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A Declaration of Love

           Shewaspaintingandthinkingthinkingbeingherspecialoccupationthesedays,andherthoughtshadbeenofBraxmar,Cowperwood,KilmerDuelma,ahalf-dozenothers,aswellasofthestage,dancing,painting.Herlifewasinamelting-pot,asitwere,beforeher;againitwaslikeadisarrangedpuzzle,thepiecesofwhichmightbefittedtogetherintosomeinterestingpictureifshecouldbutendure.

           "Docomein,"shesaid."It’scold,isn’tit?Well,there’sanicefirehereforyou.No,motherisn’there.ShewentdowntoNewYork.Ishouldthinkyoumighthavefoundherattheapartment.AreyouinNewYorkforlong?"

           Shewasgay,cheerful,genial,butremote.Cowperwoodfelttheprotectivegapthatlaybetweenhimandher.Ithadalwaysbeenthere.Hefeltthat,eventhoughshemightunderstandandlikehim,yettherewassomethingconvention,ambition,orsomedeficiencyonhispartthatwaskeepingherfromhim,keepinghereternallydistant.

           Helookedabouttheroom,atthepictureshewasattempting(asnow-scape,ofaviewdownaslope),attheviewitselfwhichhecontemplatedfromthewindow,atsomedancingsketchesshehadrecentlyexecutedandhungonthewallforthetimebeinglovely,shorttunicmotives.Helookedatherinherinterestingandbecomingpainter’sapron."Well,Berenice,"hesaid,"alwaystheartistfirst.Itisyourworld.Youwillneverescapeit.Thesethingsarebeautiful."Hewavedanunglovedhandinthedirectionofachoricline.

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