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"But doesn't this suit worry you? Why have you never spoken to me about it?" He answered both questions at once: "I didn't speak of it at first because it did worry me    annoyed me, rather. But it's all ancient history now. Your correspondent must have got hold of a back number of the 'Sentinel.'" BUT DOESN'T THIS SUIT WORRY YOU WHY HAVE YOU NEVER SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT IT HE ANSWERED BOTH QUESTIONS AT ONCE I DIDN'T SPEAK OF IT AT FIRST BECAUSE IT DID WORRY ME ANNOYED ME RATHER BUT IT'S ALL ANCIENT HISTORY NOW YOUR CORRESPONDENT MUST HAVE GOT HOLD OF A BACK NUMBER OF THE SENTINEL
ractice she had always found it difficult to fix her attention on Boyne's report of the transactions in which his varied interests involved him. Besides, she had felt from the first that, in a community where the amenities of living could be obtained only at the cost of efforts as arduous as her husband's professional labors, such brief leisure as they could command should be used as an escape from immediate preoccupations, a flight to the life they always dreamed of living. Once or twice, now that this new life had actually drawn its magic circle about them, she had asked herself if she had done right; but hitherto such conjectures had been no more than the retrospective excursions of an active fancy. Now, for the first time, it startled her a little to find how little she knew of the material foundation on which her happiness was built. She glanced again at her husband, and was reassured by the composure of his face; yet she felt the need of more definite grounds for her reassurance.  SHE HAD ALWAYS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FIX HER ATTENTION ON BOYNE'S REPORT OF THE TRANSACTIONS IN WHICH HIS VARIED INTERESTS INVOLVED HIM BESIDES SHE HAD FELT DURING THEIR YEARS OF EXILE THAT IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THE AMENITIES OF LIVING COULD BE OBTAINED ONLY AT THE COST OF EFFORTS AS ARDUOUS AS HER HUSBAND'S PROFESSIONAL LABORS SUCH BRIEF LEISURE AS HE AND SHE COULD COMMAND SHOULD BE USED AS AN ESCAPE FROM IMMEDIATE PREOCCUPATIONS A FLIGHT TO THE LIFE THEY HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF LIVING ONCE OR TWICE NOW THAT THIS NEW LIFE HAD ACTUALLY DRAWN ITS MAGIC CIRCLE ABOUT THEM SHE HAD ASKED HERSELF IF SHE HAD DONE RIGHT BUT HITHERTO SUCH CONJECTURES HAD BEEN NO MORE THAN THE RETROSPECTIVE EXCURSIONS OF AN ACTIVE FANCY NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IT STARTLED HER A LITTLE TO FIND HOW LITTLE SHE KNEW OF THE MATERIAL FOUNDATION ON WHICH HER HAPPINESS WAS BUILT SHE GLANCED AT HER HUSBAND AND WAS AGAIN REASSURED BY THE COMPOSURE OF HIS FACE YET SHE FELT THE NEED OF MORE DEFINITE GROUNDS FOR HER REASSURANCE
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