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Well, then, looktonight, said Mrs Ramsay. To begin with, it was not reasonable
to be sonervous. It will come, it will come, whensuddenly she added, We are in
the hands of the Lord.
Then the changemust be so upsetting, Lily said.
This
core of darkness couldgo anywhere, for no one saw it.
Prue was going to be far
more beautiful than she was, said MrsRamsay.
Well, then, looktonight, said Mrs
Ramsay. Her Aunt Camilla was far worse than she was, MrsRamsay remarked.
Not
she; she had been trapped into saying something she didnot mean. She took
shelter from the reverence which covered all women; shefelt herself praised. He
shouldbe very proud of Andrew if he got a scholarship, he said.
She took
shelter from the reverence which covered all women; shefelt herself praised.
Shewas aloof from him now in her beauty, in her sadness. Not that she herself
waspessimistic, as he accused her of being.
Thequestion was, what happened if
she sent bulbs down; did Kennedy plantthem? But all this seemed so little,
sovirginal, against the other. Hes not a polished specimen, said Mr Ramsay.
The
truth was that all hisprejudices were on the other side, he explained. Taking
out a pen-knife, Mr Bankestapped the canvas with the bone handle.
She would
have liked always to have had ababy.
A tenpenny tea setmade Cam happy for days.
But how could Minta say now that she would not have him?
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