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Wanting some tobacco, he saw a good reason for going into Orton. Esther had told him he could get tobacco and everything else at her aunt's. He found the post office to be one of the first houses in the widely spaced village street. WANTING SOME TOBACCO HE SAW A GOOD REASON FOR GOING INTO AUTUMN ESTHER HAD TOLD HIM HE COULD GET TOBACCO IN EVERYTHING ELSE AT HER AUNT'S HE FOUND THE POST OFFICE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST HOUSES IN THE WIDELY SPACED VILLAGE STREET
aintance. But what he chiefly realized when they parted was that he had spent a couple of pleasant hours talking nonsense with a girl who was natural, simple-minded, and entirely free from that repellently protective atmosphere with which a woman of the 'classes' so carefully surrounds herself. He and Esther had 'made friends' with the ease and rapidity of children before they have learned the dread meaning of 'etiquette', and they said good night, not without some talk of meeting each other again. Obliged to breakfast at a quarter to eight in town, Willoughby was always luxuriously late when in the country, where he took his meals also in leisurely fashion, often reading from a book propped up on the table before him. But the morning after his meeting with Esther Stables found him less disposed to read than usual. Her image obtruded itself upon the printed page, and at length grew so importunate he came to the conclusion the only way to lay it was to confront it with the girl herself.  EXTREMELY GLAD TO HAVE MADE HIS ACQUAINTANCE BUT WHAT HE CHIEFLY REALIZED WHEN THEY PARTED WAS THAT HE HAD SPENT A COUPLE OF PLEASANT HOURS TALKING NONSENSE WITH A GIRL WHO WAS NATURAL SIMPLE MINDED AND ENTIRELY FREE FROM THAT REPELLENTLY PROTECTIVE ATMOSPHERE WITH WHICH A WOMAN OF THE CLASSES SO CAREFULLY SURROUNDS HERSELF HE AND ESTHER HAD MADE FRIENDS WITH THE EASE AND RAPIDITY OF CHILDREN BEFORE THEY HAVE LEARNED THE DREADED MEANING OF ETIQUETTE AND THEY SAID GOOD NIGHT NOT WITHOUT SOME TALK OF MEETING EACH OTHER AGAIN OBLIGED TO BREAKFAST AT A QUARTER TO EIGHT IN TOWN WILLOUGHBY WAS ALWAYS LUXURIOUSLY LATE WHEN IN THE COUNTRY WHERE HE TOOK HIS MEALS ALSO IN LEISURELY FASHION OFTEN READING FROM A BOOK PROPPED UP ON THE TABLE BEFORE HIM BUT THE MORNING AFTER HIS MEETING WITH ESTHER STABLES FOUND HIM LESS DISPOSED TO READ THAN USUAL HER IMAGE OBTRUDED ITSELF UPON THE PRINTED PAGE AND AT LENGTH GREW SO IMPORTUNATE HE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THE ONLY WAY TO LAY IT WITH THE GIRL HERSELF
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