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Chapter 12

           Allthisphrase-makingwasagame,shethought,forifshehadsaidhalfwhathesaid,shewouldhaveblownherbrainsoutbynow.

           Itannoyedher,thisphrase-making,andshesaidtohim,inamatter-of-factway,thatitwasaperfectlylovelyevening.Andwhatwashegroaningabout,sheasked,halflaughing,halfcomplaining,forsheguessedwhathewasthinkinghewouldhavewrittenbetterbooksifhehadnotmarried.

           Hewasnotcomplaining,hesaid.Sheknewthathedidnotcomplain.Sheknewthathehadnothingwhatevertocomplainof.Andheseizedherhandandraisedittohislipsandkisseditwithanintensitythatbroughtthetearstohereyes,andquicklyhedroppedit.

           Theyturnedawayfromtheviewandbegantowalkupthepathwherethesilver-greenspear-likeplantsgrew,arminarm.Hisarmwasalmostlikeayoungman’sarm,Mrs.Ramsaythought,thinandhard,andshethoughtwithdelighthowstronghestillwas,thoughhewasoversixty,andhowuntamedandoptimistic,andhowstrangeitwasthatbeingconvinced,ashewas,ofallsortsofhorrors,seemednottodepresshim,buttocheerhim.Wasitnotodd,shereflected?Indeedheseemedtohersometimesmadedifferentlyfromotherpeople,bornblind,deaf,anddumb,totheordinarythings,buttotheextraordinarythings,withaneyelikeaneagle’s.Hisunderstandingoftenastonishedher.Butdidhenoticetheflowers?No.Didhenoticetheview?No.

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