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Chapter 18

           Shefeltratherinclinedjustforamomenttostandstillafterallthatchatter,andpickoutoneparticularthing;thethingthatmattered;todetachit;separateitoff;cleanitofalltheemotionsandoddsandendsofthings,andsoholditbeforeher,andbringittothetribunalwhere,rangedaboutinconclave,satthejudgesshehadsetuptodecidethesethings.Isitgood,isitbad,isitrightorwrong?Whereareweallgoingto?andsoon.Sosherightedherselfaftertheshockoftheevent,andquiteunconsciouslyandincongruously,usedthebranchesoftheelmtreesoutsidetohelphertostabiliseherposition.Herworldwaschanging:theywerestill.Theeventhadgivenherasenseofmovement.Allmustbeinorder.Shemustgetthatrightandthatright,shethought,insensiblyapprovingofthedignityofthetrees’stillness,andnowagainofthesuperbupwardrise(likethebeakofashipupawave)oftheelmbranchesasthewindraisedthem.Foritwaswindy(shestoodamomenttolookout).Itwaswindy,sothattheleavesnowandthenbrushedopenastar,andthestarsthemselvesseemedtobeshakinganddartinglightandtryingtoflashoutbetweentheedgesoftheleaves.Yes,thatwasdonethen,accomplished;andaswithallthingsdone,becamesolemn.Nowonethoughtofit,clearedofchatterandemotion,itseemedalwaystohavebeen,onlywasshownnowandsobeingshown,struckeverythingintostability.

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