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"Too much?" he still asked but with a mystification that was the next moment of a sudden to give way. Her words, if they meant something, affected him in this light  the light also of her wasted face  as meaning _all_, and the sense of what knowledge had been for herself came over him with a rush which broke through into a question. "Is it of that then you're dying?" TOO MUCH HE STILL ASKED BUT WITH A MYSTIFICATION THAT WAS THE NEXT MOMENT OF A SUDDEN TO GIVE WAY HER WORDS IF THEY MEANT SOMETHING AFFECTED HIM IN THIS LIGHT THE LIGHT ALSO OF HER WASTED FACE AS MEANING ALL AND THE SENSE OF WHAT KNOWLEDGE HAD BEEN FOR HERSELF CAME OVER HIM WITH A RUSH WHICH BROKE THROUGH INTO A QUESTION IS IT OF THAT THEN YOU'RE DYING
ded, "that I've eaten my cake, as you contend, to the last crumb--how can the thing I've never felt at all be the thing I was marked out to feel?" She met him perhaps less directly, but she met him unperturbed. "You take your 'feelings' for granted. You were to suffer your fate. That was not necessarily to know it." "How in the world--when what is such knowledge but suffering?" She looked up at him a while in silence. "No--you don't understand." "I suffer," said John Marcher. "Don't, don't!" "How can I help at least _that_?" "_Don't_!" May Bartram repeated. She spoke it in a tone so special, in spite of her weakness, that he stared an instant--stared as if some light, hitherto hidden, had shimmered across his vision. Darkness again closed over it, but the gleam had already become for him an idea. "Because I haven't the right--?" "Don't _know_--when you needn't," she mercifully urged. "You needn't--for we shouldn't." "Shouldn't?" If he could but know what she meant! "No-- it's too much. ASS MYSELF WHICH I PRAY MY STARS MAY BE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SAY HOWEVER HE ADDED THAT I'VE EATEN MY CAKE AS YOU CONTEND TO THE LAST CRUMB HOW CAN THE THING I'VE NEVER FELT AT ALL BE THE THING I WAS MARKED OUT TO FEEL SHE MET HIM PERHAPS LESS DIRECTLY BUT SHE MET HIM UNPERTURBED YOU TAKE YOUR FEELINGS FOR GRANTED YOU WERE TO SUFFER YOUR FATE THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY TO KNOW IT HOW IN THE WORLD WHEN WHAT IS SUCH KNOWLEDGE BUT SUFFERING SHE LOOKED UP AT HIM AWHILE IN SILENCE NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND I SUFFER SAID JOHN MARCHER DON'T DON'T HOW CAN I HELP AT LEAST THAT DON'T MAY BARTRAM REPEATED SHE SPOKE IT IN A TONE SO SPECIAL IN SPITE OF HER WEAKNESS THAT HE STARED AN INSTANT STARED AS IF SOME LIGHT HITHERTO HIDDEN HAD SHIMMERED ACROSS HIS VISION DARKNESS AGAIN CLOSED OVER IT BUT THE GLEAM HAD ALREADY BECOME FOR HIM AN IDEA BECAUSE I HAVEN'T THE RIGHT DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU NEEDN'T SHE MERCIFULLY URGED YOU NEEDN'T FOR WE SHOULDN'T SHOULDN'T IF HE COULD BUT KNOW WHAT SHE MEANT NO IT'S TOO MUCH
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