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And he wanted to oust
Hermione gently from her low stool and to show her himself seated
there. Filled with this idea, he began to ask her advice about the
task upon which he was engaged. He explained the progress he had made
during the days when he was absent from the island and shut
perpetually in his room. She listened in perfect silence.
They were sitting near each other, but not close together, for Vere
had been between them. It was dark under the fig-trees. They could see
each other's faces, but not quite clearly. There was a small breeze
which made the trees move, and the leaves rustled faintly now and
then, making a tiny noise which joined the furtive noise of the sea,
not far below them.
Artois talked on. As his thoughts became more concentrated upon the
book he grew warmer. Having always had Hermione's eager, even
enthusiastic sympathy and encouragement in his work, he believed
himself to have them now. And in his manner, in his tone, even
sometimes in his choice of words, he plainly showed that he assumed
them.


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