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The Utopia of Greed

           Shetriednottoallowherselffullytodiscoverwithwhattensionandrestlessnessshewaitedforhisreturn.Shedidnotaskhimwherehespenthisevenings.Thereluctancethatstoppedherwashertoourgentdesiretoknow;shekeptsilentinsomedimlyintentionalformofdefiance,halfindefianceofhim,halfofherownanxiety.

           Shewouldnotacknowledgethethingsshefearedorgivethemthesolidshapeofwords,sheknewthemonlybytheugly,naggingpullofanunadmittedemotion.Partofitwasasavageresentment,ofakindshehadneverexperiencedbefore,whichwasheranswertothedreadthattheremightbeawomaninhislife;yettheresentmentwassoftenedbysomequalityofhealthinthethingshefeared,asifthethreatcouldbefoughtandeven,ifneedbe,accepted.Buttherewasanother,uglierdread:thesordidshapeofself-sacrifice,thesuspicion,nottobeutteredabouthim,thathewishedtoremovehimselffromherpathandletitsemptinessforceherbacktothemanwhowashisbest-lovedfriend.

           Dayspassedbeforeshespokeofit.

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