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Undercurrents

           Tobethebe-allandend-allofsomeoneman’slifewastheleastthatRitacouldconceiveorconcedeastheworthofherpersonality,andso,astheyearswentonandHaroldbegantobeunfaithful,firstinmoods,transports,thenindeeds,hermoodbecamedangerous.Shecountedthemupagirlmusicpupil,thenanartstudent,thenthewifeofabankeratwhosehouseHaroldplayedsocially.Therefollowedstrange,sullenmoodsonthepartofRita,visitshome,grovelingrepentancesonthepartofHarold,tears,violent,passionatereunions,andthenthesamethingoveragain.Whatwouldyou?

           RitawasnotjealousofHaroldanymore;shehadlostfaithinhisabilityasamusician.Butshewasdisappointedthathercharmswerenotsufficienttoblindhimtoallothers.Thatwastheflyintheointment.Itwasanaffronttoherbeauty,andshewasstillbeautiful.Shewasunctuouslyfull-bodied,notquitesotallasAileen,notreallyaslarge,butrounderandplumper,softerandmoreseductive.Physicallyshewasnotwellsetup,sovigorous;buthereyesandmouthandtherovingcharacterofhermindheldastrangelure.MentallyshewasmuchmoreawarethanAileen,muchmorepreciseinherknowledgeofart,music,literature,andcurrentevents;andinthefieldofromanceshewasmuchmorevagueandalluring.Sheknewmanythingsaboutflowers,preciousstones,insects,birds,charactersinfiction,andpoeticproseandversegenerally.

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