Риф, або Там, де розбивається щастя

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           Butshewasevidentlyunusedtoanalyzingheraestheticemotions,andthetumultuousrushofthedramaseemedtohaveleftherinastateofpantingwonder,asthoughithadbeenastormorsomeothernaturalcataclysm.Shehadnoliteraryorhistoricassociationstowhichtoattachherimpressions:hereducationhadevidentlynotcomprisedacourseinGreekliterature.Butshefeltwhatwouldprobablyhavebeenunperceivedbymanyayoungladywhohadtakenafirstinclassics:theineluctablefatalityofthetale,thedreadswayinitofthesamemysterious“luck”whichpulledthethreadsofherownsmalldestiny.Itwasnotliteraturetoher,itwasfact:asactual,asnearby,aswhatwashappeningtoheratthemomentandwhatthenexthourheldinstore.Seeninthislight,theplayregainedforDarrowitssupremeandpoignantreality.Hepiercedtotheheartofitssignificancethroughalltheartificialaccretionswithwhichhistheoriesofartandtheconventionsofthestagehadclothedit,andsawitashehadneverseenit:aslife.

           Afterthistherecouldbenoquestionofflight,andhetookherbacktothetheatre,contenttoreceivehisownsensationsthroughthemediumofhers.Butwiththecontinuationoftheplay,andtheoppressionoftheheavyair,hisattentionagainbegantowander,strayingbackovertheincidentsofthemorning.

           HehadbeenwithSophyVinerallday,andhewassurprisedtofindhowquicklythetimehadgone.Shehadhardlyattempted,asthehourspassed,toconcealhersatisfactiononfindingthatnotelegramcamefromtheFarlows.

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