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It was the end of what she had been intending, but it left him thinking only of that. "Well, you don't say  ?" She had touched in her passage a bell near the chimney and had sunk back strangely pale. IT WAS THE END OF WHAT SHE HAD BEEN INTENDING BUT IT LEFT HIM THINKING ONLY OF THAT WELL YOU DON'T SAY SHE HAD TOUCHED IN HER PASSAGE A BELL NEAR THE CHIMNEY AND HAD SUNK BACK STRANGELY PALE
vement and attitude, beautiful and vivid to him that she had something more to give him; her wasted face delicately shone with it--it glittered almost as with the white lustre of silver in her expression. She was right, incontestably, for what he saw in her face was the truth, and strangely, without consequence, while their talk of it as dreadful was still in the air, she appeared to present it as inordinately soft. This, prompting bewilderment, made him but gape the more gratefully for her revelation, so that they continued for some minutes silent, her face shining at him, her contact imponderably pressing, and his stare all kind but all expectant. The end, none the less, was that what he had expected failed to come to him. Something else took place instead, which seemed to consist at first in the mere closing of her eyes. She gave way at the same instant to a slow fine shudder, and though he remained staring--though he stared in fact but the harder--turned off and regained her chair. BECOME SUDDENLY FROM HER MOVEMENT AND ATTITUDE BEAUTIFUL AND VIVID TO HIM THAT SHE HAD SOMETHING MORE TO GIVE HIM HER WASTED FACE DELICATELY SHONE WITH IT IT GLITTERED ALMOST AS WITH THE WHITE LUSTRE OF SILVER IN HER EXPRESSION SHE WAS RIGHT INCONTESTABLY FOR WHAT HE SAW IN HER FACE WAS THE TRUTH AND STRANGELY WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE WHILE THEIR TALK OF IT AS DREADFUL WAS STILL IN THE AIR SHE APPEARED TO PRESENT IT AS INORDINATELY SOFT THIS PROMPTING BEWILDERMENT MADE HIM BUT GAPE THE MORE GRATEFULLY FOR HER REVELATION SO THAT THEY CONTINUED FOR SOME MINUTES SILENT HER FACE SHINING AT HIM HER CONTACT IMPONDERABLY PRESSING AND HIS STARE ALL KIND BUT ALL EXPECTANT THE END NONE THE LESS WAS THAT WHAT HE HAD EXPECTED FAILED TO COME TO HIM SOMETHING ELSE TOOK PLACE INSTEAD WHICH SEEMED TO CONSIST AT FIRST IN THE MERE CLOSING OF HER EYES SHE GAVE WAY AT THE SAME INSTANT TO A SLOW FINE SHUDDER AND THOUGH HE REMAINED STARING THOUGH HE STARED IN FACT BUT THE HARDER TURNED OFF AND REGAINED HER CHAIR
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