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A Declaration of Love

           "Itwasn’tyourmotherIcametosee,anyhow.Itisyou.Ihadsuchacuriousletterfromher.Shetellsmeyouwanttogiveupsocietyandtaketoteachingorsomethingofthatsort.IcamebecauseIwantedtotalktoyouaboutthat.Don’tyouthinkyouareactingratherhastily?"

           Hespokenowasthoughthereweresomereasonentirelydisassociatedfromhimselfthatwasimpellinghimtothisinterestinher.

           Berenice,brushinhand,standingbyherpicture,gavehimalookthatwascool,curious,defiant,equivocal.

           "No,Idon’tthinkso,"shereplied,quietly."Youknowhowthingshavebeen,soImayspeakquitefrankly.Iknowthatmother’sintentionswerealwaysofthebest."

           Hermouthmovedwiththefaintesttouchofsadness."Herheart,Iamafraid,isbetterthanherhead.Asforyourmotives,Iamsatisfiedtobelievethattheyhavebeenofthebestalso.Iknowthattheyhavebeen,infactitwouldbeungenerousofmetosuggestanythingelse."(Cowperwood’sfixedeyes,itseemedtoher,hadmovedsomewhereintheirdeepestdepths.)"YetIdon’tfeelwecangoonaswehavebeendoing.Wehavenomoneyofourown.Whyshouldn’tIdosomething?WhatelsecanIreallydo?"

           Shepaused,andCowperwoodgazedather,quitestill.Inherinformal,bunchypainter’sapron,andwithherblueeyeslookingoutathimfrombeneathherlooseredhair,itseemedtohimshewasthemostperfectthinghehadeverknown.Suchakeen,fixed,enthronedmind.

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