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           AnnaandDarrow,thenextday,sataloneinacompartmentoftheParistrain.

           Anna,whentheyenteredit,hadputherselfinthefarthestcornerandplacedherbagontheadjoiningseat.ShehaddecidedsuddenlytoaccompanyDarrowtoParis,hadevenpersuadedhimtowaitforalatertraininorderthattheymighttraveltogether.Shehadanintenselongingtobewithhim,analmostmorbidterroroflosingsightofhimforamoment:whenhejumpedoutofthetrainandranbackalongtheplatformtobuyanewspaperforhershefeltasthoughsheshouldneverseehimagain,andshiveredwiththecoldmiseryofherlastjourneytoParis,whenshehadthoughtherselfpartedfromhimforever.Yetshewantedtokeephimatadistance,ontheothersideofthecompartment,andasthetrainmovedoutofthestationshedrewfromherbagthelettersshehadthrustinitassheleftthehouse,andbegantoglanceoverthemsothatherloweredlidsshouldhidehereyesfromhim.

           Shewashisnow,hisforlife:therecouldneveragainbeanyquestionofsacrificingherselftoEffie’swelfare,ortoanyotherabstractconceptionofduty.Effieofcoursewouldnotsuffer;Annawouldpayforherblissasawifebyredoubleddevotionasamother.Herscrupleswerenotovercome;butforthetimetheirvoicesweredrownedinthetumultuousrumourofherhappiness.

           AssheopenedherlettersshewasconsciousthatDarrow’sgazewasfixedonher,andgraduallyitdrewhereyesupward,andshedrankdeepofthepassionatetendernessinhis.Thenthebloodrosetoherfaceandshefeltagainthedesiretoshieldherself.

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