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She did not know this, she did not understand They had

looked at each other, and had accepted each other It was so,

then there was nothing to balk at, it was co, his face was stiff and expressionless He

wanted to drink, to get rid of his forethought and afterthought,

to set the htened at his heart The jesting and joviality and jolly,

broad insinuation of the guests only coiled hi obsessed hie, still s accepted hiether to the hour, now No future, no past, only

this, her hour She did not even notice him, as she sat beside

hi

together was close at hand What o, her dark face was

softly lighted, the bend of her head was proud, her grey eyes

clear and dilated, so that the men could not look at her, and

the women were elated by her, they served her Very wonderful

she was, as she bade farewell, her ugly widesoftly and richly in

the foreign accent, her dilated eyes ignoring one and all the

departing guests Her nored the being of hiwen stood beside her, giving his hearty handshake to

his friends, receiving their regard gratefully, glad of their

attention His heart was tormented within him, he did not try to

smile The time of his trial and his admittance, his Gethsemane