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But he made no gesture of any sort, and after a moment she asked, in a tone responding to the courteous deprecation of his attitude: "Is there any one you wish to see?" BUT HE MADE NO GESTURE OF ANY SORT AND AFTER A MOMENT SHE ASKED IN A TONE RESPONDING TO THE COURTEOUS HESITATION OF HIS ATTITUDE IS THERE ANY ONE YOU WISH TO SEE
d so deep a sense of her intimacy with it, such a conviction that its secrets were all beneficent, kept, as they said to children, "for one's good," so complete a trust in its power to gather up her life and Ned's into the harmonious pattern of the long, long story it sat there weaving in the sun. She heard steps behind her, and turned, expecting to see the gardener, accompanied by the engineer from Dorchester. But only one figure was in sight, that of a youngish, slightly built man, who, for reasons she could not on the spot have specified, did not remotely resemble her preconceived notion of an authority on hot-house boilers. The new-comer, on seeing her, lifted his hat, and paused with the air of a gentleman -- perhaps a traveler-desirous of having it immediately known that his intrusion is involuntary. The local fame of Lyng occasionally attracted the more intelligent sight-seer, and Mary half-expected to see the stranger dissemble a camera, or justify his presence by producing it.  PRESENCE OF A MIND SLOWLY RIPENED ON A SUNNY WALL OF EXPERIENCE SHE HAD NEVER BEFORE HAD SUCH A SENSE OF HER INTIMACY WITH IT SUCH A CONVICTION THAT ITS SECRETS WERE ALL BENEFICENT KEPT AS THEY SAID TO CHILDREN FOR ONE'S GOOD SUCH A TRUST IN ITS POWER TO GATHER UP HER LIFE AND NED'S INTO THE HARMONIOUS PATTERN OF THE LONG LONG STORY IT SAT THERE WEAVING IN THE SUN SHE HEARD STEPS BEHIND HER AND TURNED EXPECTING TO SEE THE GARDENER ACCOMPANIED BY THE ENGINEER FROM DORCHESTER BUT ONLY ONE FIGURE WAS IN SIGHT THAT OF A YOUNGISH SLIGHTLY BUILT MAN WHO FOR REASONS SHE COULD NOT ON THE SPOT HAVE GIVEN DID NOT REMOTELY RESEMBLE HER NOTION OF AN AUTHORITY ON HOT HOUSE BOILERS THE NEWCOMER ON SEEING HER LIFTED HIS HAT AND PAUSED WITH THE AIR OF A GENTLEMAN PERHAPS A TRAVELLER WHO WISHES TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT HIS INTRUSION IS INVOLUNTARY LYING OCCASIONALLY ATTRACTED THE MORE CULTIVATED TRAVELER AND MARY HALF EXPECTED TO SEE THE STRANGER DISSEMBLE A CAMERA OR JUSTIFY HIS PRESENCE BY PRODUCING IT
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