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Chapter 48

           Somemorningshedismissedthemaidandbroughtherthebreakfasttrayhimselfandfedherasthoughshewereachild,tookthehairbrushfromherhandandbrushedherlongdarkhairuntilitsnappedandcrackled.Yetothermorningsshewastornrudelyoutofdeepslumberwhenhesnatchedallthebedcoversfromherandtickledherbarefeet.Sometimeshelistenedwithdignifiedinteresttodetailsofherbusinesses,noddingapprovalathersagacity,andatothertimeshecalledhersomewhatdubioustradingsscavenging,highwayrobberyandextortion.HetookhertoplaysandannoyedherbywhisperingthatGodprobablydidn’tapproveofsuchamusements,andtochurchesand,sottovoce,retailedfunnyobscenitiesandthenreprovedherforlaughing.Heencouragedhertospeakhermind,tobeflippantanddaring.Shepickedupfromhimthegiftofstingingwordsandsardonicphrasesandlearnedtorelishusingthemforthepowertheygaveheroverotherpeople.Butshedidnotpossesshissenseofhumorwhichtemperedhismalice,norhissmilethatjeeredathimselfevenwhilehewasjeeringothers.

           Hemadeherplayandshehadalmostforgottenhow.Lifehadbeensoseriousandsobitter.Heknewhowtoplayandsweptheralongwithhim.Butheneverplayedlikeaboy;hewasamanandnomatterwhathedid,shecouldneverforgetit.Shecouldnotlookdownonhimfromtheheightsofwomanlysuperiority,smilingaswomenhavealwayssmiledattheanticsofmenwhoareboysatheart.

           Thisannoyedheralittle,whenevershethoughtofit.

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