Риф, или Там, где разбивается счастье

IX

           Hesatslightlysideways,afaintsmilebeneathhislids,loweringhisvoiceashelowereditwhenhetalkedtoher.Shecaughtthesameinflections,buthiseyesweredifferent.Itwouldhaveoffendedheronceifhehadlookedatherlikethat.Nowheronethoughtwasthatnonebutshehadarighttobesolookedat.Andthatgirlofallothers!Whatillusionscouldhehaveaboutagirlwho,hardlyayearago,hadmadeafoolofherselfoverthefatyoungmanstolidlyeatingterrapinacrossthetable?Ifthatwaswhereromanceandpassionended,itwasbettertotaketodistrictvisitingoralgebra!

           Allnightshelayawakeandwondered:“Whatwasshesayingtohim?HowshallIlearntosaysuchthings?”andshedecidedthatherheartwouldtellher—thatthenexttimetheywerealonetogethertheirresistiblewordwouldspringtoherlips.Hecamethenextday,andtheywerealone,andallshefoundwas:“Ididn’tknowthatyouandKittyMayneweresuchfriends.”

           Heansweredwithindifferencethathedidn’tknowiteither,andinthereactionofreliefshedeclared:“She’scertainlyeversomuchprettierthanshewas...”

           “She’srathergoodfun,”headmitted,asthoughhehadnotnoticedherotheradvantages;andsuddenlyAnnasawinhiseyesthelookshehadseentherethepreviousevening.

           Shefeltasifhewereleaguesandleaguesawayfromher.Allherhopesdissolved,andshewasconsciousofsittingrigidly,withhighheadandstraightlips,whiletheirresistiblewordfledwithalastwing-beatintothegoldenmistofherillusions...

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