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CHAPTER VI THE ONE WOMAN
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Daybreak on the following morning found the gas blazing in Rob's lodgings1. Rob was seated in an arm-chair, his feet on the cold hearth2. The Scorn of Scorns lay on the mantelpiece carefully done up in brown paper, lest a speck3 of dust should fall on it, and he had been staring at the ribs4 of the fireplace for the last three hours without seeing them. He had not thought of the gas. His bed was unslept on. His damp boots had dried on his feet. He did not feel cold. All night he had sat there, a man mesmerised. For the only time in his life he had forgotten to wind up his watch.
At times his lips moved as if he were speaking to himself, and a smile lit up his face. Then a change of mood came, and he beat the fender with his feet till the fire-irons rattled5. Thinking over these remarks brought the rapture6 to his face:
'How do you do, Mr. Angus?'
'You must not take to heart what Miss Meredith said.'
'Please don't say any more about it. I am quite sure you gave your honest opinion about my book.'
'I am so glad you think this like Scotland, because, of course, that is the highest compliment a Scotsman can pay.'
'Good-night, Mr. Angus.'
That was all she had said to him, but the more Rob thought over her remarks the more he liked them. It was not so much the words themselves that thrilled him as the way they were said. Other people had asked, 'How do you do, Mr. Angus?' without making an impression, but her greeting was a revelation of character, for it showed that though she knew who he was she wanted to put him at his ease. This is a delightful8 attribute in a woman, and worth thinking about.
Just before Miss Abinger said, 'How do you do, Mr. Angus?' Rob had realised what people meant by calling her proud. She was holding her head very high as she appeared in the path, and when Nell told her who Rob was she flushed. He looked hopelessly at her,
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lodgings
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ribs
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delightful
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glisten
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eyelid
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memorable
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brute
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eavesdropping
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perfidious
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solitary
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ineffable
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dignified
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desecration
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longing
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villain
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clement
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lodge
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tenant
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abrupt
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standing
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trespassing
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dressing
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craving
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necessitated
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exquisite
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virtue
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dally
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tenants
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gallantly
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prodigality
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lurked
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eastward
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covertly
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succumbed
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faltered
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excellence
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chapel
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