Риф, или Там, где разбивается счастье

XXXVIII

           Whereshallwedine?”

           Annahadpicturedherselfsittingalonealltheeveningwithherwretchedthoughts,andthefactofhavingtoputthemoutofhermindforthenextfewhoursgaveheranimmediatesensationofrelief.AlreadyherpulsesweredancingtothetuneofDarrow’s,andastheysmiledateachothershethought:“NothingcaneverchangethefactthatIbelongtohim.”

           “Whereshallwedine?”herepeatedgaily,andshenamedawell-knownrestaurantforwhichshehadonceheardhimexpressapreference.Butasshedidsoshefanciedshesawashadowonhisface,andinstantlyshesaidtoherself:“Itwastherehewentwithher!”

           “Oh,no,notthere,afterall!”sheinterruptedherself;andnowshewassurehiscolourdeepened.

           “Whereshallitbe,then?”

           Shenoticedthathedidnotaskthereasonofherchange,andthisconvincedherthatshehadguessedthetruth,andthatheknewshehadguessedit.“HewillalwaysknowwhatIamthinking,andhewillneverdaretoaskme,”shethought;andshesawbetweenthemthesameinsurmountablewallofsilenceasbetweenherselfandOwen,awallofglassthroughwhichtheycouldwatcheachother’sfaintestmotionsbutwhichnosoundcouldevertraverse...

           TheydrovetoarestaurantontheBoulevard,andthere,intheirintimatecorneroftheserriedscene,thesenseofwhatwasunspokenbetweenthemgraduallyceasedtooppressher.Helookedsolight-heartedandhandsome,soingenuouslyproudofher,soopenlyhappyatbeingwithher,thatnootherfactcouldseemrealinhispresence.

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