For the first time he seemed to wonder what it might be that she had to confess. In fact he was thinking of other things. Gerald stayed him. Nothing, however, could be discerned, except the crumbling brickwork. When a mere child she fixed her affections upon a youth named Thames Darrell, whom her father brought up, and who perished, it is supposed, about nine years ago; and she has determined to remain faithful to his memory. “Why should women be dependent on men?” she asked; and the question was at once converted into a system of variations upon the theme of “Why are things as they are?”—“Why are human beings viviparous?”—“Why are people hungry thrice a day?”—“Why does one faint at danger?” She stood for a time looking at the dry limbs and still human face of that desiccated unwrapped mummy from the very beginnings of social life. . For a few minutes, Darrell seemed to have the advantage in the conflict. It's my way when I'm ruffled. Nothing like the direct approach, she thought. ’ ‘Like your father,’ Gerald put in deliberately. For a time it really seemed all-sufficient to her that she should love. That, I think, is manifest. Upon the steps leading to the gates of the church stood two persons whom Jack instantly recognised.
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