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Chapter 19 THE VISIT
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In the doorway1 of his flat Christine kissed G.J. vehemently2, but with a certain preoccupation; she was looking about her, very curious. The way in which she raised her veil and raised her face, mysteriously glanced at him, puckered3 her kind brow—these things thrilled him.
She said:
"You are quite alone, of course."
She said it nicely, even benevolently4; nevertheless he seemed to hear her saying: "You are quite alone, or, of course, you wouldn't have let me come."
"I suppose it's through here," she murmured; and without waiting for an invitation she passed direct into the lighted drawing-room and stood there, observant.
He followed her. They were both nervous in the midst of the interior which he was showing her for the first time, and which she was silently estimating. For him she made an exquisite6 figure in the drawing-room. She was so correct in her church-dress, so modest, prim7 and demure8. And her appearance clashed excitingly with his absolute knowledge of her secret temperament9. He had often hesitated in his judgment10 of her. Was she good enough or was she not? But now he thought more highly of her than ever. She was ideal, divine, the realisation of a dream. And he felt extraordinarily11 pleased with himself because, after much cautious indecision, he had invited her to visit him. By heaven, she was young
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organisation
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wondrous
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apprehension
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treasury
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sinister
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generosity
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conceal
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costly
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aristocrat
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proprietor
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