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           Wasitshe,AnnaLeath,whowaspicturingherselftoherselfinthatway?Sherecoiledfromherthoughtsasifwithasenseofdemoniacpossession,andthereflashedthroughherthelongingtoreturntoheroldstateoffearlessignorance.IfatthatmomentshecouldhavekeptDarrowfromfollowinghertoGivreshewouldhavedoneso...

           Buthecame;andwiththesightofhimtheturmoilfellandshefeltherselfreassured,rehabilitated.Hearrivedtowarddusk,andshemotoredtoFrancheuiltomeethim.Shewantedtoseehimassoonaspossible,forshehaddivined,throughthenewinsightthatwasinher,thatonlyhispresencecouldrestorehertoanormalviewofthings.Inthemotor,astheyleftthetownandturnedintothehigh-road,heliftedherhandandkissedit,andsheleanedagainsthim,andfeltthecurrentsflowbetweenthem.Shewasgratefultohimfornotsayinganything,andfornotexpectinghertospeak.Shesaidtoherself:“Henevermakesamistake—healwaysknowswhattodo”;andthenshethoughtwithastartthatitwasdoubtlessbecausehehadsooftenbeeninsuchsituations.Theideathathistactwasakindofprofessionalexpertnessfilledherwithrepugnance,andinsensiblyshedrewawayfromhim.Hemadenomotiontobringhernearer,andsheinstantlythoughtthatthatwascalculatedtoo.Shesatbesidehiminfrozenmisery,wonderingwhether,henceforth,shewouldmeasureinthiswayhiseverylookandgesture.Neitherofthemspokeagaintillthemotorturnedunderthedarkarchoftheavenue,andtheysawthelightsofGivretwinklingatitsend.

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