. Discords. pstairs with a steadystep and entered the deserted room. The 173 DISCORDS lamp had burned out and the air was closeand murky. She looked about her without achange of expression; then came out andshut the door. Then she picked up her un-read confession from the table, and toreit into tiny pieces, and let each white scrapblow away out of the hall window, I suppose even shame may be forgottenin time/ n she quoted, with that calm whichis born after the final blow has been dealt,and the last test given emotional Forgotten ! Forgotten ! If I were a weakwoman I should take ref
. Discords. pstairs with a steadystep and entered the deserted room. The 173 DISCORDS lamp had burned out and the air was closeand murky. She looked about her without achange of expression; then came out andshut the door. Then she picked up her un-read confession from the table, and toreit into tiny pieces, and let each white scrapblow away out of the hall window, I suppose even shame may be forgottenin time/ n she quoted, with that calm whichis born after the final blow has been dealt,and the last test given emotional Forgotten ! Forgotten ! If I were a weakwoman I should take refuge in the greatForgetfulness! She closed her eyes fora second, luxuriating in the thought. ButI have never been a weak woman,—never acoward, whatever else I may have been. Myreckoning has come, and I will cheat neitherGod nor the Devil. It is hell-fire hence-forth,—which is quite as it should be. Afterthe Day of Judgment there comes no oblivionthrough the rest of time and eternity. 174 SHADOWS DISCO RDS. g>l)abotos
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