intoexistenanticshapea
squareehousestandingjustoffthehighroad,nodoubt,haneighborapigandadozensqualling
children;fortheseplansancein
hisnd,andthepleasurehederivedfrohinkingofthet
soasensiblenebeautiful
inheritanceghttreadoutthenarrowboundsofhisactualdselfthatlifeis
supportableesne,onlyonestgrouips
andelonsandpogranatescertainly
ralphtooksoprideintheresourind,
andselfbyrystrust
inhishe,and
forthefirsttifoydays,hralph,
setnospiesuponhertives,sayings,andfeelings,butsurrenderedherselftopletehappiness
thustalking,epausesto
lookattheviehehedgeandtodecideuponthe
speciesofalittlegraybroongthe
193
nightandday
theyolinln,andafterstrollingup
anddoainstreet,decideduponaninnwhere
theroundededsubstantialfare,norwere
theystakenforoverahundredandfiftyyearshotjoints,potatoes,greens,andapplepuddingshadbeenservedtogenerationsofuntrygentlen,andnow,sittingatatableintheholloheboindow,ralphandrytooktheirshareofthisperennialfeastlookingaary
etolookquite
liketheotherpeopleintheroowouldhebeabsorbedangtheroundpinkfaces,prickedhlittlee
bristles,thecalvesfittedinshinybroher,theblackandechecksuits,inthe
saroohehalfhopedso;shethought
thatitindthatheshe
didnottobetoodifferentfrotherpeople
thearuddylor,too,andhiseyes
upbyasteady,honestlight,
kethesilestfarrfeelillatease,orsuggesttothestdevoutofclergynadispositiontosneerathisfaithshelovedthesteepcliffofhisforehead,andparedittothebroan,who
reinshishorsebacksosharplythatithalffallsonitshauncheshealedtoherlikearideronaspiritedhorseandthereationtoherinbeing
,becausetherehathebe
abletokeeptotherightpaceangotherpeoplesittingoppositehitthelittletableinthewindow,shecabacktothatstateofcarelessexaltationhhadovereherheyhaltedbythegate,butno
paniedbyasenseofsanityandsecurity,for
shefeltthattheyhadafeelinginnhscarcely
neededeodintinhewasleaning
hisforeheadonhishand,nohen,andagain
lookingsteadilyandgravelyatthebacksofthetenatthenexttable,hsolittleselfnsciousnessthatsheuldalstindplacingohought
solidlyuponthetopofanother;shethoughtthatsheuldfeelhihinking,throughtheshadeofherfingers,andsheuldanticipatetheexactntwhen
heanendtohisthoughtandtualittlein
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virginiawoolf
hischairandsay:
“ary”invitinghertotakeupthethreadof
thought
andatthatverynthetuedjustso,andsaid:
“ary”hthecurioustouchofdiffidenceh
shelovedinhi
shelaughed,andsheexplainedherlaughonthespurofthentbythelookofthepeopleinthestreet
belootorcarhanoldladyshedin
blueveils,andaladysidontheseatopposite,holdingakingcharlessspaniel;therean
bulatorfullofsticksdoiddle
oftheroad;thereersdiscussingthe
stateofthecattlerketinisterso
shedefinedthe
sheranoverthislistpanion
hinkhertrivialindeed,heritwas
duetothethoftheroortothegoodroastbeef,
orherralphhadachievedtheprocesshiscalledkinguponesnd,certainlyhehadgivenuptestingthegoodsense,theindependentcharacter,theintelligenceshoarkshehadbeenbuildingoneof
thosepilesofthought,asrahackleandfantasticasaenin
gaiters,halffrohelitterinhisoind,aboutduckshootingandlegalhistory,abouttheronoccupationoflinlnandtherelationsofuntrygentlenh
theirallthisdisnnectedraling,
theresuddenlyforditselfinhisndtheideathathearryhitheideaaneous
thatitseedtoshapeitselfofitsordbefore
hiseyesitade
useofhisold,instinctivephrase:
“ary”
asitpresenteditselftohitfirst,theideawassoneerestingthatheoaddress
it,oreado,toryherselfhisnaturalinstincttodividehisthoughtscarefullyintotclassesbeforeheexpressedtheoherprevailedbutashechedherlookingoutoftheribing
theoldlady,theanbulator,thebailiff
andthedissentingnister,hiseyesfilledinvolun195
nightandday
tarilyhtearsheolayhisheadon
hershoulderandsob,edhishairhher
fingersandsoothedhindsaid:
“there,theredontcrytellrying”;
andtheyswould
holdhiikehisthershefeltthathewasverylonely,andthathe
“honablethisallis”heexclaidabruptly
“areyoutalkingabout”shereplied,rather
vaguely,stilllookingoutofthewindow
heresentedthisdividedattentionrethan,perhaps,heknearywouldsoonbeonher
erica
“ry,”hesaid,“itotalktoyouhaventwe
nearlydoheytakeaheseplates”
ryfelthisagitation;shefelt
nvincedthatshekneithatheo
saytoher
“theylleallingoodti,”shesaid;andfeltit
neecalessbyliftinga
saltcellarandsbs
