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Chapter 2

           Andwhilehetalked,thegirllookedathimwithstartledeyes. Hisfirewarmedher. Shewonderedifshehadbeencoldallherdays. Shewantedtoleantowardthisburning,blazingmanthatwaslikeavolcanospoutingforthstrength,robustness,andhealth. Shefeltthatshemustleantowardhim,andresistedbyaneffort. Then,too,therewasthecounterimpulsetoshrinkawayfromhim. Shewasrepelledbythoselaceratedhands,grimedbytoilsothattheverydirtoflifewasingrainedinthefleshitself,bythatredchafeofthecollarandthosebulgingmuscles. Hisroughnessfrightenedher; eachroughnessofspeechwasaninsulttoherear,eachroughphaseofhislifeaninsulttohersoul. Andeverandagainwouldcomethedrawofhim,tillshethoughthemustbeeviltohavesuchpoweroverher. Allthatwasmostfirmlyestablishedinhermindwasrocking. Hisromanceandadventurewerebatteringattheconventions. Beforehisfacileperilsandreadylaugh,lifewasnolongeranaffairofseriouseffortandrestraint,butatoy,tobeplayedwithandturnedtopsy-turvy,carelesslytobelivedandpleasuredin,andcarelesslytobeflungaside. "Therefore,play!"wasthecrythatrangthroughher. "Leantowardhim,ifsoyouwill,andplaceyourtwohandsuponhisneck!"Shewantedtocryoutattherecklessnessofthethought,andinvainsheappraisedherowncleannessandcultureandbalancedallthatshewasagainstwhathewasnot. Sheglancedaboutherandsawtheothersgazingathimwithraptattention; andshewouldhavedespairedhadnotsheseenhorrorinhermother’seyesfascinatedhorror,itwastrue,butnonethelesshorror. Thismanfromouterdarknesswasevil. Hermothersawit,andhermotherwasright. Shewouldtrusthermother’sjudgmentinthisasshehadalwaystrusteditinallthings. Thefireofhimwasnolongerwarm,andthefearofhimwasnolongerpoignant. 

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