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           Shepicturedherselfgraduallysubduedtosuchaconceptionoflifeandlove,shepicturedEffiegrowingupundertheinfluenceofthewomanshesawherselfbecoming—andshehidhereyesfromthehumiliationofthepicture...

           TheywereatluncheonwhenthesummonsthatDarrowexpectedwasbroughttohim.HehandedthetelegramtoAnna,andshelearnedthathisAmbassador,onthewaytoaGermancure,wastobeinParisthenexteveningandwishedtoconferwithhimtherebeforehewentbacktoLondon.Theideathatthedecisivemomentwasathandwassoagitatingtoherthatwhenluncheonwasoversheslippedawaytotheterraceandthencewentdownalonetothegarden.Thedaywasgreybutmild,withtheheavinessofdecayintheair.Sherambledonaimlessly,followingunderthedenudedboughsthepathsheandDarrowhadtakenontheirfirstwalktotheriver.Shewassurehewouldnottrytoovertakeher:surehewouldguesswhyshewishedtobealone.Thereweremomentswhenitseemedtodoubleherlonelinesstobesocertainofhisreadingherheartwhileshewassodesperatelyignorantofhis...

           Shewanderedonformorethananhour,andwhenshereturnedtothehouseshesaw,assheenteredthehall,thatDarrowwasseatedatthedeskinOwen’sstudy.Heheardherstep,andlookingupturnedinhischairwithoutrising.Theireyesmet,andshesawthathiswereclearandsmiling.Hehadaheapofpapersathiselbowandwasevidentlyengagedinsomeofficialcorrespondence.

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