Chapter XXXIII. Without The Walled City: The Slope Of The Years

           

           Theimmediateresultofthiswasnothing.Resultsfromsuchthingsareusuallylongingrowing.Morningbringsachangeoffeeling.Theexistentconditioninvariablypleadsforitself.Itisonlyatoddmomentsthatwegetglimpsesofthemiseryofthings.Theheartunderstandswhenitisconfrontedwithcontrasts.Takethemawayandtheachesubsides.

           Carriewenton,leadingmuchthissamelifeforsixmonthsthereafterormore.ShedidnotseeAmesanymore.HecalledonceupontheVances,butsheonlyheardaboutitthroughtheyoungwife.ThenhewentWest,andtherewasagradualsubsidenceofwhateverpersonalattractionhadexisted.Thementaleffectofthethinghadnotgone,however,andneverwouldentirely.Shehadanidealtocontrastmenby—particularlymenclosetoher.

           Duringallthistime—aperiodrapidlyapproachingthreeyears—Hurstwoodhadbeenmovingalonginanevenpath.Therewasnoapparentslopedownward,anddistinctlynoneupward,sofarasthecasualobservermighthaveseen.Butpsychologicallytherewasachange,whichwasmarkedenoughtosuggestthefutureverydistinctlyindeed.ThiswasinthemerematterofthehalthiscareerhadreceivedwhenhedepartedfromChicago.Aman’sfortuneormaterialprogressisverymuchthesameashisbodilygrowth.Eitherheisgrowingstronger,healthier,wiser,astheyouthapproachingmanhood,orheisgrowingweaker,older,lessincisivementally,asthemanapproachingoldage.Therearenootherstates.

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