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This woman, whom he had taken to himself for better, for worse, inspired him with a passion, intense indeed, all masterful, soul subduing as Love itself.... THIS WOMAN WHOM HE HAD TAKEN TO HIMSELF FOR BETTER FOR WORSE INSPIRED HIM WITH A PASSION INTENSE INDEED ALL MASTERFUL SOUL SUBDUING AS LOVE ITSELF
rds all that makes life dear. Willoughby groaned. From the woman he did not love, whom he had never loved, he might not again go free; so much he recognized. The feeling he had once entertained for Esther, strange compound of mistaken chivalry and flattered vanity, was long since extinct; but what, then, was the sentiment with which she inspired him? For he was not indifferent to her--no, never for one instant could he persuade himself he was indifferent, never for one instant could he banish her from his thoughts. His mind's eye followed her during his hours of absence as pertinaciously as his bodily eye dwelt upon her actual presence. She was the principal object of the universe to him, the centre around which his wheel of life revolved with an appalling fidelity. What did it mean? What could it mean? he asked himself with anguish. And the sweat broke out upon his forehead and his hands grew cold, for on a sudden the truth lay there like a written word upon the tablecloth before him. UTH SO FAR APART AS REGARDS ALL THAT MAKES LIFE DEAR WILLOUGHBY GROANED FROM THE WOMAN HE DID NOT LOVE WHOM HE HAD NEVER LOVED HE MIGHT NOT AGAIN GO FREE SO MUCH HE RECOGNISED THE FEELING HE HAD ONCE ENTERTAINED FOR ESTHER STRANGE COMPOUND OF MISTAKEN CHIVALRY AND FLATTERED VANITY WAS LONG SINCE EXTINCT BUT WHAT THEN WAS THE SENTIMENT WITH WHICH SHE INSPIRED HIM FOR HE WAS NOT INDIFFERENT TO HER NO NEVER FOR ONE INSTANT COULD HE PERSUADE HIMSELF HE WAS INDIFFERENT NEVER FOR ONE INSTANT COULD HE BANISH HER FROM HIS THOUGHTS HIS MIND'S EYE FOLLOWED HER DURING HIS HOURS OF ABSENCE AS PERTINACIOUSLY AS HIS BODILY EYE DWELT UPON HER ACTUAL PRESENCE SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE UNIVERSE TO HIM THE CENTRE AROUND WHICH HIS WHEEL OF LIFE REVOLVED WITH AN APPALLING FIDELITY WHAT DID IT MEAN WHAT COULD IT MEAN HE ASKED HIMSELF WITH ANGUISH AND THE SWEAT BROKE OUT UPON HIS FOREHEAD AND HIS HANDS GREW COLD FOR ON A SUDDEN THE TRUTH LAY THERE LIKE A WRITTEN WORD UPON THE TABLECLOTH BEFORE HIM
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