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Chapter 5
Ifwesticktothatweoughttobeabletoarrangethissexthing,aswearrangegoingtothedentist;sincefatehasgivenusacheckmatephysicallythere.’
Conniesatandlistenedinasortofwonder,andasortoffear.Shedidnotknowifhewasrightornot.TherewasMichaelis,whomsheloved;soshesaidtoherself.ButherlovewassomehowonlyanexcursionfromhermarriagewithClifford;thelong,slowhabitofintimacy,formedthroughyearsofsufferingandpatience.Perhapsthehumansoulneedsexcursions,andmustnotbedeniedthem.Butthepointofanexcursionisthatyoucomehomeagain.
’Andwouldn’tyoumindwhatman’schildIhad?’sheasked.
’Why,Connie,Ishouldtrustyournaturalinstinctofdecencyandselection.Youjustwouldn’tletthewrongsortoffellowtouchyou.’
ShethoughtofMichaelis!HewasabsolutelyClifford’sideaofthewrongsortoffellow.
’Butmenandwomenmayhavedifferentfeelingsaboutthewrongsortoffellow,’shesaid.
’No,’hereplied.’Youcareforme.Idon’tbelieveyouwouldevercareforamanwhowaspurelyantipathetictome.Yourrhythmwouldn’tletyou.’
Shewassilent.Logicmightbeunanswerablebecauseitwassoabsolutelywrong.
’Andshouldyouexpectmetotellyou?’sheasked,glancingupathimalmostfurtively.
’Notatall,I’dbetternotknow...
