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           Anna,thenextday,woketoahumiliatedmemoryofthepreviousevening.

           Darrowhadbeenrightinsayingthattheirsacrificewouldbenefitnoone;yetsheseemeddimlytodiscernthattherewereobligationsnottobetestedbythatstandard.Sheowedit,atanyrate,asmuchtohisprideastoherstoabstainfromtherepetitionofsuchscenes;andshehadlearnedthatitwasbeyondherpowertodosowhiletheyweretogether.Yetwhenhehadgivenherthechancetofreeherself,everythinghadvanishedfromhermindbuttheblindfearoflosinghim;andshesawthatheandshewereasprofoundlyandinextricablyboundtogetherastwotreeswithinterwovenroots.Foralongtimeshebroodedonherplight,vaguelyconsciousthattheonlyescapefromitmustcomefromsomeexternalchance.Andslowlytheoccasionshapeditselfinhermind.ItwasSophyVineronlywhocouldsaveher—SophyVineronlywhocouldgiveherbackherlostserenity.ShewouldseekthegirloutandtellherthatshehadgivenDarrowup;andthatsteponcetakentherewouldbenoretracingit,andshewouldperforcehavetogoforwardalone.

           Anypretextforactionwasakindofanodyne,andshedespatchedhermaidtotheFarlows’withanoteaskingifMissVinerwouldreceiveher.Therewasalongdelaybeforethemaidreturned,andwhenatlastsheappeareditwaswithaslipofpaperonwhichanaddresswaswritten,andaverbalmessagetotheeffectthatMissVinerhadleftsomedayspreviously,andwasstayingwithhersisterinahotelnearthePlacedel’Etoile.ThemaidaddedthatMrs.

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