Within a year it would be as if it had never
been.
He had been well-meaning; he had wished to mediate,
had always tried to strike amiddle course.
As for the strike, I have nothing whateverto say; I
am simply not interested. Maud could not defendherself against the desire to resume
the thread of her thoughts.
Letting hell loose outside, it seems, he said
sardonically. The ecclesiastical phrase gave Maud somewhat of a shock. After a
question or so, addressed to Edmund, they ventured out fordrives through town and
country.
If I had not done so, Id have them aligned against
me rightnow. That explains it, the senator nodded as if resenting his sonsforesight
in acquiring the property.
He is likely to be entirely lucid towards theend.
Then, first the senator and next Maud foundthe seclusion oppressive.
But, as Dr Sherwood said, any illness is a symptom
ofa battle waged for life. The senator and Maud sat, soberly pensive.
Every morning Edmund went down to mill or
office.
Then, first the senator and next Maud foundthe
seclusion oppressive. Man was born, suffered, and died; but the mill watched over
him:this mill and others.
Rosenbaum almost went on hisknees, begging that I
re-install the men. I replaced them by automatic machineswhich dip the bodies into
paint. The chemists have not gone on strike; andwe have enough of them.
Becausethey are living farther from the margin of
subsistence.
That explains it, the senator nodded as if
resenting his sonsforesight in acquiring the property. At five oclock Maud was
called by her maid whom Miss Haywood hadsummoned by means of a bell. This time he
was in his silent, black mood, his upper lip twitchingfrom time to
time.
Now things will never again be as they were. Do you
know you are not properly dressed?
Thought, then, followed thought, with decisive
clarity, if withextreme and laboured slowness.
Theyve repaired thatline at least; I told them if
an attack came, it would come fromthe dam. This first night held a foretaste of what
was to follow. Butfor a week or ten days the senator and Maud remained within
theconfines of the park. As for my staff, I need onlychemists and mechanics.