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           Asenseofisolationintensifiedthefamilytie,asenseoftheweaknessoftheirposition,asenseofdefencelessness,inspiteof,orbecauseof,thetitleandtheland.TheywerecutofffromthoseindustrialMidlandsinwhichtheypassedtheirlives.Andtheywerecutofffromtheirownclassbythebrooding,obstinate,shut-upnatureofSirGeoffrey,theirfather,whomtheyridiculed,butwhomtheyweresosensitiveabout.

           Thethreehadsaidtheywouldalllivetogetheralways.ButnowHerbertwasdead,andSirGeoffreywantedCliffordtomarry.SirGeoffreybarelymentionedit:hespokeverylittle.Buthissilent,broodinginsistencethatitshouldbesowashardforCliffordtobearupagainst.

           ButEmmasaidNo!ShewastenyearsolderthanClifford,andshefelthismarryingwouldbeadesertionandabetrayalofwhattheyoungonesofthefamilyhadstoodfor.

           CliffordmarriedConnie,nevertheless,andhadhismonth’shoneymoonwithher.Itwastheterribleyear1917,andtheywereintimateastwopeoplewhostandtogetheronasinkingship.Hehadbeenvirginwhenhemarried:andthesexpartdidnotmeanmuchtohim.Theyweresoclose,heandshe,apartfromthat.AndConnieexultedalittleinthisintimacywhichwasbeyondsex,andbeyondaman’s’satisfaction’.Cliffordanyhowwasnotjustkeenonhis’satisfaction’,assomanymenseemedtobe.No,theintimacywasdeeper,morepersonalthanthat.Andsexwasmerelyanaccident,oranadjunct,oneofthecuriousobsolete,organicprocesseswhichpersistedinitsownclumsiness,butwasnotreallynecessary