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Chapter 37

           Andshe,sensinghispresentdriftandfeelingthatoneliemoreorlesscouldneitherhelpnorharmher,repliedquickly:"Heknows."

           "Well,then,"hewenton,slightlyreducedbythefactthathissurmisewasincorrect,butnonethelessresolvedtodissuadeherandhim,too:"Ithinkyoutwoshouldreallyconsiderveryseriouslybeforeyougofurtherinthismatter.Iknowwhenyoungpeoplefirstfaceasituationlikethistheyalwayslookonthedarkestsideofit,butitdoesn’talwaysworkoutthatway.IknowmywifeandIdidwithourfirstchild.Butwegotalong.Andifyouwillonlystopnowandtalkitover,you’llseeitinadifferentlight,I’msure.Andthenyouwon’thaveyourconsciencetodealwithafterwards,either."Heceased,feelingreasonablysurethathehaddispelledthefear,aswellasthedeterminationthathadbroughtRobertatohimthat,beingasensible,ordinarywife,shewouldnowdesistofcoursethinknothingmoreofherplanandleave.

           Butinsteadofeitheracquiescingcheerfullyorrisingtogo,ashethoughtshemight,shegavehimawide-eyedterrifiedlookandthenasinstantlyburstintotears.Forthetotaleffectofhisaddresshadbeentofirstrevivemoreclearlythaneverthenormalsocialorconventionalaspectofthesituationwhichallalongshewasattemptingtoshutoutfromherthoughtsandwhich,underordinarycircumstances,assumingthatshewasreallymarried,wasexactlytheattitudeshewouldhavetaken.

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