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Chapter 35

           Whatwasit?Wasitonlythattheywerefiveyearsolder?No,itwassomethingmorethanthepassingoftime.Somethinghadgoneoutofthem,outoftheirworld.Fiveyearsago,afeelingofsecurityhadwrappedthemallaroundsogentlytheywerenotevenawareofit.Initssheltertheyhadflowered.Nowitwasgoneandwithithadgonetheoldthrill,theoldsenseofsomethingdelightfulandexcitingjustaroundthecorner,theoldglamoroftheirwayofliving.

           Sheknewshehadchangedtoo,butnotastheyhadchanged,anditpuzzledher.Shesatandwatchedthemandshefeltherselfanalienamongthem,asalienandlonelyasifshehadcomefromanotherworld,speakingalanguagetheydidnotunderstandandshenotunderstandingtheirs.ThensheknewthatthisfeelingwasthesameoneshefeltwithAshley.Withhimandwithpeopleofhiskindandtheymadeupmostofherworldshefeltoutsideofsomethingshecouldnotunderstand.

           Theirfaceswerelittlechangedandtheirmannersnotatallbutitseemedtoherthatthesetwothingswereallthatremainedofheroldfriends.Anagelessdignity,atimelessgallantrystillclungaboutthemandwouldclinguntiltheydiedbuttheywouldcarryundyingbitternesstotheirgraves,abitternesstoodeepforwords.Theywereasoft-spoken,fierce,tiredpeoplewhoweredefeatedandwouldnotknowdefeat,brokenyetstandingdeterminedlyerect.Theywerecrushedandhelpless,citizensofconqueredprovinces.

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