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Yet he would none the less never again so cut himself off from the spot; he would come back to it every month, for if he did nothing else by its aid he at least held up his head. It thus grew for him, in the oddest way, a positive resource; he carried out his idea of periodical returns, which took their place at last among the most inveterate of his habits. YET HE WOULD NONE THE LESS NEVER AGAIN SO CUT HIMSELF OFF FROM THE SPOT HE WOULD COME BACK TO IT EVERY MONTH FOR IF HE DID NOTHING ELSE BY ITS AID HE AT LEAST HELD UP HIS HEAD IT THUS GREW FOR HIM IN THE ODDEST WAY A POSITIVE RESOURCE HE CARRIED OUT HIS IDEA OF PERIODICAL RETURNS WHICH TOOK THEIR PLACE AT LAST AMONG THE MOST INVETERATE OF HIS HABITS
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. 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. The plot of ground, the graven tablet, the tended flowers affected him so as belonging to him that he resembled for the hour a contented landlord reviewing a piece of property. Whatever had happened--well, had happened. He had not come back this time with the vanity of that question, his former worrying "What, _what_?" now practically so spent. RESENCE 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 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 THE PLOT OF GROUND THE GRAVEN TABLET THE TENDED FLOWERS AFFECTED HIM SO AS BELONGING TO HIM THAT HE RESEMBLED FOR THE HOUR A CONTENTED LANDLORD REVIEWING A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHATEVER HAD HAPPENED WELL HAD HAPPENED HE HAD NOT COME BACK THIS TIME WITH THE VANITY OF THAT QUESTION HIS FORMER WORRYING WHAT WHAT NOW PRACTICALLY SO SPENT
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