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Chapter 11

           Thenshewouldlapseagain,andsuddenlyMr.Ramsaystoppeddeadinhispacinginfrontofherandsomecuriousshockpassedthroughherandseemedtorockherinprofoundagitationonitsbreastwhenstoppingtherehestoodoverherandlookeddownather.Lilycouldseehim.

           Hestretchedouthishandandraisedherfromherchair.Itseemedsomehowasifhehaddoneitbefore;asifhehadoncebentinthesamewayandraisedherfromaboatwhich,lyingafewinchesoffsomeisland,hadrequiredthattheladiesshouldthusbehelpedonshorebythegentlemen.Anold-fashionedscenethatwas,whichrequired,verynearly,crinolinesandpeg-toptrousers.Lettingherselfbehelpedbyhim,Mrs.Ramsayhadthought(Lilysupposed)thetimehascomenow.Yes,shewouldsayitnow.Yes,shewouldmarryhim.Andshesteppedslowly,quietlyonshore.Probablyshesaidonewordonly,lettingherhandreststillinhis.Iwillmarryyou,shemighthavesaid,withherhandinhis;butnomore.Timeaftertimethesamethrillhadpassedbetweenthemobviouslyithad,Lilythought,smoothingawayforherants.Shewasnotinventing;shewasonlytryingtosmoothoutsomethingshehadbeengivenyearsagofoldedup;somethingshehadseen.Forintheroughandtumbleofdailylife,withallthosechildrenabout,allthosevisitors,onehadconstantlyasenseofrepetitionofonethingfallingwhereanotherhadfallen,andsosettingupanechowhichchimedintheairandmadeitfullofvibrations.

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