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Chapter 17

           Judgingtheturninhermoodcorrectlythatshewasfriendlytohimnowhewasrelievedofhisegotism,andtoldherhowhehadbeenthrownoutofaboatwhenhewasababy;howhisfatherusedtofishhimoutwithaboat-hook;thatwashowhehadlearnttoswim.OneofhisuncleskeptthelightonsomerockorotherofftheScottishcoast,hesaid.Hehadbeentherewithhiminastorm.Thiswassaidloudlyinapause.Theyhadtolistentohimwhenhesaidthathehadbeenwithhisuncleinalighthouseinastorm.Ah,thoughtLilyBriscoe,astheconversationtookthisauspiciousturn,andshefeltMrs.Ramsay’sgratitude(forMrs.Ramsaywasfreenowtotalkforamomentherself),ah,shethought,butwhathaven’tIpaidtogetitforyou?Shehadnotbeensincere.

           Shehaddonetheusualtrickbeennice.Shewouldneverknowhim.Hewouldneverknowher.Humanrelationswerealllikethat,shethought,andtheworst(ifithadnotbeenforMr.Bankes)werebetweenmenandwomen.Inevitablythesewereextremelyinsincereshethought.Thenhereyecaughtthesaltcellar,whichshehadplacedtheretoremindher,andsherememberedthatnextmorningshewouldmovethetreefurthertowardsthemiddle,andherspiritsrosesohighatthethoughtofpaintingtomorrowthatshelaughedoutloudatwhatMr.Tansleywassaying.Lethimtalkallnightifhelikedit.

           "ButhowlongdotheyleavemenonaLighthouse?"sheasked.Hetoldher.Hewasamazinglywellinformed.

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