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Chapter 18

           IknowyouthinktheWellandsareunreasonableaboutyourmarriage,andofcourseIagreewithyou.InEuropepeopledon’tunderstandourlongAmericanengagements;Isupposetheyarenotascalmasweare."Shepronouncedthe"we"withafaintemphasisthatgaveitanironicsound.Archerfelttheironybutdidnotdaretotakeitup.Afterall,shehadperhapspurposelydeflectedtheconversationfromherownaffairs,andafterthepainhislastwordshadevidentlycausedherhefeltthatallhecoulddowastofollowherlead.Butthesenseofthewaninghourmadehimdesperate:hecouldnotbearthethoughtthatabarrierofwordsshoulddropbetweenthemagain."Yes,"hesaidabruptly;"IwentsouthtoaskMaytomarrymeafterEaster.There’snoreasonwhyweshouldn’tbemarriedthen.""AndMayadoresyouandyetyoucouldn’tconvinceher?Ithoughthertoointelligenttobetheslaveofsuchabsurdsuperstitions.""SheIStoointelligentshe’snottheirslave."MadameOlenskalookedathim."Well,thenIdon’tunderstand."Archerreddened,andhurriedonwitharush."Wehadafranktalkalmostthefirst.Shethinksmyimpatienceabadsign.""Mercifulheavensabadsign?""ShethinksitmeansthatIcan’ttrustmyselftogooncaringforher.Shethinks,inshort,IwanttomarryheratoncetogetawayfromsomeonethatIcareformore."MadameOlenskaexaminedthiscuriously."Butifshethinksthatwhyisn’tsheinahurrytoo?""Becauseshe’snotlikethat:she’ssomuchnobler.

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