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Chapter 31

           Indeedherbodywasnowtornforthemomentbythemostdesperateandconvulsivesobs,somuchsothatClyde,perplexedandastonishedanddeeplymovedbythissuddendisplayofapent-upandpowerfulemotion,assuddenlywashimselfmoveddeeply.Forobviouslythiswasnotrickorhistrionicbitintendedtoinfluencehim,butratherasuddenandoverwhelmingvisionofherself,ashehimselfcouldsense,asaratherlornandisolatedgirlwithoutfriendsorprospectsasopposedtothoseothersinwhomhewasnowsointerestedandwhohadsomuchmore—everythinginfact.Forbehindherinhervisionlayallthelornanddetachedyearsthathadmarredheryouth,nowsovividbecauseofherrecentvisit.Shewasreallyintenselymoved—overwhelminglyandhelplessly.

           Andnowfromtheverybottomofherheartsheexclaimed:"IfI’deverhadachancelikesomegirls—ifI’deverbeenanywhereorseenanything!Butjusttobebroughtupinthecountryandwithoutanymoneyorclothesoranything—andnobodytoshowyou.Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh!"

           Themomentshesaidthesethingsshewasactuallyashamedofhavingmadesoweakandself-condemnatoryaconfession,sincethatwaswhatreallywastroublinghiminconnectionwithher,nodoubt.

           "Oh,Roberta,darling,"hesaidinstantlyandtenderly,puttinghisarmsaroundher,genuinelymovedbyhisowndereliction."Youmustn’tcrylikethat,dearest.Youmustn’t.Ididn’tmeantohurtyou,honestIdidn’t.Truly,Ididn’t,dear.

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