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This the stupid world, even after years, had never more than half discovered. It was only May Bartram who had, and she achieved, by an art indescribable, the feat of at once  or perhaps it was only alternately  meeting the eyes from in front and mingling her own vision, as from over his shoulder, with their peep through the apertures. THIS THE STUPID WORLD EVEN AFTER YEARS HAD NEVER MORE THAN HALF DISCOVERED IT WAS ONLY MAY BARTRAM WHO HAD AND SHE ACHIEVED BY AN ART INDESCRIBABLE THE FEET OF AT ONCE OR PERHAPS IT WAS ONLY ALTERNATELY MEETING THE EYES FROM IN FRONT AND MINGLING HER OWN VISION AS FROM OVER HIS SHOULDER WITH THEIR PEEP THROUGH THE APERTURES
 which he could scarce follow it. He knew how he felt, but, besides knowing that, she knew how he looked as well; he knew each of the things of importance he was insidiously kept from doing, but she could add up the amount they made, understand how much, with a lighter weight on his spirit, he might have done, and thereby establish how, clever as he was, he fell short. Above all she was in the secret of the difference between the forms he went through--those of his little office under Government, those of caring for his modest patrimony, for his library, for his garden in the country, for the people in London whose invitations he accepted and repaid--and the detachment that reigned beneath them and that made of all behaviour, all that could in the least be called behaviour, a long act of dissimulation. What it had come to was that he wore a mask painted with the social simper, out of the eye-holes of which there looked eyes of an expression not in the least matching the other features.  REACHES OF ITS COURSE INTO WHICH HE COULD SCARCE FOLLOW IT HE KNEW HOW HE FELT BUT BESIDES KNOWING THAT SHE KNEW HOW HE LOOKED AS WELL HE KNEW EACH OF THE THINGS OF IMPORTANCE HE WAS INSIDIOUSLY KEPT FROM DOING BUT SHE COULD ADD UP THE AMOUNT THEY MADE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WITH A LIGHTER WEIGHT ON HIS SPIRIT HE MIGHT HAVE DONE AND THEREBY ESTABLISH HOW CLEVER AS HE WAS HE FELL SHORT ABOVE ALL SHE WAS IN THE SECRET OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FORMS HE WENT THROUGH THOSE OF HIS LITTLE OFFICE UNDER GOVERNMENT THOSE OF CARING FOR HIS MODEST PATRIMONY FOR HIS LIBRARY FOR HIS GARDEN IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE IN LONDON WHOSE INVITATIONS HE ACCEPTED AND REPAID AND THE DETACHMENT THAT REIGNED BENEATH THEM AND THAT MADE OF ALL BEHAVIOR ALL THAT COULD IN THE LEAST BE CALLED BEHAVIOR A LONG ACT OF DISSIMULATION WHAT IT HAD COME TO WAS THAT HE WORE A MASK PAINTED WITH THE SOCIAL SIMPER OUT OF THE EYEHOLES OF WHICH THERE LOOKED EYES OF AN EXPRESSION NOT IN THE LEAST MATCHING THE OTHER FEATURES
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