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The rest of the world of course thought him queer, but she, she only, knew how, and above all why, queer; which was precisely what enabled her to dispose the concealing veil in the right folds. THE REST OF THE WORLD OF COURSE THOUGHT HIM QUEER BUT SHE SHE ONLY KNEW HOW AND ABOVE ALL WHY QUEER WHICH WAS PRECISELY WHAT ENABLED HER TO DISPOSE THE CONCEALING VEIL IN THE RIGHT FOLDS
s all the while looking at his life, judging it, measuring it, in the light of the thing she knew, which grew to be at last, with the consecration of the years, never mentioned between them save as "the real truth" about him. That had always been his own form of reference to it, but she adopted the form so quietly that, looking back at the end of a period, he knew there was no moment at which it was traceable that she had, as he might say, got inside his idea, or exchanged the attitude of beautifully indulging for that of still more beautifully believing him. It was always open to him to accuse her of seeing him but as the most harmless of maniacs, and this, in the long run--since it covered so much ground--was his easiest description of their friendship. He had a screw loose for her but she liked him in spite of it and was practically, against the rest of the world, his kind wise keeper, unremunerated but fairly amused and, in the absence of other near ties, not disreputably occupied.  TIME WENT BY THAT SHE WAS ALL THE WHILE LOOKING AT HIS LIFE JUDGING IT MEASURING IT IN THE LIGHT OF THE THINGS SHE KNEW WHICH GREW TO BE AT LAST WITH THE CONSECRATION OF THE YEARS NEVER MENTIONED BETWEEN THEM SAVE AS THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT HIM THAT HAD ALWAYS BEEN HIS OWN FORM OF REFERENCE TO IT BUT SHE ADOPTED THE FORM SO QUIETLY THAT LOOKING BACK AT THE END OF A PERIOD HE KNEW THERE WAS NO MOMENT AT WHICH IT WAS TRACEABLE THAT SHE HAD AS HE MIGHT SAY GOT INSIDE HIS IDEA OR EXCHANGED THE ATTITUDE OF BEAUTIFULLY INDULGING FOR THAT OF STILL MORE BEAUTIFULLY BELIEVING HIM IT WAS ALWAYS OPEN TO HIM TO ACCUSE HER OF SEEING HIM BUT AS THE MOST HARMLESS OF MANIACS AND THIS IN THE LONG RUN SINCE ITS COVERED SO MUCH GROUND WAS HIS EASIEST DESCRIPTION OF THEIR FRIENDSHIP HE HAD A SCREW LOOSE FOR HER BUT SHE LIKED HIM IN SPITE OF IT AND WAS PRACTICALLY AGAINST THE REST OF THE WORLD HIS KIND WISE KEEPER UNREMUNERATED BUT FAIRLY AMUSED AND IN THE ABSENCE OF OTHER NEAR TIES NOT DISREPUTABLY OCCUPIED
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