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           AlmostassoonasthetrainleftCalaisherheadhaddroppedbackintothecorner,andshehadfallenasleep.

           Sittingopposite,inthecompartmentfromwhichhehadcontrivedtohaveothertravellersexcluded,Darrowlookedathercuriously.Hehadneverseenafacethatchangedsoquickly.Amomentsinceithaddancedlikeafieldofdaisiesinasummerbreeze;now,underthepallidoscillatinglightofthelampoverhead,itworethehardstampofexperience,asofasoftthingchilledintoshapebeforeitscurveshadrounded:anditmovedhimtoseethatcarealreadystoleuponherwhensheslept.

           Thestoryshehadimpartedtohiminthewheezingshakingcabin,andattheCalaisbuffet—wherehehadinsistedonofferingherthedinnershehadmissedatMrs.Murrett’s—hadgivenadistincteroutlinetoherfigure.FromthemomentofenteringtheNewYorkboarding-schooltowhichapreoccupiedguardianhadhastilyconsignedherafterthedeathofherparents,shehadfoundherselfaloneinabusyandindifferentworld.Heryouthfulhistorymight,infact,havebeensummedupinthestatementthateverybodyhadbeentoobusytolookafterher.

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