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It was one of his proofs to himself, the present he made her on her birthday, that he hadn't sunk into real selfishness. IT WAS ONE OF HIS PROOFS TO HIMSELF THE PRESENT HE MADE HER ON HER BIRTHDAY THAT HE HADN'T SUNK INTO REAL SELFISHNESS
gin allowed them by this had fairly become one of their commonplaces. Yet there were still moments when the situation turned almost fresh--usually under the effect of some expression drawn from herself. Her expressions doubtless repeated themselves, but her intervals were generous. "What saves us, you know, is that we answer so completely to so usual an appearance: that of the man and woman whose friendship has become such a daily habit--or almost--as to be at last indispensable." That for instance was a remark she had frequently enough had occasion to make, though she had given it at different times different developments. What we are especially concerned with is the turn it happened to take from her one afternoon when he had come to see her in honour of her birthday. This anniversary had fallen on a Sunday, at a season of thick fog and general outward gloom; but he had brought her his customary offering, having known her now long enough to have established a hundred small traditions. ELLIGENT AND THE MARGIN ALLOWED THEM BY THIS HAD FAIRLY BECOME ONE OF THEIR COMMONPLACES YET THERE WERE STILL MOMENTS WHEN THE SITUATION TURNED ALMOST FRESH USUALLY UNDER THE EFFECT OF SOME EXPRESSION DRAWN FROM HERSELF HER EXPRESSIONS DOUBTLESS REPEATED THEMSELVES BUT HER INTERVALS WERE GENEROUS WHAT SAVES US YOU KNOW IS THAT WE ANSWER SO COMPLETELY TO SO USUAL AN APPEARANCE THAT OF THE MAN AND WOMAN WHOSE FRIENDSHIP HAS BECOME SUCH A DAILY HABIT OR ALMOST AS TO BE AT LAST INDISPENSABLE THAT FOR INSTANCE WAS A REMARK SHE HAD FREQUENTLY ENOUGH HAD OCCASION TO MAKE THOUGH SHE HAD GIVEN IT AT DIFFERENT TIMES DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS WHAT WE ARE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH IS THE TURN IT HAPPENED TO TAKE FROM HER ONE AFTERNOON WHEN HE HAD COME TO SEE HER IN HONOUR OF HER BIRTHDAY THIS ANNIVERSARY HAD FALLEN ON A SUNDAY AT A SEASON OF THICK FOG AND GENERAL OUTWARD GLOOM BUT HE HAD BROUGHT HER HIS CUSTOMARY OFFERING HAVING KNOWN HER NOW LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE ESTABLISHED A HUNDRED SMALL TRADITIONS
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