE GAVE WAY AT THE SAME INSTANT TO A SLOW FINE SHUDDER AND THOUGH HE REMAINED STARING THOUGH HE STARED IN FACT BUT THE HARDER TURNED OFF AND REGAINED HER CHAIR IT WAS THE END OF WHAT SHE HAD BEEN INTENDING BUT IT LEFT HIM THINKING ONLY OF THAT WELL YOU DON'T SAY SHE HAD TOUCHED IN HER PASSAGE A BELL NEAR THE CHIMNEY AND HAD SUNK BACK STRANGELY PALE I AM AFRAID I'M TOO ILL TOO ILL TO TELL ME IT SPRANG UP SHARP TO HIM AND ALMOST TO HIS LIPS THE FEAR SHE MIGHT DIE WITHOUT GIVING HIM LIGHT HE CHECKED HIMSELF IN TIME FROM SO EXPRESSING HIS QUESTION BUT SHE ANSWERED AS IF SHE HAD HEARD THE WORDS DON'T YOU KNOW NOW HAD SPOKEN AS IF SOME DIFFERENCE HAD BEEN MADE WITHIN THE MOMENT
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