One thing—he could be thankful for that—the peak of his misfortunes had been reached; the world might come to an end now and not matter in the least. The uncanny directness of those gray eyes, the absence of diffidence, the beauty of the face in profile (full, it seemed a little too broad to make for perfect beauty), the mellow voice that came full and free, without hesitance, all combined to mark her as the most unusual young woman he had ever met. Her gown was minimalist compared to those concoctions of boning and lace of long ago, she reflected, but that did not stop it from getting caught on 134 brambles and twigs. You’ll have to find someone else. “We are, or rather we were, so much alike then that the portrait of either of us would have done for the other. “You know very well that she is selfish and pleasure-loving to the backbone. She silently willed him to stop his pacing, to calm down. ’” “Is ‘Alcide’ still in Paris?” Ennison asked. . . But we were both pledged to secrecy, and I couldn’t reveal my part for fear that I would lose my place. . His invalid wife and her money had been only the thin thread that held his life together; beaded on that permanent relation had been an inter-weaving series of other feminine experiences, disturbing, absorbing, interesting, memorable affairs. She had not at first the power for concealment.
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