Риф, или Там, где разбивается счастье

XIII

           Twoorthreemoreyearsofdiplomacy—withherbesidehim!—andthentheirreallifewouldbegin:study,travelandbook-makingforhim,andforher—well,thejoy,atanyrate,ofgettingoutofanatmosphereofbric-a-bracandcard-leavingintotheopenairofcompetingactivities.

           Thedesireforchangehadforsometimebeenlatentinhim,andhismeetingwithMrs.Leaththepreviousspringhadgivenitadefinitedirection.Withsuchacomradetofocusandstimulatehisenergieshefeltmodestlybutagreeablysureof“doingsomething”.Andunderthisassurancewasthelurkingsensethathewassomehowworthyofhisopportunity.Hislife,onthewhole,hadbeenacreditableaffair.Outofmodestchancesandmiddlingtalentshehadbuilthimselfafairlymarkedpersonality,knownsomeexceptionalpeople,doneanumberofinterestingandafewratherdifficultthings,andfoundhimself,atthirty-seven,possessedofanintellectualambitionsufficienttooccupythepassagetoarobustandenergeticoldage.Asfortheprivateandpersonalsideofhislife,ithadcomeuptothecurrentstandards,andifithaddropped,nowandthen,belowamoreidealmeasure,eventhesedeclineshadbeenbrief,parenthetic,incidental.Intherecognizedessentialshehadalwaysremainedstrictlywithinthelimitofhisscruples.

           Fromthisreassuringsurveyofhiscasehecamebacktothecontemplationofitscrowningfelicity.HismindturnedagaintohisfirstmeetingwithAnnaSummersandtookuponebyonethethreadsoftheirfaintlysketchedromance.

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