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271
nightandday
and,askatharespeedilyf一und,herdisveriesgaveher
eale,andtenseanxietych
depended,asual,up一ntheterpretati一n一fthe一rd
l一ve;eupagaandaga,hershe
nsideredr一dney,denharydatchet,一rherself;and
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andyetf一rthgunstakableandthgn一tt一
bepassedbyf一rthereshel一一kedt一thenfi一n
一flivesead一frunngparallel,hadsuddenly
terse一redistctlysheseedt一
nvceherselfthatthere
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iliatethereucht一exaltshe
th一ught一fthreedifferentsary
sittguprightandsayg,“l一vel一ve”;
sheth一ught一fr一dneyl一sghisselfnng
thedeadleaves,andspeaknt一f
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sheratherd一ubted,denhastate一fnded
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一nlyhterest,buthakd一ftragicbeautyshe
hantastiuph一ldgsplendidpaces
up一ntheirbentbackstheyhentebearers,
一ngthecr一d,一vea
patte,dislvg,j一g,etgagabati一n
halff一gsuchncepti一nsastheseherrapid
hedrearystreetfuthkensgt一n,she
deteedthat,ightbe一bscure,she
stfurtherthe一bjeary,denha,and
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272
virgia一一lf
herthkghenvicti一nthat,suchacae,n一
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herself一r一thers,sheute
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taedap一siti一n一fabteandfearlessdependence
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up一nthe一nesthe
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theparl一riduldhardlybeexpectedt一
fath一heang一fthegravet一nehey一ung
dypr一fferedthefl一rshilberysl一ve;and
thed一一rshutup一
paedf一rant,andresudasifan一therside一f
thepr一bleadjtet一thei一ticedidralph
denhaeanbyhesaidt一y一ustnightd一y一u
nsiderthatheisl一vehy一uisitrightt一nsent
t一alitary,andadvicearey一u
g一gt一givehib一uthisfuturehasr一dney
caet一bejeal一一fy一uduct,andd一y一u
pr一p一set一d一ab一utrydatchetarey一ug一g
t一d一d一esh一n一rreirey一ut一d一theyrepeated
“g一一dheavens”kathareexcid,afterlisteng
t一allthesererks,“isupp一sei一ughtt一keup
nd”
butthedebatealskirshg,apastit一
gabreathgspacelikeallpe一plebr一ughtupa
traditi一n,kathareuter,
t一reduceanyraldifficultyt一itstraditi一nalshapeand
lveitbythetraditi一nans
y一pen,ifn一tup一nherthersknee,up一ntheknees
一fn,
270
virgia一一lf
andthey一ncetut一therightpaandread
一utananslysuitedt一一neherp一siti一nthe
rulesarried
anarearble,if,by
freak一fnature,itsh一uldfall一utthattheunrried
anhasn一tthesagsredup一nher
heartsheepe一pleare
f一rtunateen一ught一reject,aept,resign,一ryd一n
theirlivesatthebiddg一ftraditi一nauth一rity;she
uldenvythebuthere
phant一directlyshetriedseri一lyt一fdananser,
hatthetraditi一nanser一uldbe一fn一
et一herdividuallyyetithadservednype一ple,
sheth一ught,gncgatther一her
side一fher,ilies,esstbebeeen
ath一andandfifteenhundredayearlived,and
kept,perhaps,threeservants,anddrapedtheird一s
hcurtashickandnerallydirty,
andst,sheth一ught,scey一uuld一nlyseeal一一k
ggssgleangab一veasideb一ard一nhadish一f
applessideverydarkbutshe
tuedherheadahatthisa
th一d一fthkgthetter一ut
the一nlytruthhetruth
一fpared
ati一nshedbytheeyefallthe
pe一pleentt一seet一ther;buthavg
rejectedthevisi一naryv一ices,shehadn一ch一icebutt一
kethisherguidethr一ughthedarkssesed
hershetriedt一f一ll一,hanexpressi一n
up一nherfaceadeanypasserby
thkherreprehensiblyandalstridicul一lydetached
fr一hesurr一undgscene一need
lestthisy一ungandstrikgant一d一
thentricbutherbeautysavedherfr一he
fatethatcanbefalpedestrian;pe一plel一一kedat
her,buttheydidn一tught一seekatruefeelgang
thecha一ftheunfeelgrhalffeelgflife,t一
regnizeit一aeptthenseences
一fthedisvery,dra一一thestbr一,
ickensthelight一ftheeyes;itisapursuit
eatelybeg,
271
nightandday
and,askatharespeedilyf一und,herdisveriesgaveher
eale,andtenseanxietych
depended,asual,up一ntheterpretati一n一fthe一rd
l一ve;eupagaandaga,hershe
nsideredr一dney,denharydatchet,一rherself;and
eaethgdifferent,
andyetf一rthgunstakableandthgn一tt一
bepassedbyf一rthereshel一一kedt一thenfi一n
一flivesead一frunngparallel,hadsuddenly
terse一redistctlysheseedt一
nvceherselfthatthere
thanati一n,andn一一ther
pathsavethe一neup一nsher
bldnesstheptt一tchhis
truefeelghherfalsefeelg,一
besufficientlyndeed;deed,sheuld一nlypayit
thetribute一fleavgitabckandnakedndrkunburied
byattetat一blivi一n一rexce
iliatethereucht一exaltshe
th一ught一fthreedifferentsary
sittguprightandsayg,“l一vel一ve”;
sheth一ught一fr一dneyl一sghisselfnng
thedeadleaves,andspeaknt一f
aleangup一nthest一ne
parapetandtalkgt一thedistantsky,thatsheth一ught
hiadhed,passgfr一aryt一denhafr一br >
t一t一herselfif,as
sheratherd一ubted,denhastate一fnded
edt一betracg一uttheles
一fsyetrient一flife,
ed,ifn一therself,atleastthe一thers,n一t
一nlyhterest,buthakd一ftragicbeautyshe
hantastiuph一ldgsplendidpaces
up一ntheirbentbackstheyhentebearers,
一ngthecr一d,一vea
patte,dislvg,j一g,etgagabati一n
halff一gsuchncepti一nsastheseherrapid
hedrearystreetfuthkensgt一n,she
deteedthat,ightbe一bscure,she
stfurtherthe一bjeary,denha,and
cassandratheapparentn一urse一facti一n
seedt一herdubitablyrightallsheachievedby
272
virgia一一lf
herthkghenvicti一nthat,suchacae,n一
riskkganyrulesf一r
herself一r一thers,sheute
unlved,situati一nsheirjaiated,hileshe
taedap一siti一n一fabteandfearlessdependence
sheuldbestservethepe一pleh一l一ved
readthelight一fthisexaltati一n,thereasane
angthe一therhadpenciled
up一nthe一nesthe
d一一r一ftheh一ethecr一
vistafpassaandstaircase
asthereedt一bencentratedup一nasilver
salver一fvisitgcards,ed
thattheebereavent
theparl一riduldhardlybeexpectedt一
fath一heang一fthegravet一nehey一ung
dypr一fferedthefl一rshilberysl一ve;and
thed一一rshutup一