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Chapter 4

           ButinthisdumbcolloquywiththesandduneshemaintainedthathisaffectionforRamsayhadinnowaydiminished;butthere,likethebodyofayoungmanlaidupinpeatforacentury,withtheredfreshonhislips,washisfriendship,initsacutenessandreality,laidupacrossthebayamongthesandhills.

           HewasanxiousforthesakeofthisfriendshipandperhapstooinordertoclearhimselfinhisownmindfromtheimputationofhavingdriedandshrunkforRamsaylivedinawelterofchildren,whereasBankeswaschildlessandawidowerhewasanxiousthatLilyBriscoeshouldnotdisparageRamsay(agreatmaninhisownway)yetshouldunderstandhowthingsstoodbetweenthem.Begunlongyearsago,theirfriendshiphadpeteredoutonaWestmorlandroad,wherethehenspreadherwingsbeforeherchicks;afterwhichRamsayhadmarried,andtheirpathslyingdifferentways,therehadbeen,certainlyfornoone’sfault,sometendency,whentheymet,torepeat.

           Yes.Thatwasit.Hefinished.Heturnedfromtheview.And,turningtowalkbacktheotherway,upthedrive,Mr.Bankeswasalivetothingswhichwouldnothavestruckhimhadnotthosesandhillsrevealedtohimthebodyofhisfriendshiplyingwiththeredonitslipslaidupinpeatforinstance,Cam,thelittlegirl,Ramsay’syoungestdaughter.ShewaspickingSweetAliceonthebank.Shewaswildandfierce.Shewouldnot"giveaflowertothegentleman"asthenursemaidtoldher.No!no!no!shewouldnot!Sheclenchedherfist.Shestamped.

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