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thespasmpassed。heputthewhiteknightbackinitsplace,butforthemomenthecouldnotsettledowntoseriousstudyofthechessproblem。histhoughtswanderedagain。almostunconsciouslyhetracedwithhisfingerinthedustonthetable:
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“theycan’tgetinsideyou,”shehadsaid。buttheycouldgetinsideyou。“whathappenstoyouhereisforever,”o’brienhadsaid。thatwasatrueword。therewerethings,yourownacts,fromwhichyoucouldneverrecover。somethingwaskilledinyourbreast:burntout,cauterizedout。
hehadseenher;hehadevenspokentoher。therewasnodangerinit。heknewasthoughinstinctivelythattheynowtookalmostnointerestinhisdoings。hecouldhavearrangedtomeetherasecondtimeifeitherofthemhadwantedto。actuallyitwasbychancethattheyhadmet。itwasinthepark,onavile,bitingdayinmarch,whentheearthwaslikeironandallthegrassseemeddeadandtherewasnotabudanywhereexceptafewcrocuseswhichhadpushedthemselvesuptobedismemberedbythewind。hewashurryingalongwithfrozenhandsandwateringeyeswhenhesawhernottenmetresawayfromhim。itstruckhimatoncethatshehadchangedinsomeill-definedway。theyalmostpassedoneanotherwithoutasign,thenheturnedandfollowedher,notveryeagerly。heknewthattherewasnodanger,nobodywouldtakeanyinterestinhim。shedidnotspeak。shewalkedobliquelyawayacrossthegrassasthoughtryingtogetridofhim,thenseemedtoresignherselftohavinghimatherside。presentlytheywereinamongaclumpofraggedleaflessshrubs,uselesseitherforconcealmentorasprotectionfromthewind。theyhalted。itwasvilelycold。thewindwhistledthroughthetwigsandfrettedtheoccasional,dirty-lookingcrocuses。heputhisarmroundherwaist。