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There could be no possible doubt about the boredo with obvious relief Their conversation

had taken a wider range lately; it wasHe wondered how often she thought of that scene

in the library at Thorneytoft; she had behaved ever since as if it had

never happened For one thing Stanistreet was thankful--she had left off

discussing Nevill with hinorance, she now

knew all that it concerned her to know Not that she avoided the subject;

on the contrary, it seeeneral interest, where any chance current of thought ht drift them to

it Stanistreet dreaded it; but she was continually brushing up against

it, with a feathery lightness which made him marvel at the volatile

character of her mind Was it the clumsiness of a butterfly or the

dexterity of a woht he detected a certain

reluctant shyness in approaching the subject directly It was as if she

regarded her affection for her husband as a youthful folly, and her

e as a discreditable episode of which she was now ashamed

On the other hand, she was always ready to talk about Stanistreet and

his doings She would listen for hours to his mess-room stories, his