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Chapter 3

           Fallinginonesecondfromthetensionwhichhadgrippedhertotheotherextremewhich,asiftorecoupherforherunnecessaryexpenseofemotion,wascool,amused,andevenfaintlymalicious,sheconcludedthatpoorCharlesTansleyhadbeenshed.Thatwasoflittleaccounttoher.Ifherhusbandrequiredsacrifices(andindeedhedid)shecheerfullyoffereduptohimCharlesTansley,whohadsnubbedherlittleboy.

           Onemomentmore,withherheadraised,shelistened,asifshewaitedforsomehabitualsound,someregularmechanicalsound;andthen,hearingsomethingrhythmical,halfsaid,halfchanted,beginninginthegarden,asherhusbandbeatupanddowntheterrace,somethingbetweenacroakandasong,shewassoothedoncemore,assuredagainthatallwaswell,andlookingdownatthebookonherkneefoundthepictureofapocketknifewithsixbladeswhichcouldonlybecutoutifJameswasverycareful.

           Suddenlyaloudcry,asofasleep-walker,halfroused,somethingabout

           Stormedatwithshotandshell

           sungoutwiththeutmostintensityinherear,madeherturnapprehensivelytoseeifanyonehadheardhim.OnlyLilyBriscoe,shewasgladtofind;andthatdidnotmatter.Butthesightofthegirlstandingontheedgeofthelawnpaintingremindedher;shewassupposedtobekeepingherheadasmuchinthesamepositionaspossibleforLily’spicture.Lily’spicture!Mrs.Ramsaysmiled

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