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It yet somehow presented itself, this show, as too good to be spoiled; so that they were reduced for a few minutes more to wondering a little helplessly why  since they seemed to know a certain number of the same people  their reunion had been so long averted. IT YET SOMEHOW PRESENTED ITSELF THIS SHOW AS TOO GOOD TO BE SPOILED SO THAT THEY WERE REDUCED FOR A FEW MINUTES MORE TO WONDERING A LITTLE HELPLESSLY WHY SINCE THEY SEEMED TO KNOW A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE SAME PEOPLE THEIR REUNION HAD BEEN SO LONG AVERTED
s with the feeling of an occasion missed; the present would have been so much better if the other, in the far distance, in the foreign land, hadn't been so stupidly meagre. There weren't, apparently, all counted, more than a dozen little old things that had succeeded in coming to pass between them; trivialities of youth, simplicities of freshness, stupidities of ignorance, small possible germs, but too deeply buried--too deeply (didn't it seem?) to sprout after so many years. Marcher could only feel he ought to have rendered her some service--saved her from a capsized boat in the bay or at least recovered her dressing-bag, filched from her cab in the streets of Naples by a lazzarone with a stiletto. Or it would have been nice if he could have been taken with fever all alone at his hotel, and she could have come to look after him, to write to his people, to drive him out in convalescence. _Then_ they would be in possession of the something or other that their actual show seemed to lack.  THEM THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AS WITH THE FEELING OF AN OCCASION MISSED THE PRESENT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER IF THE OTHER IN THE FAR DISTANCE IN THE FOREIGN LAND HADN'T BEEN SO STUPIDLY MEAGER THERE WEREN'T APPARENTLY ALL COUNTED MORE THAN A DOZEN LITTLE OLD THINGS THAT HAD SUCCEEDED IN COMING TO PASS BETWEEN THEM TRIVIALITIES OF YOUTH SIMPLICITIES OF FRESHNESS STUPIDITIES OF IGNORANCE SMALL POSSIBLE GERMS BUT TWO DEEPLY BURIED TOO DEEPLY DIDN'T IT SEEM TO SPROUT AFTER SO MANY YEARS MARCHER COULD ONLY FEEL HE OUGHT TO HAVE RENDERED HER SOME SERVICE SAVED HER FROM A CAPSIZED BOAT IN THE BAY OR AT LEAST RECOVERED HER DRESSING BAG FILCHED FROM HER CAB IN THE STREETS OF NAPLES BY A LOZZARONE WITH A STILETTO OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF HE COULD HAVE TAKEN WITH FEVER ALL ALONE AT HIS HOTEL AND SHE COULD HAVE COME TO LOOK AFTER HIM TO WRITE TO HIS PEOPLE TO DRIVE HIM OUT IN CONVALESCENCE THEN THEY WOULD BE IN POSSESSION OF THE SOMETHING OR OTHER THAT THEIR ACTUAL SHOW SEEMED TO LACK
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