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The child ran about absorbed in life, quiet, full of

aes nor

alterations One day she would find daisies in the grass,

another day, apple-blossoround, and she would run aain birds would be pecking at the cherries, her

father would throw cherries down froarden Then the fields were full of hay

She did not res were there each day She was always herself, the

world outside was accidental Even her mother was accidental to

her: a condition that happened to endure

Only her father occupied any permanent position in the

childish consciousness When he caone ahen he went away she knew vaguely that

she

fro,her with some previous departure

The return or the departure of the father was the one event

which the child re woke up in

her, so She knehen he was out of joint or

irritable or tired: then she was uneasy, she could not rest

When he was in the house, the child felt full and warone, she was

vague, forgetful When he scolded her even, she was often th and her

greater self