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Chapter 2

           ButMr.Ramsay,asifheknewthathistimeranshort,exerteduponhersolitaryfiguretheimmensepressureofhisconcentratedwoe;hisage;hisfrailty:hisdesolation;whensuddenly,tossinghisheadimpatiently,inhisannoyanceforafterall,whatwomancouldresisthim?henoticedthathisboot-laceswereuntied.Remarkablebootstheyweretoo,Lilythought,lookingdownatthem:sculptured;colossal;likeeverythingthatMr.Ramsaywore,fromhisfrayedtietohishalf-buttonedwaistcoat,hisownindisputably.Shecouldseethemwalkingtohisroomoftheirownaccord,expressiveinhisabsenceofpathos,surliness,ill-temper,charm.

           "Whatbeautifulboots!"sheexclaimed.Shewasashamedofherself.Topraisehisbootswhenheaskedhertosolacehissoul;whenhehadshownherhisbleedinghands,hislaceratedheart,andaskedhertopitythem,thentosay,cheerfully,"Ah,butwhatbeautifulbootsyouwear!"deserved,sheknew,andshelookedupexpectingtogetitinoneofhissuddenroarsofill-tempercompleteannihilation.

           Instead,Mr.Ramsaysmiled.Hispall,hisdraperies,hisinfirmitiesfellfromhim.Ah,yes,hesaid,holdinghisfootupforhertolookat,theywerefirst-rateboots.TherewasonlyonemaninEnglandwhocouldmakebootslikethat.Bootsareamongthechiefcursesofmankind,hesaid."Bootmakersmakeittheirbusiness,"heexclaimed,"tocrippleandtorturethehumanfoot."Theyarealsothemostobstinateandperverseofmankind.Ithadtakenhimthebestpartofhisyouthtogetbootsmadeastheyshouldbemade.

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