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"Yes, was not that odd!--because of course the things which used to

attract ain noere there all the time"

"At that moment you were so occupied with 'Jim's blue eyes,' and his

'white nice teeth,' and 'how his hair was brushed,' and 'hoell his

unifor of his DSO and his MC that you

could not appreciate anything else"

"You have a VC, your teeth are divine, and you too have blue eyes,

Nicholas--"

"Eye--please,--the singular or plural in this case makes all the

difference, but I shall have my new one in fairly soon now and then

illusion will helpto think of what perhaps ht have

happened if I had not been surrounded with illusion, last February--"

"Well, you can always have the satisfaction of knowing that as your

interest in Jie Harcourt and I

thrashed it all out the other day--and you yourself ad instinct alive is the thing--You will have

the fondest lover when you go back to Queen Street, Nina!"

"I--suppose so-- But would it not be wonderful if one had not to play

any game, but could just love and be so satisfied with each other that

there would not be any fear--"