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           Butnowshehadbeguntounderstandthatthetwomenwerereallyone.TheDarrowsheworshippedwasinseparablefromtheDarrowsheabhorred;andtheinevitableconclusionwasthatbothmustgo,andshebeleftinthedesertofasorrowwithoutmemories...

           Butifthefuturewasthusvoid,thepresentwasalltoofull.Neverhadblowmorecomplexrepercussions;andtorememberOwenwastoceasetothinkofherself.Whatimpulse,whatapprehension,hadsenthimsuddenlytoParis?Andwhyhadhethoughtitneedfultoconcealhisgoingfromher?WhenSophyVinerhadleft,ithadbeenwiththeunderstandingthathewastoawaithersummons;anditseemedimprobablethathewouldbreakhispledge,andseekherwithoutleave,unlesshislover’sintuitionhadwarnedhimofsomefreshdanger.Annarecalledhowquicklyhehadreadthealarminherfacewhenhehadrushedbacktohersitting-roomwiththenewsthatMissVinerhadpromisedtoseehimagaininParis.Tobesopromptlyroused,hissuspicionsmusthavebeenbuthalf-asleep;andsincethen,nodoubt,ifsheandDarrowhaddissembled,sohadhe.Toherprouddirectnessitwasdegradingtothinkthattheyhadbeenlivingtogetherlikeenemieswhospyuponeachother’smovements:shefeltadesperatelongingforthedayswhichhadseemedsodullandnarrow,butinwhichshehadwalkedwithherheadhighandhereyesunguarded.

           ShehadcomeuptoParishardlyknowingwhatperilshefeared,andstilllesshowshecouldavertit.IfOwenmeanttoseeMissViner—andwhatotherobjectcouldhehave?—theymustalreadybetogether,anditwastoolatetointerfere.

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