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Chapter 2

           Hewouldhaveherobserve(heliftedhisrightfootandthenhisleft)thatshehadneverseenbootsmadequitethatshapebefore.Theyweremadeofthefinestleatherintheworld,also.Mostleatherwasmerebrownpaperandcardboard.Helookedcomplacentlyathisfoot,stillheldintheair.Theyhadreached,shefelt,asunnyislandwherepeacedwelt,sanityreignedandthesunforevershone,theblessedislandofgoodboots.Herheartwarmedtohim."Nowletmeseeifyoucantieaknot,"hesaid.Hepooh-poohedherfeeblesystem.Heshowedherhisowninvention.Onceyoutiedit,itnevercameundone.Threetimesheknottedhershoe;threetimesheunknottedit.

           Why,atthiscompletelyinappropriatemoment,whenhewasstoopingoverhershoe,shouldshebesotormentedwithsympathyforhimthat,asshestoopedtoo,thebloodrushedtoherface,and,thinkingofhercallousness(shehadcalledhimaplay-actor)shefelthereyesswellandtinglewithtears?Thusoccupiedheseemedtoherafigureofinfinitepathos.Hetiedknots.Heboughtboots.TherewasnohelpingMr.Ramsayonthejourneyhewasgoing.Butnowjustasshewishedtosaysomething,couldhavesaidsomething,perhaps,heretheywereCamandJames.Theyappearedontheterrace.Theycame,lagging,sidebyside,aserious,melancholycouple.

           ButwhywasitlikeTHATthattheycame?Shecouldnothelpfeelingannoyedwiththem;theymighthavecomemorecheerfully;theymighthavegivenhimwhat,nowthattheywereoff,shewouldnothavethechanceofgivinghim.

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