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Fading Away

           Thenhetoostood,withhisdoubledhanduponthetablenearit,waitingtobeaddressed.

           ForthefirsttimeinherlifeLouisahadcomeintooneofthedwellingsoftheCoketownHands;forthefirsttimeinherlifeshewasfacetofacewithanythinglikeindividualityinconnectionwiththem.Sheknewoftheirexistencebyhundredsandbythousands.Sheknewwhatresultsinworkagivennumberofthemwouldproduceinagivenspaceoftime.Sheknewthemincrowdspassingtoandfromtheirnests,likeantsorbeetles.Butsheknewfromherreadinginfinitelymoreofthewaysoftoilinginsectsthanofthesetoilingmenandwomen.

           Somethingtobeworkedsomuchandpaidsomuch,andthereended;somethingtobeinfalliblysettledbylawsofsupplyanddemand;somethingthatblunderedagainstthoselaws,andflounderedintodifficulty;somethingthatwasalittlepinchedwhenwheatwasdear,andover-ateitselfwhenwheatwascheap;somethingthatincreasedatsucharateofpercentage,andyieldedsuchanotherpercentageofcrime,andsuchanotherpercentageofpauperism;somethingwholesale,ofwhichvastfortunesweremade;somethingthatoccasionallyroselikeasea,anddidsomeharmandwaste(chieflytoitself),andfellagain;thissheknewtheCoketownHandstobe.But,shehadscarcelythoughtmoreofseparatingthemintounits,thanofseparatingtheseaitselfintoitscomponentdrops.

           Shestoodforsomemomentslookingroundtheroom.Fromthefewchairs,thefewbooks,thecommonprints,andthebed,sheglancedtothetwowomen,andtoStephen.

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