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He sat down by the table and leaned his head upon his hands. * * * * * The past came back to him in pictures: his boyhood's past first of all. HE SAT DOWN BY THE TABLE AND LEANED HIS HEAD UPON HIS HANDS THE PAST CAME BACK TO HIM IN PICTURES HIS BOYHOOD'S PAST FIRST OF ALL
our or five matches along the box and threw them away before she succeeded in lighting her candle; set it down again to contemplate her tear-swollen reflection in the chimney-glass, and burst out laughing. 'What a fright I do look, to be sure!' she remarked complacently, and again thrust her two hands up through her disordered curls. Then, holding the candle at such an angle that the grease ran over on to the carpet, she gave Willoughby another vehement kiss and trailed out of the room with an ineffectual attempt to close the door behind her. Willoughby got up to shut it himself, and wondered why it was that Esther never did any one mortal thing efficiently or well. Good God! how irritable he felt. It was impossible to write. He must find an outlet for his impatience, rend or mend something. He began to straighten the room, but a wave of disgust came over him before the task was fairly commenced. What was the use? Tomorrow all would be bad as before. What was the use of doing anything?  UNDER THE TABLE SCRATCHED FOUR OR FIVE MATCHES ALONG THE BOX AND THREW THEM AWAY BEFORE SHE SUCCEEDED IN LIGHTING HER CANDLE SET IT DOWN AGAIN TO CONTEMPLATE HER TEARS SWOLLEN REFLECTION IN THE CHIMNEY GLASS AND BURST OUT LAUGHING WHAT A FRIGHT I DO LOOK TO BE SURE SHE REMARKED COMPLACENTLY AND AGAIN THRUST HER TWO HANDS UP THROUGH HER DISORDERED CURLS THEN HOLDING THE CANDLE AT SUCH AN ANGLE THAT THE GREASE RAN OVER THE CARPET SHE GAVE WILLOUGHBY ANOTHER VEHEMENT KISS AND TRAILED OUT OF THE ROOM WITH AN INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND HER WILLOUGHBY GOT UP TO SHUT IT HIMSELF AND WONDERED WHY IT WAS THAT ESTHER NEVER DID ANY ONE MORTAL THING EFFICIENTLY OR WELL GOOD GOD HOW IRRITABLE HE FELT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO WRITE HE MUST FIND AN OUTLET FOR HIS IMPATIENCE REND OR MEND SOMETHING HE BEGAN TO STRAIGHTEN THE ROOM BUT A WAVE OF DISGUST CAME OVER HIM BEFORE THE TASK WAS FAIRLY COMMENCED WHAT WAS THE USE TO MORROW ALL WOULD BE BAD AS BEFORE WHAT WAS THE USE OF DOING ANYTHING
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