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XIV

           AnnaledEffieofftohaveherhairsmoothedandDarrowwanderedintotheoaksitting-room,whichhefounduntenanted.Thesunlaypleasantlyonitsbrownwalls,onthescatteredbooksandtheflowersinoldporcelainvases.Inhiseyeslingeredthevisionofthedark-hairedmothermountingthestairswithherlittlefairdaughter.Thecontrastbetweenthemseemedalasttouchofgraceinthecomplexharmonyofthings.Hestoodinthewindow,lookingoutatthepark,andbroodinginwardlyuponhishappiness...

           HewasrousedbyEffie’svoiceandthescamperofherfeetdownthelongfloorsbehindhim.

           “Hereheis!Hereheis!”shecried,flyingoverthethreshold.

           Heturnedandstoopedtoherwithasmile,andasshecaughthishandheperceivedthatshewastryingtodrawhimtowardsomeonewhohadpausedbehindherinthedoorway,andwhomhesupposedtobehermother.

           “HEREheis!”Effierepeated,withhersweetimpatience.

           ThefigureinthedoorwaycameforwardandDarrow,lookingup,foundhimselffacetofacewithSophyViner.Theystoodstill,ayardortwoapart,andlookedateachotherwithoutspeaking.

           Astheypausedthere,ashadowfellacrossoneoftheterracewindows,andOwenLeathsteppedwhistlingintotheroom.Inhisroughshootingclothes,withtheglowofexerciseunderhisfairskin,helookedextraordinarilylight-heartedandhappy.Darrow,withaquickside-glance,noticedthis,andperceivedalsothattheglowontheyouth’scheekhaddeepenedsuddenlytored.Hetoostoppedshort,andthethreestoodtheremotionlessforabarelyperceptiblebeatoftime

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