intobedhsusanbutthereallyrepulsivethingisthattheyfeelnothingatallaboutidobaththeyregross,theyreabsurd,theyreutterlyintolerable”
sosaying,anddraheself,aboutsbridge,aboutthebar,abouthelenand,until,beingverytired,heosleep
suddenlyheup
“hoyoufeel,hirst”
“areyouinlove”askedhirstheputinhiseyeglass
“dontbeafool,”saidhe
“dohinkaboutit,”saidhirst“onereallyoughttoifthesepeoplehinkaboutthings,theterplaceforusalltoliveinareyoutryingtothink”
thatpatheticatthent
“ishallgoforawalk,”hesaid
“reerinbedlastnight,”saidhirsthaprodigiousyawn
heself
“itogoandgetabreathofair,”hesaid
anunusualfeelinghadbeenbotheringhilltheeveningandforbiddinghiosettleintoanyorainofthoughtitiddleofatalkprofoundlyeoneoreheselferelysaythatheething,ofurse,unusualabouthersheoreopenagineherdoingthat,andheleninanarhinking
buthirstdidnothelphiandtheotherpeoplelessventsandtheirunknoptydarknessthefirstthinghelookedforbrosesvillatheothershigherupthehilledtobeatonyriadsofstars,andlightshehadanttogobabrosesvillahadnoethreeseparatelights,andheptedtogoonheghtasakesurethatraeohatthesittingrooontheuldhearavoiightberachelsvoicehelefttheshadoeppedintotheradiusofthelight,andthenheardasentencespokenquitedistinctly
“andtheretheyear1860to1895,thehappiestyearsofparentslives,andtherein1862brotherurice”
thevoienostde
“itotheruchofthelookofthenightasofshewassaying
“ther”saidrachelhesheartleapt,andhenoticedthefacthervoice,thoughlow,wasfullofsurprise
“youdidntknohat”saidhelen
“ineverkneheredbeenanyoneelse,”saidrachelshealltheysaidheyintotheoldarknight
“repeopleadeitallsoazinglyfunny”
itappearedthathelenparingtheresahthepeopleshehadknoheresadied
“idontknoovedfroreetotreeinthegarden
“thatssolikeauntlucyandauntkatie,”saidrachelatlast“theyalakeoutthatshewasverysadandverygood”
“thenheydonothingbutcriticizeherletheirvoices
