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Chapter VII

           Ipicturedtheirlives,troubledbynountowardadventure,honest,decent,and,byreasonofthosetwoupstanding,pleasantchildren,soobviouslydestinedtocarryonthenormaltraditionsoftheirraceandstation,notwithoutsignificance.Theywouldgrowoldinsensibly;theywouldseetheirsonanddaughtercometoyearsofreason,marryinduecourse—theoneaprettygirl,futuremotherofhealthychildren;theotherahandsome,manlyfellow,obviouslyasoldier;andatlast,prosperousintheirdignifiedretirement,belovedbytheirdescendants,afterahappy,notunusefullife,inthefullnessoftheiragetheywouldsinkintothegrave.

           Thatmustbethestoryofinnumerablecouples,andthepatternoflifeitoffershasahomelygrace.Itremindsyouofaplacidrivulet,meanderingsmoothlythroughgreenpasturesandshadedbypleasanttrees,tillatlastitfallsintothevastysea;buttheseaissocalm,sosilent,soindifferent,thatyouaretroubledsuddenlybyavagueuneasiness.Perhapsitisonlybyakinkinmynature,stronginmeeveninthosedays,thatIfeltinsuchanexistence,theshareofthegreatmajority,somethingamiss.Irecogniseditssocialvalues,Isawitsorderedhappiness,butafeverinmybloodaskedforawildercourse.Thereseemedtomesomethingalarminginsucheasydelights.Inmyheartwasadesiretolivemoredangerously.IwasnotunpreparedforjaggedrocksandtreacherousshoalsifIcouldonlyhavechange—changeandtheexcitementoftheunforeseen.

           

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