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She broke into sobs and began to shed tears with the facility peculiar to her. In a moment her face was all wet with the big drops which rolled down her cheeks faster and faster, and fell with audible splashes on to the table, on to her lap, on to the floor. SHE BROKE INTO SOBS AND BEGAN TO SHED TEARS WITH THE FACILITY PECULIAR TO HER IN A MOMENT HER FACE WAS ALL WET WITH THE BIG DROPS WHICH ROLLED DOWN HER CHEEKS FASTER AND FASTER AND FELL WITH AUDIBLE SPLASHES ON TO THE TABLE ON TO HER LAP ON TO THE FLOOR
 up, disfigured them, and flung them back at him with scorn. She reproached him with no longer caring for her; she vituperated the conduct of his family in never taking the smallest notice of her marriage; and she detailed the insolence of the landlady who had told her that morning she pitied 'poor Mr. Willoughby', and had refused to go out and buy herrings for Esther's early dinner. Every affront or grievance, real or imaginary, since the day she and Willoughby had first met, she poured forth with a fluency due to frequent repetition, for, with the exception of today's added injuries, Willoughby had heard the whole litany many times before. While she raged and he looked at her, he remembered he had once thought her pretty. He had seen beauty in her rough brown hair, her strong colouring, her full red mouth. He fell into musing ... a woman may lack beauty, he told himself, and yet be loved.... Meanwhile Esther reached white heats of passion, and the strain could no longer be sustained.  COULD AND ESTHER CAUGHT THEM UP DISFIGURED THEM AND FLUNG THEM BACK AT HIM WITH SCORN SHE REPROACHED HIM WITH NO LONGER CARING FOR HER SHE FATUPERATED THE CONDUCT OF HIS FAMILY IN NEVER TAKING THE SMALLEST NOTICE OF HER MARRIAGE AND SHE DETAILED THE INSOLENCE OF THE LANDLADY WHO HAD TOLD HER THAT MORNING SHE PITIED POOR MISTER WILLOUGHBY AND HAD REFUSED TO GO OUT AND BUY HERRINGS FOR ESTHER'S EARLY DINNER EVERY AFFRONT OR GRIEVANCE REAL OR IMAGINARY SINCE THE DAY SHE AND WILLOUGHBY HAD FIRST MET SHE POURED FORTH WITH A FLUENCY DUE TO FREQUENT REPETITION FOR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TO DAY'S ADDED INJURIES WILLOUGHBY HAD HEARD THE WHOLE LITANY MANY TIMES BEFORE WHILE SHE RAGED AND HE LOOKED AT HER HE REMEMBERED HE HAD ONCE THOUGHT HER PRETTY HE HAD SEEN BEAUTY IN HER ROUGH BROWN HAIR HER STRONG COLOURING HER FULL RED MOUTH HE FELL INTO MUSING A WOMAN MAY LACK BEAUTY HE TOLD HIMSELF AND YET BE LOVED MEANWHILE ESTHER REACHED WHITE HEATS OF PASSION AND THE STRAIN COULD NO LONGER BE SUSTAINED
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