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Chapter XV

           ‘YoulikeThornfield?’shesaid,liftingherfinger;andthenshewroteintheairamemento,whichraninluridhieroglyphicsallalongthehouse-front,betweentheupperandlowerrowofwindows, ‘Likeitifyoucan!Likeitifyoudare!’ 

           "‘Iwilllikeit,’saidI;‘Idarelikeit;’and"(hesubjoinedmoodily) "Iwillkeepmyword;Iwillbreakobstaclestohappiness,togoodnessyes,goodness. IwishtobeabettermanthanIhavebeen,thanIam;asJob’sleviathanbrokethespear,thedart,andthehabergeon,hindranceswhichotherscountasironandbrass,Iwillesteembutstrawandrottenwood." 

           Adelehereranbeforehimwithhershuttlecock. "Away!"hecriedharshly;"keepatadistance,child;orgointoSophie!" Continuingthentopursuehiswalkinsilence,Iventuredtorecallhimtothepointwhencehehadabruptlydiverged 

           "Didyouleavethebalcony,sir,"Iasked,"whenMdlle.Varensentered?" 

           Ialmostexpectedarebuffforthishardlywell-timedquestion,but,onthecontrary,wakingoutofhisscowlingabstraction,heturnedhiseyestowardsme,andtheshadeseemedtoclearoffhisbrow. "Oh,IhadforgottenCeline! Well,toresume. WhenIsawmycharmerthuscomeinaccompaniedbyacavalier,Iseemedtohearahiss,andthegreensnakeofjealousy,risingonundulatingcoilsfromthemoonlitbalcony,glidedwithinmywaistcoat,andateitswayintwominutestomyheart’score. 

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