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Chapter 83

           "EvenifyoulovedmeaswellasIloveyouevenifIwereeverythingtoyouIshallmostlikelyalwaysbeverypoor:onasobercalculation,onecancountonnothingbutacreepinglot.Itisimpossibleforusevertobelongtoeachother.Itisperhapsbaseofmetohaveaskedforawordfromyou.Imeanttogoawayintosilence,butIhavenotbeenabletodowhatImeant."

           "Don’tbesorry,"saidDorothea,inhercleartendertones."Iwouldrathershareallthetroubleofourparting."

           Herlipstrembled,andsodidhis.Itwasneverknownwhichlipswerethefirsttomovetowardstheotherlips;buttheykissedtremblingly,andthentheymovedapart.

           Therainwasdashingagainstthewindow-panesasifanangryspiritwerewithinit,andbehinditwasthegreatswoopofthewind;itwasoneofthosemomentsinwhichboththebusyandtheidlepausewithacertainawe.

           Dorotheasatdownontheseatnearesttoher,alonglowottomaninthemiddleoftheroom,andwithherhandsfoldedovereachotheronherlap,lookedatthedrearouterworld.Willstoodstillaninstantlookingather,thenseatedhimselfbesideher,andlaidhishandonhers,whichturneditselfupwardtobeclasped.Theysatinthatwaywithoutlookingateachother,untiltherainabatedandbegantofallinstillness.Eachhadbeenfullofthoughtswhichneitherofthemcouldbegintoutter.

           Butwhentherainwasquiet,DorotheaturnedtolookatWill.

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