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           Itwasasifanintenservisionofherhadscatteredhisperplexitieslikemorningmists.Atthismoment,wherevershewas,heknewhewassafelyshutawayinherthoughts,andtheknowledgemadeeveryotherfactdwindleawaytoashadow.Heandshelovedeachother,andtheirlovearchedoverthemopenandampleastheday:inallitssunlitspacestherewasnocrannyforafeartolurk.Inafewminuteshewouldbeinherpresenceandwouldreadhisreassuranceinhereyes.Andpresently,beforedinner,shewouldcontrivethattheyshouldhaveanhourbythemselvesinhersitting-room,andhewouldsitbythehearthandwatchherquietmovements,andthewaythebluishlustreonherhairpurpledalittleasshebentabovethefire.

           Acarriagedroveoutofthecourtasheenteredit,andinthehallhisvisionwasdispelledbytheexceedinglysubstantialpresenceofaladyinawaterproofandatweedhat,whostoodfirmlyplantedinthecentreofapileofluggage,astowhichshewasgivinginvolvedbutluciddirectionstothefootmanwhohadjustadmittedher.ShewentonwiththesedirectionsregardlessofDarrow’sentrance,merelyfixinghersmallpaleeyesonhimwhilesheproceeded,inadeepcontraltovoice,andafluentFrenchpronouncedwiththepurestBostonaccent,tospecifythedestinationofherbags;andthisenabledDarrowtogiveherbackagazeprotractedenoughtotakeinallthedetailsofherplainthick-setperson,fromthesquaresallowfacebeneathbandsofgreyhairtothebluntboot-toesprotrudingunderherwidewalkingskirt.

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