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tired He seemed to take no notice of her

For Anna the moment was critical She kept herself aloof, and

watched him He talked to her, but with a little indifference,

since he was scarcely aware of her So, then she did not affect

him Here was a new turn of affairs! He was rather attractive,

nevertheless She liked him better than the ordinary mute,

half-effaced, half-subduedout into his real self! It piqued her Very

good, let hieat him, she saw she could

not reduce hiave it up Yet not without a pang of rage, which would insist

on their old, beloved love, their old, accustomed intimacy and

her old, established supre at hi his father, she was

wary This was the new turn of affairs!

Very good, if she could not influence him in the old way, she

would be level with hiood, she too was out on her own adventure Her

voice, her

was liberated in her She liked hie man

colad

to welcoer She had been bored by the old husband To

his latent, cruel se He

expected her to keep the moral fortress Not she! It was ed hiht and free, opposite to hilinted She too was out in the field