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XI. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman

           ShecouldnotadmitatoncethatshemighthaveoverestimatedWildeve,fortoperceivehismediocritynowwastoadmitherowngreatfollyheretofore.Andthediscoverythatshewastheownerofadispositionsopurelythatofthedoginthemangerhadsomethinginitwhichatfirstmadeherashamed.

           ThefruitofMrs.Yeobright’sdiplomacywasindeedremarkable,thoughnotasyetofthekindshehadanticipated.IthadappreciablyinfluencedWildeve,butitwasinfluencingEustaciafarmore.Herloverwasnolongertoheranexcitingmanwhommanywomenstrovefor,andherselfcouldonlyretainbystrivingwiththem.Hewasasuperfluity.

           Shewentindoorsinthatpeculiarstateofmiserywhichisnotexactlygrief,andwhichespeciallyattendsthedawningsofreasoninthelatterdaysofanill-judged,transientlove.Tobeconsciousthattheendofthedreamisapproaching,andyethasnotabsolutelycome,isoneofthemostwearisomeaswellasthemostcuriousstagesalongthecoursebetweenthebeginningofapassionanditsend.

           Hergrandfatherhadreturned,andwasbusilyengagedinpouringsomegallonsofnewlyarrivedrumintothesquarebottlesofhissquarecellaret.WheneverthesehomesupplieswereexhaustedhewouldgototheQuietWoman,and,standingwithhisbacktothefire,groginhand,tellremarkablestoriesofhowhehadlivedsevenyearsunderthewaterlineofhisship,andothernavalwonders,tothenatives,whohopedtooearnestlyforatreatofalefromthetellertoexhibitanydoubtsofhistruth.

           Hehadbeentherethisevening

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