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The charm, happily, was in other things too  partly in there being scarce a spot at Weatherend without something to stay behind for. It was in the way the autumn day looked into the high windows as it waned; the way the red light, breaking at the close from under a low sombre sky, reached out in a long shaft and played over old wainscots, old tapestry, old gold, old colour. THE CHARM HAPPILY WAS IN OTHER THINGS TOO PARTLY IN THERE BEING SCARCE A SPOT AT WEATHER END WITHOUT SOMETHING TO STAY BEHIND FOR IT WAS IN THE WAY THE AUTUMN DAY LOOKED INTO THE HIGH WINDOWS AS IT WANED THE WAY THE RED LIGHT BREAKING AT THE CLOSE FROM UNDER A LOW SOMBRE SKY REACHED OUT IN A LONG SHAFT AND PLAYED OVER OLD WAINSCOTS OLD TAPESTRY OLD GOLD OLD COLOR
t wasn't that she looked as if you could have given her shillings--it was impossible to look less so. Yet when she finally drifted toward him, distinctly handsome, though ever so much older--older than when he had seen her before--it might have been as an effect of her guessing that he had, within the couple of hours, devoted more imagination to her than to all the others put together, and had thereby penetrated to a kind of truth that the others were too stupid for. She _was_ there on harder terms than any one; she was there as a consequence of things suffered, one way and another, in the interval of years; and she remembered him very much as she was remembered--only a good deal better. By the time they at last thus came to speech they were alone in one of the rooms--remarkable for a fine portrait over the chimney-place--out of which their friends had passed, and the charm of it was that even before they had spoken they had practically arranged with each other to stay behind for talk.  HAUNTS OF THE GHOST IT WASN'T THAT SHE LOOKED AS IF YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN HER SHILLINGS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK LESS SO YET WHEN SHE FINALLY DRIFTED TOWARD HIM DISTINCTLY HANDSOME THOUGH EVER SO MUCH OLDER OLDER THAN WHEN HE HAD SEEN HER BEFORE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AS AN EFFECT OF HER GUESSING THAT HE HAD WITHIN THE COUPLE OF HOURS DEVOTED MORE IMAGINATION TO HER THAN TO ALL THE OTHERS PUT TOGETHER AND HAD THEREBY PENETRATED TO A KIND OF TRUTH THAT THE OTHERS WERE TOO STUPID FOR SHE WAS THERE ON HARDER TERMS THAN ANY ONE SHE WAS THERE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THINGS SUFFERED ONE WAY AND ANOTHER IN THE INTERVAL OF YEARS AND SHE REMEMBERED HIM VERY MUCH AS SHE WAS REMEMBERED ONLY A GOOD DEAL BETTER BY THE TIME THEY AT LAST THUS CAME TO SPEECH THEY WERE ALONE IN ONE OF THE ROOMS REMARKABLE FOR A FINE PORTRAIT OVER THE CHIMNEY PLACE OUT OF WHICH THEIR FRIENDS HAD PASSED AND THE CHARM OF IT WAS THAT EVEN BEFORE THEY HAD SPOKEN THEY HAD PRACTICALLY ARRANGED WITH EACH OTHER TO STAY BEHIND FOR TALK
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