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Anti-Life
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"Oh?Oh,that’sright!"Hesmiled,relievedatthechangetoasafesubject."We’llhavebeenmarriedayear.My,itdoesn’tseemthatlong!"
"Itseemsmuchlonger,"shesaidtonelessly.
Shewaslookingoffagain,andhefeltinsuddenuneasinessthatthesubjectwasnotsafeatall;hewishedshewouldnotlookasifshewereseeingthewholecourseofthatyearandoftheirmarriage.
...nottogetscared,buttolearn—shethought—thethingtodoisnottogetscared,buttolearn...Thewordscamefromasentenceshehadrepeatedtoherselfsooftenthatitfeltlikeapillarpolishedsmoothbythehelplessweightofherbody,thepillarthathadsupportedherthroughthepastyear.Shetriedtorepeatit,butshefeltasifherhandswereslippingonthepolish,asifthesentencewouldnotstaveoffterroranylonger—becauseshewasbeginningtounderstand.
Ifyoudon’tknow,thethingtodoisnottogetscared,buttolearn.
...Itwasinthebewilderedlonelinessofthefirstweeksofhermarriagethatshesaidittoherselfforthefirsttime.ShecouldnotunderstandJim’sbehavior,orhissullenanger,whichlookedlikeweakness,orhisevasive,incomprehensibleanswerstoherquestions,whichsoundedlikecowardice;suchtraitswerenotpossibleintheJamesTaggartwhomshehadmarried.
