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The Dead

           Howcoolitmustbeoutside!Howpleasantitwouldbetowalkoutalone,firstalongbytheriverandthenthroughthepark!ThesnowwouldbelyingonthebranchesofthetreesandformingabrightcaponthetopoftheWellingtonMonument.Howmuchmorepleasantitwouldbetherethanatthesupper-table!

           Heranovertheheadingsofhisspeech:Irishhospitality,sadmemories,theThreeGraces,Paris,thequotationfromBrowning.Herepeatedtohimselfaphrasehehadwritteninhisreview:“Onefeelsthatoneislisteningtoathoughttormentedmusic.”MissIvorshadpraisedthereview.Wasshesincere?Hadshereallyanylifeofherownbehindallherpropagandism?Therehadneverbeenanyill-feelingbetweenthemuntilthatnight.Itunnervedhimtothinkthatshewouldbeatthesupper-table,lookingupathimwhilehespokewithhercriticalquizzingeyes.Perhapsshewouldnotbesorrytoseehimfailinhisspeech.Anideacameintohismindandgavehimcourage.Hewouldsay,alludingtoAuntKateandAuntJulia:“LadiesandGentlemen,thegenerationwhichisnowonthewaneamongusmayhavehaditsfaultsbutformypartIthinkithadcertainqualitiesofhospitality,ofhumour,ofhumanity,whichthenewandveryseriousandhypereducatedgenerationthatisgrowinguparoundusseemstometolack.”Verygood:thatwasoneforMissIvors.Whatdidhecarethathisauntswereonlytwoignorantoldwomen?

           Amurmurintheroomattractedhisattention.Mr.

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