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VI. The Two Stand Face to Face

           Shehadoverlookedthefactthat,incomingasaboyamongotherboys,shewouldbetreatedasaboy.Theslight,thoughofherowncausing,andself-explanatory,shewasunabletodismissasunwittinglyshown,sosensitivehadthesituationmadeher.

           Womenhavedonemuchforthemselvesinhistrionicdress.Tolookfarbelowthosewho,likeacertainfairpersonatorofPollyPeachumearlyinthelastcentury,andanotherofLydiaLanguishearlyinthis,(1)havewonnotonlylovebutducalcoronetsintothebargain,wholeshoalsofthemhavereachedtotheinitialsatisfactionofgettinglovealmostwhencetheywould.ButtheTurkishKnightwasdeniedeventhechanceofachievingthisbytheflutteringribbonswhichshedarednotbrushaside.

           (1)Writtenin1877.

           Yeobrightreturnedtotheroomwithouthiscousin.WhenwithintwoorthreefeetofEustaciahestopped,asifagainarrestedbyathought.Hewasgazingather.Shelookedanotherway,disconcerted,andwonderedhowlongthispurgatorywastolast.Afterlingeringafewsecondshepassedonagain.

           Tocourttheirowndiscomfiturebyloveisacommoninstinctwithcertainperfervidwomen.Conflictingsensationsoflove,fear,andshamereducedEustaciatoastateoftheutmostuneasiness.Toescapewashergreatandimmediatedesire.Theothermummersappearedtobeinnohurrytoleave;andmurmuringtotheladwhosatnexttoherthatshepreferredwaitingforthemoutsidethehouse,shemovedtothedoorasimperceptiblyaspossible,openedit,andslippedout.

           Thecalm,lonescenereassuredher.

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