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           Anddimlysherealizedoneofthegreatlawsofthehumansoul:thatwhentheemotionalsoulreceivesawoundingshock,whichdoesnotkillthebody,thesoulseemstorecoverasthebodyrecovers.Butthisisonlyappearance.Itisreallyonlythemechanismofthere-assumedhabit.Slowly,slowlythewoundtothesoulbeginstomakeitselffelt,likeabruise,whichonlyslowlydeepensitsterribleache,tillitfillsallthepsyche.Andwhenwethinkwehaverecoveredandforgotten,itisthenthattheterribleafter-effectshavetobeencounteredattheirworst.

           SoitwaswithClifford.Oncehewas’well’,oncehewasbackatWragby,andwritinghisstories,andfeelingsureoflife,inspiteofall,heseemedtoforget,andtohaverecoveredallhisequanimity.Butnow,astheyearswentby,slowly,slowly,Conniefeltthebruiseoffearandhorrorcomingup,andspreadinginhim.Foratimeithadbeensodeepastobenumb,asitwerenon-existent.Nowslowlyitbegantoassertitselfinaspreadoffear,almostparalysis.Mentallyhestillwasalert.Buttheparalysis,thebruiseofthetoo-greatshock,wasgraduallyspreadinginhisaffectiveself.

           Andasitspreadinhim,Conniefeltitspreadinher.Aninwarddread,anemptiness,anindifferencetoeverythinggraduallyspreadinhersoul.WhenCliffordwasroused,hecouldstilltalkbrilliantlyand,asitwere,commandthefuture:aswhen,inthewood,hetalkedaboutherhavingachild,andgivinganheirtoWragby.