Chapter 7

           ButshewenttothebeachwithDicknextmorningwitharenewalofherapprehensionthatDickwascontrivingatsomedesperatesolution.SincetheeveningonGolding’syachtshehadsensedwhatwasgoingon.Sodelicatelybalancedwasshebetweenanoldfootholdthathadalwaysguaranteedhersecurity,andtheimminenceofaleapfromwhichshemustalightchangedintheverychemistryofbloodandmuscle,thatshedidnotdarebringthematterintothetrueforefrontofconsciousness.ThefiguresofDickandherself,mutating,undefined,appearedasspookscaughtupintoafantasticdance.Formonthseverywordhadseemedtohaveanovertoneofsomeothermeaning,soontoberesolvedundercircumstancesthatDickwoulddetermine.Thoughthisstateofmindwasperhapsmorehopefulthelongyearsofsheerbeinghadhadanenliveningeffectonthepartsofhernaturethatearlyillnesshadkilled,thatDickhadnotreachedthroughnofaultofhisbutsimplybecausenoonenaturecanextendentirelyinsideanotheritwasstilldisquieting.ThemostunhappyaspectoftheirrelationswasDick’sgrowingindifference,atpresentpersonifiedbytoomuchdrink;NicoledidnotknowwhethershewastobecrushedorsparedDick’svoice,throbbingwithinsincerity,confusedtheissue;shecouldn’tguesshowhewasgoingtobehavenextuponthetortuouslyslowunrollingofthecarpet,norwhatwouldhappenattheend,atthemomentoftheleap.

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