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He [put off what little clothing he had on, and] sat beside her

in the bed

"You look like a lion, with yourout, and your

nose pushed over your food," he said

She tinkled with laughter, and gladly ate her breakfast

The oing too, and he was letting it go One bright transit of

daylight gone by unacknowledged! There was so unmanly,

recusant in it He could not quite reconcile hio out quickly into the

daylight, and work or spend hietically in the open

air of the afternoon, retrieving as left to hiht as well be hung for a

sheep as for a lamb If he had lost this day of his life, he had

lost it He gave it up He was not going to count his losses

She didn't care She didn't care in the least

Then why should he? Should he be behind her in recklessness and

independence? She was superb in her indifference He wanted to

be like her

She took her responsibilities lightly When she spilled her

tea on the pillow, she rubbed it carelessly with a handkerchief,

and turned over the pillow He would have felt guilty She did