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It met him in mildness  not, as before, in mockery; it wore for him the air of conscious greeting that we find, after absence, in things that have closely belonged to us and which seem to confess of themselves to the connexion. IT MET HIM IN MILDNESS NOT AS BEFORE IN MOCKERY IT WORE FOR HIM THE AIR OF CONSCIOUS GREETING THAT WE FIND AFTER ABSENCE IN THINGS THAT HAVE CLOSELY BELONGED TO US AND WHICH SEEM TO CONFESS OF THEMSELVES TO THE CONNECTION
entre of his desert. He had settled to his safety and accepted perforce his extinction; figuring to himself, with some colour, in the likeness of certain little old men he remembered to have seen, of whom, all meagre and wizened as they might look, it was related that they had in their time fought twenty duels or been loved by ten princesses. They indeed had been wondrous for others while he was but wondrous for himself; which, however, was exactly the cause of his haste to renew the wonder by getting back, as he might put it, into his own presence. That had quickened his steps and checked his delay. If his visit was prompt it was because he had been separated so long from the part of himself that alone he now valued. It's accordingly not false to say that he reached his goal with a certain elation and stood there again with a certain assurance. The creature beneath the sod knew of his rare experience, so that, strangely now, the place had lost for him its mere blankness of expression. CIRCUMFERENCE TO THE CENTRE OF HIS DESERT HE HAD SETTLED TO HIS SAFETY AND ACCEPTED PERFORCE HIS EXTINCTION FIGURING TO HIMSELF WITH SOME COLOR IN THE LIKENESS OF CERTAIN LITTLE OLD MEN HE REMEMBERED TO HAVE SEEN OF WHOM ALL MEAGRE AND WISENED AS THEY MIGHT LOOK IT WAS RELATED THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR TIME FOUGHT TWENTY DUELS OR BEEN LOVED BY TEN PRINCESSES THEY INDEED HAD BEEN WONDROUS FOR OTHERS WHILE HE WAS BUT WONDROUS FOR HIMSELF WHICH HOWEVER WAS EXACTLY THE CAUSE OF HIS HASTE TO RENEW THE WONDER BY GETTING BACK AS HE MIGHT PUT IT INTO HIS OWN PRESENCE THAT HAD QUICKENED HIS STEPS AND CHECKED HIS DELAY IF HIS VISIT WAS PROMPT IT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SEPARATED SO LONG FROM THE PART OF HIMSELF THAT ALONE HE NOW VALUED IT'S ACCORDINGLY NOT FALSE TO SAY THAT HE REACHED HIS GOAL WITH A CERTAIN ELATION AND STOOD THERE AGAIN WITH A CERTAIN ASSURANCE THE CREATURE BENEATH THE SOD KNEW OF HIS RARE EXPERIENCE SO THAT STRANGELY NOW THE PLACE HAD LOST FOR HIM ITS MERE BLANKNESS OF EXPRESSION
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