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XXXIII

           TheAmbassador,knowingDarrow’surgentreasonsforwishingtobeinFrance,hadimmediatelyproposedhisgoingback,andawaitingatGivrethesummonstorelievehiscolleague;andhehadjumpedintothefirsttrain,withoutevenwaitingtotelegraphthenewsofhisrelease.Hespokenaturally,easily,inhisusualquietvoice,takinghisteafromEffie,helpinghimselftothetoastshehanded,andstoopingnowandthentostrokethedozingterrier.Andsuddenly,asAnnalistenedtohisexplanation,sheaskedherselfifitweretrue.

           Thequestion,ofcourse,wasabsurd.Therewasnopossiblereasonwhyheshouldinventafalseaccountofhisreturn,andeveryprobabilitythattheversionhegavewastherealone.ButhehadlookedandspokeninthesamewaywhenhehadansweredherprobingquestionsaboutSophyViner,andshereflectedwithachilloffearthatshewouldneveragainknowifhewerespeakingthetruthornot.Shewassurehelovedher,andshedidnotfearhisinsincerityasmuchasherowndistrustofhim.Foramomentitseemedtoherthatthismustcorrupttheverysourceoflove;thenshesaidtoherself:“Byandbye,whenIamaltogetherhis,weshallbesoneareachotherthattherewillbenoroomforanydoubtsbetweenus.”Butthedoubtsweretherenow,onemomentlulledtoquiescence,thenextmoretorturinglyalert.

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