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Chapter 4

           TheygavehimsomethingWilliamBankesacknowledgedthat;itwouldhavebeenpleasantifCamhadstuckaflowerinhiscoatorclamberedoverhisshoulder,asoverherfather’s,tolookatapictureofVesuviusineruption;buttheyhadalso,hisoldfriendscouldnotbutfeel,destroyedsomething.Whatwouldastrangerthinknow?WhatdidthisLilyBriscoethink?Couldonehelpnoticingthathabitsgrewonhim?eccentricities,weaknessesperhaps?Itwasastonishingthatamanofhisintellectcouldstoopsolowashedidbutthatwastooharshaphrasecoulddependsomuchashediduponpeople’spraise.

           "Oh,but,"saidLily,"thinkofhiswork!"

           Whenevershe"thoughtofhiswork"shealwayssawclearlybeforeheralargekitchentable.ItwasAndrew’sdoing.Sheaskedhimwhathisfather’sbookswereabout."Subjectandobjectandthenatureofreality,"Andrewhadsaid.AndwhenshesaidHeavens,shehadnonotionwhatthatmeant."Thinkofakitchentablethen,"hetoldher,"whenyou’renotthere."

           Sonowshealwayssaw,whenshethoughtofMr.Ramsay’swork,ascrubbedkitchentable.Itlodgednowintheforkofapeartree,fortheyhadreachedtheorchard.Andwithapainfuleffortofconcentration,shefocusedhermind,notuponthesilver-bossedbarkofthetree,oruponitsfish-shapedleaves,butuponaphantomkitchentable,oneofthosescrubbedboardtables,grainedandknotted,whosevirtueseemstohavebeenlaidbarebyyearsofmuscularintegrity,whichstuckthere,itsfourlegsinair.

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