Риф, или Там, где разбивается счастье

III

           TheimpecuniouscompatriotshadfoundMrs.Murrettforher,anditwaspartlyontheiraccount(becausetheyweresuchdears,andsounconscious,poorconfidingthings,ofwhattheywerelettingherinfor)thatSophyhadstuckitoutsolonginthedreadfulhouseinChelsea.TheFarlows,sheexplainedtoDarrow,werethebestfriendsshehadeverhad(andtheonlyoneswhohadever“beendecent”aboutLaura,whomtheyhadseenonce,andintenselyadmired);butevenaftertwentyyearsofParistheywerethemostincorrigiblyinexperiencedangels,andquitepersuadedthatMrs.Murrettwasawomanofgreatintellectualeminence,andthehouseatChelsea“thelastofthesalons”—Darrowknewwhatshemeant?Andshehadn’tlikedtoundeceivethem,knowingthattodosowouldbevirtuallytothrowherselfbackontheirhands,andfeeling,moreover,afterherpreviousexperiences,theurgentneedofgaining,atanycost,anameforstability;besideswhich—shethrewitoffwithaslightlaugh—nootherchance,inalltheseyears,hadhappenedtocometoher.

           Shehadbrushedinthisoutlineofhercareerwithlightrapidstrokes,andinatoneoffatalismoddlyuntingedbybitterness.Darrowperceivedthatsheclassifiedpeopleaccordingtotheirgreaterorless“luck”inlife,butsheappearedtoharbournoresentmentagainsttheundefinedpowerwhichdispensedthegiftinsuchunequalmeasure.Thingscameone’swayortheydidn’t;andmeanwhileonecouldonlylookon,andmakethemostofsmallcompensations,suchaswatching“theshow”atMrs.

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