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I had begun to lose some of my joy----I wished she had been here to

share it with me---

I have walked up and down--up and down It is four o'clock now, and she

has not returned No doubt her ht: I have spent a beastly day My exhilaration has all evaporated now I

have had no one to share it withI am supposed to be on my

honey And after tea when Alathea had

not arrived I began taking longer turns, walking up and down the broad

corridor, and at last I paused outside her room, and a desire caed it

There was silence I listened a moment, then I opened the door

The fire was not lit, it all seeht

Except for the tortoise-shell and gold brushes and boxes I had had put

on the dressing table for her, there was not an indication that anyone

stayed there, none of the usual things women have about in their rooms

One could see she looked upon it just as an hotel, and not a perraphs of her fa

Only the bracelets were on the table still in their case, and on looking