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There was nothing there ... only moonlight ... nothing ... yes, something on the floor ... some-thing light and lacy, crushed into shapelessness ... Desire's hat. He picked it up. The wires of its chiffon frame, broken and twisted, fell limp in his hand. There was no other sign in the room. The bed was untouched. The Thing which had wrecked its insatiate rage upon the hat had not lingered.
Sylvie had insisted upon Desire's receiving the seven dollars a week which she was still able to pay for her mother's board.
Spence, inquiring with true western hospitality, whether the breakfast had been all that could be desired, was conscious of a pang, successfully repressed, at the sight of that matinee. She saw at once that she had never realized possibilities in this direction. "It is rather a duck," said Mary, reading Desire's admiring glance. "Quite French, I think.
Zelie had sent for oysters, salt-water fish, and other gastronomical delicacies to do honor to Desire's return. The dining-room, in the center of which a round table offered a most appetizing sight, was like the hall of an inn.
It is needless to say then, that Desire's time hung very heavy on her hands, despite the utmost alleviations which embroidery, piano-playing, and cakemaking could afford.
It was not a face, so much as a living soul, that turned itself toward Miss Euphrasia's brother, as Miss Kirkbright spoke his name and Desire's. For some reason, he found himself walking into the church beside them afterward, thinking oddly of the etymology of that word, "introduced." "Brought within; behind the barriers; made really known. Effie gave me a glimpse of that girl, her self.
If you put your hand in warm water it feels warm only for a short time, and you must add still warmer water to renew the stimulus. Or else you must withdraw your hand. The law, which is called the Weber-Fechner Law, applies to all of our desires as well as to our sensations. To appreciate a thing you must lose it; to reach a desire's gratification is to build up new desires.
But instantly the various mistaken thoughts of his hearers turned it to their will. Desire's eyes grew still more clouded under their lowered lids. "He does not dare to sit beside Mary," whispered her particular mental highwayman. "Oho, he is beginning to show human jealousy at last," thought Mary. "He has noticed that she likes to sit beside me," exulted John.
Desire's hands were busy with her teacup. Her eyes were still lowered. "I have no wishes whatever in the matter," said the professor with what might be considered admirable detachment. "Tell Miss Davis we shall be delighted, Aunt," said Desire. Time, in quiet neighborhoods, like water in a pool, slips in and out leaving the pool but little changed.
He was thinking of the faint rose upon Desire's half-turned cheek. Desire blushing! "Of course we did. And we had no right. And there is no need." "Don't let's do it, then," said John. Out of the corner of his eye he saw, with a quickening of his pulse, how stirred she was. And his wonder mounted.
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