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Their attempted supposition of reasons for their not having met but showed how little they knew of each other. THEIR ATTEMPTED SUPPOSITION OF REASONS FOR THEIR NOT HAVING MET BUT SHOWED HOW LITTLE THEY KNEW OF EACH OTHER
deeply (didn't it seem?) to sprout after so many years. Marcher could only feel he ought to have rendered her some service--saved her from a capsized boat in the bay or at least recovered her dressing-bag, filched from her cab in the streets of Naples by a lazzarone with a stiletto. Or it would have been nice if he could have been taken with fever all alone at his hotel, and she could have come to look after him, to write to his people, to drive him out in convalescence. _Then_ they would be in possession of the something or other that their actual show seemed to lack. It yet somehow presented itself, this show, as too good to be spoiled; so that they were reduced for a few minutes more to wondering a little helplessly why--since they seemed to know a certain number of the same people--their reunion had been so long averted. They didn't use that name for it, but their delay from minute to minute to join the others was a kind of confession that they didn't quite want it to be a failure.  BUT TWO DEEPLY BURIED TOO DEEPLY DIDN'T IT SEEM TO SPROUT AFTER SO MANY YEARS MARCHER COULD ONLY FEEL HE OUGHT TO HAVE RENDERED HER SOME SERVICE SAVED HER FROM A CAPSIZED BOAT IN THE BAY OR AT LEAST RECOVERED HER DRESSING BAG FILCHED FROM HER CAB IN THE STREETS OF NAPLES BY A LOZZARONE WITH A STILETTO OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF HE COULD HAVE TAKEN WITH FEVER ALL ALONE AT HIS HOTEL AND SHE COULD HAVE COME TO LOOK AFTER HIM TO WRITE TO HIS PEOPLE TO DRIVE HIM OUT IN CONVALESCENCE THEN THEY WOULD BE IN POSSESSION OF THE SOMETHING OR OTHER THAT THEIR ACTUAL SHOW SEEMED TO LACK IT YET SOMEHOW PRESENTED ITSELF THIS SHOW AS TOO GOOD TO BE SPOILED SO THAT THEY WERE REDUCED FOR A FEW MINUTES MORE TO WONDERING A LITTLE HELPLESSLY WHY SINCE THEY SEEMED TO KNOW A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE SAME PEOPLE THEIR REUNION HAD BEEN SO LONG AVERTED THEY DIDN'T USE THAT NAME FOR IT BUT THEIR DELAY FROM MINUTE TO MINUTE TO JOIN THE OTHERS WAS A KIND OF CONFESSION THAT THEY DIDN'T QUITE WANT IT TO BE A FAILURE
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