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She had seemed at one time to Burnage to be a flirt ; but now he was inclined to think that she had grown serious  hearted, and was being hurt by it. He wondered if she cried sometimes at night, just before she went to sleep, because of her thoughts. SHE HAD SEEMED AT ONE TIME TO BURNAGE TO BE A FLIRT BUT NOW HE WAS INCLINED TO THINK THAT SHE HAD GROWN SERIOUS HEARTED AND WAS BEING HURT BY IT HE WONDERED IF SHE CRIED SOMETIMES AT NIGHT JUST BEFORE SHE WENT TO SLEEP BECAUSE OF HER THOUGHTS
 kept straight unless they married — besides, he wanted to see a grandchild. Then there was Angela to be considered. Just here the merely critical consideration became touched by emotion — the material side of Henry Burnage was in love with Angela, he had come under her charm. Now, this charm was not peculiar to Angela ; many other girls have it, and it is more easily described in its result. Angela made the men that she met imagine her secrets ; she inspired fascinating reverie. Burnage, with all his business qualities, was much given to fasci- nating reverie. A catalogue's justice would have been unjust to her looks, for her features were slightly irregular. The ebb and flow of colour on her dusky cheeks, or a chance movement of her long eyelashes, or the curve of her figure in some chance position that she had taken would baulk dispassionate criticism ; she had a store of trifles to throw into the THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 41 scale against classical beauty, and apparently outweigh it. GOT MARRIED THE ELDER BURNEAGE DID NOT BELIEVE THE YOUNG MEN KEPT STRAIGHT UNLESS THEY MARRIED BESIDES HE WANTED TO SEE A GRANDCHILD THEN THERE WAS ANGELA TO BE CONSIDERED JUST HERE THE MERELY CRITICAL CONSIDERATION BECAME TOUCHED BY EMOTION THE MATERIAL SIDE OF HENRY BURNAGE WAS IN LOVE WITH ANGELA HE HAD COME UNDER HER CHARM NOW THIS CHARM WAS NOT PECULIAR TO ANGELA MANY OTHER GIRLS HAVE IT AND IT IS MORE EASILY DESCRIBED IN ITS RESULTS ANGELA MADE THE MEN THAT SHE MET IMAGINE HER SECRETS SHE INSPIRED FASCINATING REVERIE BURNET WITH ALL HIS BUSINESS QUALITIES WAS MUCH GIVEN TO FASCINATING REVERIES A CATALOGUE JUSTICE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNJUST TO HER LOOKS FOR HER FEATURES WERE SLIGHTLY IRREGULAR THE EBB AND FLOW OF COLOUR ON HER DUSKY CHEEKS OR CHANCE MOVEMENT OF HER LONG EYELASHES OR THE CURVE OF HER FIGURE AND SOME CHANCE POSITION THAT SHE HAD TAKEN WOULD BALK THIS PASSIONATE CRITICISM SHE HAD A STORE OF TRIFLES TO THROW IN THE SCALE AGAINST CLASSICAL BEAUTY AND APPARENTLY OUTWEIGH IT
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