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They had from an early hour made up their mind that society was, luckily, unintelligent, and the margin allowed them by this had fairly become one of their commonplaces. THEY HAD FROM AN EARLY HOUR MADE UP THEIR MIND THAT SOCIETY WAS LUCKILY UNINTELLIGENT AND THE MARGIN ALLOWED THEM BY THIS HAD FAIRLY BECOME ONE OF THEIR COMMONPLACES
 own existence. Beneath _her_ forms as well detachment had learned to sit, and behaviour had become for her, in the social sense, a false account of herself. There was but one account of her that would have been true all the while and that she could give straight to nobody, least of all to John Marcher. Her whole attitude was a virtual statement, but the perception of that only seemed called to take its place for him as one of the many things necessarily crowded out of his consciousness. If she had moreover, like himself, to make sacrifices to their real truth, it was to be granted that her compensation might have affected her as more prompt and more natural. They had long periods, in this London time, during which, when they were together, a stranger might have listened to them without in the least pricking up his ears; on the other hand the real truth was equally liable at any moment to rise to the surface, and the auditor would then have wondered indeed what they were talking about.  SHAPE AND COLOR TO HER OWN EXISTENCE BENEATH HER FORMS AS WELL DETACHMENT HAD LEARNED TO SIT AND BEHAVIOR HAD BECOME FOR HER IN THE SOCIAL SENSE A FALSE ACCOUNT OF HERSELF THERE WAS BUT ONE ACCOUNT OF HER THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TRUE ALL THE WHILE AND THAT SHE COULD GIVE STRAIGHT TO NOBODY LEAST OF ALL TO JOHN MARCHER HER WHOLE ATTITUDE WAS A VIRTUAL STATEMENT BUT THE PERCEPTION OF THAT ONLY SEEMED CALLED TO TAKE ITS PLACE FOR HIM AS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS NECESSARILY CROWDED OUT OF HIS CONSCIOUSNESS IF SHE HAD MOREOVER LIKE HIMSELF TO MAKE SACRIFICES TO THEIR REAL TRUTH IT WAS TO BE GRANTED THAT HER COMPENSATION MIGHT HAVE AFFECTED HER AS MORE PROMPT AND MORE NATURAL THEY HAD LONG PERIODS IN THIS LONDON TIME DURING WHICH WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER A STRANGER MIGHT HAVE LISTENED TO THEM WITHOUT IN THE LEAST PRICKING UP HIS EARS ON THE OTHER HAND THE REAL TRUTH WAS EQUALLY LIABLE AT ANY MOMENT TO RISE TO THE SURFACE AND THE AUDITOR WOULD THEN HAVE WONDERED INDEED WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
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