Риф, или Там, где разбивается счастье

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           IthadindeedoccurredtoAnnathatParismightnotbehisobjectivepoint:thathisrealpurposeinleavingGivrewithoutherknowledgehadbeentofollowDarrowtoLondonandexactthetruthofhim.Buteventoheralarmedimaginationthisseemedimprobable.SheandDarrow,tothelast,hadkeptupsocompleteafeintofharmonythat,whateverOwenhadsurmised,hecouldscarcelyhaveriskedactingonhissuspicions.Ifhestillfelttheneedofanexplanation,itwasalmostcertainlyofSophyVinerthathewouldaskit;anditwasinquestofSophyVinerthatAnnahaddespatchedMissPainter.

           ShehadfoundablessedrefugefromherperplexitiesinthestolidAdelaide’sunawareness.OnecouldsoabsolutelycountonMissPainter’sguessingnomorethanonechose,andyetactingastutelyonsuchhintsasonevouchsafedher!Shewaslikeawell-trainedretrieverwhoseinterestinhispreyceaseswhenhelaysitathismaster’sfeet.Anna,onarriving,hadexplainedthatOwen’sunannouncedflighthadmadeherfearsomefreshmisunderstandingbetweenhimselfandMissViner.Intheinterestsofpeaceshehadthoughtitbesttofollowhim;butshehastilyaddedthatshedidnotwishtoseeSophy,butonly,ifpossible,tolearnfromherwhereOwenwas.

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