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Attitudes and poses that seemed genuine in the city drop away. The mind, like the body, grows quickly hard, simple, uncomplex. ATTITUDES AND POSES THAT SEEM GENUINE IN THE CITY DROP AWAY THE MIND LIKE THE BODY GROWS QUICKLY HARD SIMPLE UNCOMPLEX
ed her with no special attentions, and after all they were very little together. His behaviour was perfect in that respect, and I, for my part, hardly gave the matter another thought. Joan was ever a prey to vivid fancies of one kind or another, and this was one of them. Mercifully for the happiness of all concerned, it had melted away before the spirit of busy, active life and deep content that reigned over the island. Every one was intensely alive, and peace was upon all. Meanwhile the effect of the camp-life began to tell. Always a searching test of character, its results, sooner or later, are infallible, for it acts upon the soul as swiftly and surely as the hypo bath upon the negative of a photograph. A readjustment of the personal forces takes place quickly; some parts of the personality go to sleep, others wake up: but the first sweeping change that the primitive life brings about is that the artificial portions of the character shed themselves one after another like dead skins. T EVENING SANGREE BOTHERED HER WITH NO SPECIAL ATTENTIONS AND AFTER ALL THEY WERE VERY LITTLE TOGETHER HIS BEHAVIOUR WAS PERFECT IN THAT RESPECT AND I FOR MY PART HARDLY GAVE THE MATTER ANOTHER THOUGHT JOAN WAS EVER A PREY TO VIVID FANCIES OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM MERCIFULLY FOR THE HAPPINESS OF ALL CONCERNED IT HAD MELTED AWAY BEFORE THE SPIRIT OF BUSY ACTIVE LIFE AND DEEP CONTENT THAT REIGNED OVER THE ISLAND EVERYONE WAS INTENSELY ALIVE AND PEACE WAS UPON ALL MEANWHILE THE EFFECT OF THE CAMP LIFE BEGAN TO TELL ALWAYS A SEARCHING TEST OF CHARACTER ITS RESULTS SOONER OR LATER ARE INFALLIBLE FOR IT ACTS UPON THE SOUL AS SWIFTLY AND SURELY AS THE HYPO BATH UPON THE NEGATIVE OF A PHOTOGRAPH A READJUSTMENT OF THE PERSONAL FORCES TAKES PLACE QUICKLY SOME PARTS OF THE PERSONALITY GO TO SLEEP OTHERS WAKE UP BUT THE FIRST SWEEPING CHANGE THAT THE PRIMITIVE LIFE BRINGS ABOUT IS THAT THE ARTIFICIAL PORTIONS OF THE CHARACTER SHED THEMSELVES ONE AFTER ANOTHER LIKE DEAD SKINS
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