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If she did "know," moreover, in the sense of her having had some  what should he think?  mystical irresistible light, this would make the matter not better, but worse, inasmuch as her original adoption of his own curiosity had quite become the basis of her life. IF SHE DID KNOW MOREOVER IN THE SENSE OF HER HAVING HAD SOME WHAT SHOULD HE THINK MYSTICAL IRRESISTIBLE LIGHT THIS WOULD MAKE THE MATTER NOT BETTER BUT WORSE INASMUCH AS HER ORIGINAL ADOPTION OF HIS OWN CURIOSITY HAD QUITE BECOME THE BASIS OF HER LIFE
 thicken about him, even to the point of making him ask himself if he were, by any chance, of a truth, within sight or sound, within touch or reach, within the immediate jurisdiction, of the thing that waited. When the day came, as come it had to, that his friend confessed to him her fear of a deep disorder in her blood, he felt somehow the shadow of a change and the chill of a shock. He immediately began to imagine aggravations and disasters, and above all to think of her peril as the direct menace for himself of personal privation. This indeed gave him one of those partial recoveries of equanimity that were agreeable to him--it showed him that what was still first in his mind was the loss she herself might suffer. "What if she should have to die before knowing, before seeing--?" It would have been brutal, in the early stages of her trouble, to put that question to her; but it had immediately sounded for him to his own concern, and the possibility was what most made him sorry for her. MED SO AS AT THIS CRISIS TO THICKEN ABOUT HIM EVEN TO THE POINT OF MAKING HIM ASK HIMSELF IF HE WERE BY ANY CHANCE OF A TRUTH WITHIN SIGHT OR SOUND WITHIN TOUCH OR REACH WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE JURISDICTION OF THE THING THAT WAITED WHEN THE DAY CAME AS COME IT HAD TO THAT HIS FRIEND CONFESSED TO HIM HER FEAR OF A DEEP DISORDER IN HER BLOOD HE FELT SOMEHOW THE SHADOW OF A CHANGE AND THE CHILL OF A SHOCK HE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO IMAGINE AGGRAVATIONS AND DISASTERS AND ABOVE ALL TO THINK OF HER PERIL AS THE DIRECT MENACE FOR HIMSELF OF PERSONAL PRIVATION THIS INDEED GAVE HIM ONE OF THOSE PARTIAL RECOVERIES OF EQUANIMITY THAT WERE AGREEABLE TO HIM IT SHOWED HIM THAT WHAT WAS STILL FIRST IN HIS MIND WAS THE LOSS SHE HERSELF MIGHT SUFFER WHAT IF SHE SHOULD HAVE TO DIE BEFORE KNOWING BEFORE SEEING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BRUTAL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF HER TROUBLE TO PUT THAT QUESTION TO HER BUT IT HAD IMMEDIATELY SOUNDED FOR HIM TO HIS OWN CONCERN AND THE POSSIBILITY WAS WHAT MOST MADE HIM SORRY FOR HER
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