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While she raged and he looked at her, he remembered he had once thought her pretty. He had seen beauty in her rough brown hair, her strong colouring, her full red mouth. He fell into musing ... a woman may lack beauty, he told himself, and yet be loved.... WHILE SHE RAGED AND HE LOOKED AT HER HE REMEMBERED HE HAD ONCE THOUGHT HER PRETTY HE HAD SEEN BEAUTY IN HER ROUGH BROWN HAIR HER STRONG COLOURING HER FULL RED MOUTH HE FELL INTO MUSING A WOMAN MAY LACK BEAUTY HE TOLD HIMSELF AND YET BE LOVED
 twisted into fresh griefs. But sad experience had taught him that to take refuge in silence was more fatal still. When Esther was in such a mood as this it was best to supply the fire with fuel, that, through the very violence of the conflagration, it might the sooner burn itself out. So he said what soothing things he could, and Esther caught them up, disfigured them, and flung them back at him with scorn. She reproached him with no longer caring for her; she vituperated the conduct of his family in never taking the smallest notice of her marriage; and she detailed the insolence of the landlady who had told her that morning she pitied 'poor Mr. Willoughby', and had refused to go out and buy herrings for Esther's early dinner. Every affront or grievance, real or imaginary, since the day she and Willoughby had first met, she poured forth with a fluency due to frequent repetition, for, with the exception of today's added injuries, Willoughby had heard the whole litany many times before. WORDS WOULD ONLY BE TWISTED INTO FRESH GRIEFS BUT SAD EXPERIENCE HAD TAUGHT HIM THAT TO TAKE REFUGE IN SILENCE WAS MORE FATAL STILL WHEN ESTHER WAS IN SUCH A MOOD AS THIS IT WAS BEST TO SUPPLY THE FIRE WITH FUEL THAT THROUGH THE VERY VIOLENCE OF THE CONFLAGRATION IT MIGHT THE SOONER BURN ITSELF OUT SO HE SAID WHAT SOOTHING THINGS HE COULD AND ESTHER CAUGHT THEM UP DISFIGURED THEM AND FLUNG THEM BACK AT HIM WITH SCORN SHE REPROACHED HIM WITH NO LONGER CARING FOR HER SHE FATUPERATED THE CONDUCT OF HIS FAMILY IN NEVER TAKING THE SMALLEST NOTICE OF HER MARRIAGE AND SHE DETAILED THE INSOLENCE OF THE LANDLADY WHO HAD TOLD HER THAT MORNING SHE PITIED POOR MISTER WILLOUGHBY AND HAD REFUSED TO GO OUT AND BUY HERRINGS FOR ESTHER'S EARLY DINNER EVERY AFFRONT OR GRIEVANCE REAL OR IMAGINARY SINCE THE DAY SHE AND WILLOUGHBY HAD FIRST MET SHE POURED FORTH WITH A FLUENCY DUE TO FREQUENT REPETITION FOR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TO DAY'S ADDED INJURIES WILLOUGHBY HAD HEARD THE WHOLE LITANY MANY TIMES BEFORE
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