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This, then, was the party when we first settled down into our two months' camp on the island in the Baltic Sea. THIS THEN WAS THE PARTY WHEN WE FIRST SETTLED DOWN INTO OUR TWO MONTHS CAMP ON THE ISLAND AND THE BALTIC SEA
or at his age the eyes are difficult to master, and the yearning, almost the devouring, expression often visible in them was probably there unknown even to himself. He, better than any one else, understood that he had fallen in love with something most hard of attainment, something that drew him to the very edge of life, and almost beyond it. It, no doubt, was a secret and terrible joy to him, this passionate worship from afar; only I think he suffered more than any one guessed, and that his want of vitality was due in large measure to the constant stream of unsatisfied yearning that poured for ever from his soul and body. Moreover, it seemed to me, who now saw them for the first time together, that there was an unnamable something—an elusive quality of some kind—that marked them as belonging to the same world, and that although the girl ignored him she was secretly, and perhaps unknown to herself, drawn by some attribute very deep in her own nature to some quality equally deep in his.  ALL RESPECTS SAVE ONE FOR AT HIS AGE THE EYES ARE DIFFICULT TO MASTER AND THE YEARNING ALMOST THE DEVOURING EXPRESSION OFTEN VISIBLE IN THEM WAS PROBABLY THERE UNKNOWN EVEN TO HIMSELF HE BETTER THAN ANY ONE ELSE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING MOST HARD OF ATTAINMENT SOMETHING THAT DREW HIM TO THE VERY EDGE OF LIFE AND ALMOST BEYOND IT IT NO DOUBT WAS A SECRET AND TERRIBLE JOY TO HIM THIS PASSIONATE WORSHIP FROM AFAR ONLY I THINK HE SUFFERED MORE THAN ANYONE GUESSED AND THAT HIS WANT OF VITALITY WAS DUE IN LARGE MEASURE TO THE CONSTANT STREAM OF UNSATISFIED YEARNING THAT POURED FOREVER FROM HIS SOUL AND BODY MOREOVER IT SEEMED TO ME WHO NOW SAW THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME TOGETHER THAT THERE WAS AN UNNAMABLE SOMETHING AN ELUSIVE QUALITY OF SOME KIND THAT MARKED THEM AS BELONGING TO THE SAME WORLD AND THAT ALTHOUGH THE GIRL IGNORED HIM SHE WAS SECRETLY AND PERHAPS UNKNOWN TO HERSELF DRAWN BY SOME ATTRIBUTE VERY DEEP IN HER OWN NATURE TO SOME QUALITY EQUALLY DEEP IN HIS
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