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           Everyword,everyallusion,everynoteofhisagreeably-modulatedvoice,gaveAnnaaglimpseofasocietyatoncefreerandfiner,whichobservedthetraditionalformsbuthaddiscardedtheunderlyingprejudices;whereastheworldsheknewhaddiscardedmanyoftheformsandkeptalmostalltheprejudices.

           Insuchanatmosphereashisaneageryoungwoman,curiousastoallthemanifestationsoflife,yetinstinctivelydesiringthattheyshouldcometoherintermsofbeautyandfinefeeling,mustsurelyfindthelargestscopeforself-expression.Study,travel,thecontactoftheworld,thecomradeshipofapolishedandenlightenedmind,wouldcombinetoenrichherdaysandformhercharacter;anditwasonlyintheraremomentswhenMr.Leath’ssymmetricalblondmaskbentoverhers,andhiskissdroppedonherlikeacoldsmoothpebble,thatshequestionedthecompletenessofthejoysheoffered.

           Therehadbeenatimewhenthewallsonwhichhergazenowrestedhadshedaglareofironyontheseearlydreams.InthefirstyearsofhermarriagethesobersymmetryofGivrehadsuggestedonlyherhusband’sneatly-balancedmind.Itwasamind,shesoonlearned,contentedlyabsorbedinformulatingtheconventionsoftheunconventional.WestFifty-fifthStreetwasnomoreconscientiouslyconcernedthanGivrewiththemomentousquestionof“whatpeopledid”;itwasonlythetypeofdeedinvestigatedthatwasdifferent.Mr.Leathcollectedhissocialinstanceswiththesameseriousnessandpatienceashissnuff-boxes.

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