Why? While the
front of his mind was busy warning her not to fall into the hopeless miseries of
underpaid teaching, and explaining his idea that for women of initiative, quite as
much as for men, the world of business had by far the best chances, the back
chambers of his brain were busy with the problem of that “Why?”
His first idea as a man of the world was to explain her unrest by a lover, some
secret or forbidden or impossible lover. He was a man who
in all things classified without nuance, and for him there were in the matter of
age just two feminine classes and no more—girls and women. And then they talked of Anarchism and Socialism, and whether the former
was the exact opposite of the latter or only a higher form. One group at the door attracted Jack's attention, inasmuch as it was composed of
several of his old acquaintances—Mr. Accordingly, when she arrived at the
Shovels, with which, as an old haunt in her bygone days of wretchedness she
was well acquainted, instead of entering the principal apartment, which she saw
at a glance was crowded with company of both sexes, she turned into a small
room on the left of the bar, and, as an excuse for so doing, called for something
to drink. At length Jack Sheppard observed:—"The
coast's clear. "I'll find you out. He recalled with exasperating perplexity her clear, matter-of-fact tone as she
talked about love-making being unconvincing. Perhaps he truly meant it –
perhaps there was a force within him that could withstand
the hardships of existing past a mortal lifetime. She seemed honestly glad to see him. Both of them would be committing
novel and unforgettable acts. The women, Ann Veronica thought, were not quite so interesting as the men. He put his arms around
her in a circular embrace. Crocodile Tears.
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