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Chapter 9

           OnthehorseshoewalkoverlookingthelakeNicolewasthefiguremotionlessbetweentwolampstands,andheapproachedsilentlyacrossthegrass.Sheturnedtohimwithanexpressionof:"HereYOUare,"andforamomenthewassorryhehadcome.

           "Yoursisterwondered."

           "Oh!"Shewasaccustomedtobeingwatched.Withaneffortsheexplainedherself:"SometimesIgetalittleitgetsalittletoomuch.I’velivedsoquietly.To-nightthatmusicwastoomuch.Itmademewanttocry"

           "Iunderstand."

           "Thishasbeenanawfullyexcitingday."

           "Iknow."

           "Idon’twanttodoanythinganti-socialI’vecausedeverybodyenoughtrouble.Butto-nightIwantedtogetaway."

           ItoccurredtoDicksuddenly,asitmightoccurtoadyingmanthathehadforgottentotellwherehiswillwas,thatNicolehadbeen"re-educated"byDohmlerandtheghostlygenerationsbehindhim;itoccurredtohimalsothattherewouldbesomuchshewouldhavetobetold.Buthavingrecordedthiswisdomwithinhimself,heyieldedtotheinsistentface-valueofthesituationandsaid:

           "You’reanicepersonjustkeepusingyourownjudgmentaboutyourself."

           "Youlikeme?"

           "Ofcourse."

           "Wouldyou"Theywerestrollingalongtowardthedimendofthehorseshoe,twohundredyardsahead."IfIhadn’tbeensickwouldyouImean,wouldIhavebeenthesortofgirlyoumighthaveoh,slush,youknowwhatImean."

           Hewasinforitnow,possessedbyavastirrationality.

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