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"What did she do?"

"She went to London, into a big shop Ingraoes up to

see her"

"Does he love her?"

"It's a year and a half he's been with her now"

"What was she like?"

"Eirl with nice

eyebrows"

Ursula meditated this It seemed like real romance of the

outer world

"Do all men have lovers?" she asked, amazed at her own

temerity But her hand was still fastened with his, and his face

still had the sa fixity of outward cal fine wo drunk to talk about her Most of them dash up to

London thefine woman or other"

"What sort of woes pretty frequently, as a rule One

of the fellows is a perfect maniac He keeps a suit-case always

ready, and the instant he is at liberty, he bolts with it to the

station, and changes in the train No e, off he whips his tunic, and performs at least the top

half of his toilet"

Ursula quivered and wondered

"Why is he in such a hurry?" she asked

Her throat was becoot a woman in his mind, I suppose"

She was chilled, hardened And yet this world of passions and