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It hadn't been at Rome  it had been at Naples; and it hadn't been eight years before  it had been more nearly ten. IT HADN'T BEEN AT ROME IT HAD BEEN AT NAPLES AND IT HADN'T BEEN EIGHT YEARS BEFORE IT HAD BEEN MORE NEARLY TEN
deal with the simpler sort, he might, should he choose to keep the whole thing down, just take her mild attention for a part of her general business. As soon as he heard her voice, however, the gap was filled up and the missing link supplied; the slight irony he divined in her attitude lost its advantage. He almost jumped at it to get there before her. "I met you years and years ago in Rome. I remember all about it." She confessed to disappointment--she had been so sure he didn't; and to prove how well he did he began to pour forth the particular recollections that popped up as he called for them. Her face and her voice, all at his service now, worked the miracle--the impression operating like the torch of a lamplighter who touches into flame, one by one, a long row of gas-jets. Marcher flattered himself the illumination was brilliant, yet he was really still more pleased on her showing him, with amusement, that in his haste to make everything right he had got most things rather wrong. HE HAD BEEN TURNED ON TO DEAL WITH THE SIMPLER SORT HE MIGHT SHOULD HE CHOOSE TO KEEP THE WHOLE THING DOWN JUST TAKE HER MILD ATTENTION FOR A PART OF HER GENERAL BUSINESS AS SOON AS HE HEARD HER VOICE HOWEVER THE GAP WAS FILLED UP AND THE MISSING LINK SUPPLIED THE SLIGHT IRONY HE DIVINED IN HER ATTITUDE LOST ITS ADVANTAGE HE ALMOST JUMPED AT IT TO GET THERE BEFORE HER I MET YOU YEARS AND YEARS AGO IN ROME I REMEMBER ALL ABOUT IT SHE CONFESSED TO DISAPPOINTMENT SHE HAD BEEN SO SURE HE DIDN'T AND TO PROVE HOW WELL HE DID HE BEGAN TO POUR FORTH THE PARTICULAR RECOLLECTIONS THAT POPPED UP AS HE CALLED FOR THEM HER FACE AND HER VOICE ALL AT HIS SERVICE NOW WORKED THE MIRACLE THE IMPRESSION OPERATING LIKE THE TORCH OF A LAMP LIGHTER WHO TOUCHES INTO FLAME ONE BY ONE A LONG ROW OF GAS JETS MARCHER FLATTERED HIMSELF THE ILLUMINATION WAS BRILLIANT YET HE WAS REALLY STILL MORE PLEASED ON HER SHOWING HIM WITH AMUSEMENT THAN IN HIS HASTE TO MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT HE HAD GOT MOST THINGS RATHER WRONG
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