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           Thefactofhistakingthattrain,ofhistravellingsostraightandfarawayfromher,gavetowhathadhappenedtheimplacableoutlineofreality.Hewasgone;hewouldnotcomeback;andherlifehadendedjustasshehaddreameditwasbeginning.Shehadnodoubt,atfirst,astotheabsoluteinevitabilityofthisconclusion.Themanwhohaddrivenawayfromherhouseintheautumndawnwasnotthemanshehadloved;hewasastrangerwithwhomshehadnotasinglethoughtincommon.Itwasterrible,indeed,thatheworethefaceandspokeinthevoiceofherfriend,andthat,aslongashewasunderoneroofwithher,themerewayinwhichhemovedandlookedcouldbridgeatastrokethegulfbetweenthem.That,nodoubt,wasthefaultofherexaggeratedsensibilitytooutwardthings:shewasfrightenedtoseehowitenslavedher.Adayortwobeforeshehadsupposedthesenseofhonourwasherdeepestsentiment:ifshehadsmiledattheconventionsofothersitwasbecausetheyweretootrivial,notbecausetheyweretoograve.Therewerecertaindishonourswithwhichshehadneverdreamedthatanypactcouldbemade:shehadhadanincorruptiblepassionforgoodfaithandfairness.

           Shehadsupposedthat,onceDarrowwasgone,onceshewassafefromthedangerofseeingandhearinghim,thishighdevotionwouldsustainher.Shehadbelieveditwouldbepossibletoseparatetheimageofthemanshehadthoughthimfromthatofthemanhewas.ShehadevenforeseenthehourwhenshemightraiseamournfulshrinetothememoryoftheDarrowshehadloved,withoutfearthathisdouble’sshadowwoulddesecrateit.

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