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"I suffer," said John Marcher. "Don't, don't!" "How can I help at least _that_?" "_Don't_!" May Bartram repeated. I SUFFER SAID JOHN MARCHER DON'T DON'T HOW CAN I HELP AT LEAST THAT DON'T MAY BARTRAM REPEATED
 "With the absence of everything." He had a dreadful sense of standing there before her for--so far as anything but this proved, this bottomless drop was concerned--the last time of their life. It rested on him with a weight he felt he could scarce bear, and this weight it apparently was that still pressed out what remained in him of speakable protest. "I believe you; but I can't begin to pretend I understand. _Nothing_, for me, is past; nothing _will_ pass till I pass myself, which I pray my stars may be as soon as possible. Say, however," he added, "that I've eaten my cake, as you contend, to the last crumb--how can the thing I've never felt at all be the thing I was marked out to feel?" She met him perhaps less directly, but she met him unperturbed. "You take your 'feelings' for granted. You were to suffer your fate. That was not necessarily to know it." "How in the world--when what is such knowledge but suffering?" She looked up at him a while in silence. "No--you don't understand. SENCE OH MINE AND HER PALE HANDS MADE LIGHT OF IT WITH THE ABSENCE OF EVERYTHING HE HAD A DREADFUL SENSE OF STANDING THERE BEFORE HER FOR SO FAR AS ANYTHING BUT THIS PROVED THIS BOTTOMLESS DROP WAS CONCERNED THE LAST TIME OF THEIR LIFE IT RESTED ON HIM WITH A WEIGHT HE FELT HE COULD SCARCE BEAR AND THIS WEIGHT IT APPARENTLY WAS THAT STILL PRESSED OUT WHAT REMAINED IN HIM OF SPEAKABLE PROTEST I BELIEVE YOU BUT I CAN'T BEGIN TO PRETEND I UNDERSTAND NOTHING FOR ME IS PAST NOTHING WILL PASS TILL I PASS MYSELF WHICH I PRAY MY STARS MAY BE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SAY HOWEVER HE ADDED THAT I'VE EATEN MY CAKE AS YOU CONTEND TO THE LAST CRUMB HOW CAN THE THING I'VE NEVER FELT AT ALL BE THE THING I WAS MARKED OUT TO FEEL SHE MET HIM PERHAPS LESS DIRECTLY BUT SHE MET HIM UNPERTURBED YOU TAKE YOUR FEELINGS FOR GRANTED YOU WERE TO SUFFER YOUR FATE THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY TO KNOW IT HOW IN THE WORLD WHEN WHAT IS SUCH KNOWLEDGE BUT SUFFERING SHE LOOKED UP AT HIM AWHILE IN SILENCE NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
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