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Show lti‘é 'I‘IIIC ILHIK FOREST TIIIC RETREAT (wnhI we he happy tweeth er when we are Imth so ienei‘ant' .\h_ 'xun knew. .Inhn, jut/I knew that. happv toge ther we ('«rtth IIt‘Yt‘I‘ he." I IIe InuImI at her ("It‘JH‘Ifi' and nithenf' heeitatien. "I \\‘:i< Very stupid." he said . "I thenn‘ht "that. because I had write inte a hi}: thing: I \venhI he hie nitseif. It is 11"1 5e: I mm the Same pei‘wn as I was in I‘Ine'hmd. I have IIHI «'hunged at aII and I shaII neve r whangxe . . . enh' in thi< tine thing that Whether yen en 'I'i'ti m 1110 01‘ Whether yen >ta}~ I shaII never IOVO :11]leva hnti yen. AII men sav that. I knew." he added, "hnt there are not: man y men \va IIt‘tVt‘ had se Iitt Ie in their IiVOs as I, and Se perhaps it meam itmi‘e with me than it dues with athei'R." She made nu reph' tn him. She had not. I heIieve. heard him. She said, as though she were speaking to heistII: "II' we had nut mime. .Inhn. if we held stayed in I'etn'» grad. anything might have been. I'Int here there is senw thin}: inure than peepIe. I don"t know whether I Irwe ei‘ hate any one. I eannnt marry yen 01' any man nntiI thi< is aII ever." "And then," he interrupted passinnatt'h', tent'hinu‘ hr be‘t‘Yf". with his hand. "After the war? I'CI'IIzllkm-"Ily'tlih. 169 She Imka at him and did not anm‘er. I‘;;1;tI nrgenfl}: IIe eanght her "Ne. Marie. He 11ny ene hut Semyenm'. I‘ ‘I‘ r w't Y‘TJIIO‘T ahnnt me. \twthin: eke Ihit \‘en mm/ he happynymt :HhI he \wn't mnhe yen. He he :HI\\\'I‘I'I‘1I M't‘I‘HI‘HIIY. "I don‘t want In [711‘ i~nit it. Ilm tn he >Ht‘t‘ that ene‘s HeftFIJ‘ I"‘I|".1Y"iI In hwiert. ~e\ei':t' IIIW‘S Uri/bred "Ii:"H,.‘t'\.HI "'Iihat ix titei'e than yell. ir-t \‘tthI' nI,\ ax he tth me "very ‘gh e Ii'wI me." I'm Iw 'i ImI It» _\~H. hilf I'm 'IvI ‘t\i‘.\ I‘M" IH‘I‘II SH ‘v .' I'Hi' I‘IHIH IvtltI In il- :Itl\' I 3'.:'lr‘, AII-IIH, \\.h,1t:~\rr'I I.It'It‘I' [\It'} I III‘HIx intuit .mtI "III"'I' II'HI "t"?IIH'H the irwi'miii "r "that ' rin' irmi'm SH" lVHlI "III-i" She teak his hand in hers, I!)~')I-1I11g at him in; thengh >Ie‘ Were suddenly St-eii'ie' hin'i i'm‘ the first time: "Nti‘you, Juhn, never. In ,I,'etr<tg1'a<,I I didn‘t Iiln What this ennId hegno idea none. And new that 1.1} here I can think of i'iut‘hing‘ eIse than what I‘m will! 1 find. There is something here that I'd he a‘I'i'ttitI ui' if I I" myseIf he and that's what I Iove. "hat \\'III happen \\‘II‘ I meet it? ShnII I feeI fear or no? And 50, W),- ""1"" were a man whom I flared. . . ." "Semyonev!" Trenchard cried. '1'" 'h! «HIII _\I|w |