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uld feel her being too
good to me……my mother! Then I went away to school so early。
And I must say; the outside world was always more naturally a
home to me than the vicarage……I don't know why。〃
〃Do you feel like a bird blown out of its own latitude?〃 she
asked; using a phrase she had met。
〃No; no。 I find everything very much as I like it。〃
He seemed more and more to give her a sense of the vast
world; a sense of distances and large masses of humanity。 It
drew her as a scent draws a bee from afar。 But also it hurt
her。
It was summer; and she wore cotton frocks。 The third time he
saw her she had on a dress with fine blue…and…white stripes;
with a white collar; and a large white hat。 It suited her
golden; warm plexion。
〃I like you best in that dress;〃 he said; standing with his
head slightly on one side; and appreciating her in a perceiving;
critical fashion。
She was thrilled with a new life。 For the first time she was
in love with a vision of herself: she saw as it were a fine
little reflection of herself in his eyes。 And she must act up to
this: she must be beautiful。 Her thoughts turned swiftly to
clothes; her passion was to make a beautiful appearance。 Her
family looked on in amazement at the sudden transformation of
Ursula。 She became elegant; really elegant; in figured cotton
frocks she made for herself; and hats she bent to her fancy。 An
inspiration was upon her。
He sat with a sort of languor in her grandmother's rocking
chair; rocking slowly; languidly; backward and forward; as
Ursula talked to him。
〃You are not poor; are you?〃 she said。
〃Poor in money
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