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much altogether。 。 。 。  Children get into a woman's brainwhen she 

mustn't have them�察�especially when she must never hope for them。  

Think of the child we might have now��the little creature with 

soft�察�tender skin�察�and little hands and little feet�  �At times it 

haunts me。  It comes and says�察�Why wasn't I given life�拭 �I can hear 

it in the night。 。 。 。  The world is full of such little ghosts�察�

dear loverlittle things that asked for life and were refused。  

They clamour to me。  It's like a little fist beating at my heart。  

Love children�察�beautiful children。  Little cold hands that tear at 

my heart�  �Oh�察�my heart and my lord� ─ �She was holding my arm with 

both her hands and weeping against it�察�and now she drew herself to 

my shoulder and wept and sobbed in my embrace。  ;I shall never sit 

with your child on my knee and you beside me´never�察�and I am a woman 

and your lover�  � 。 。;







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But the profound impossibility of our relation was now becoming more 

and more apparent to us。  We found ourselves seeking justification�察�

clinging passionately to a situation that was coldly�察�pitilessly�察�

impossible and fated。  We wanted quite intensely to live together 

and have a child�察�but also we wanted very many other things that 

were incompatible with these desires。  It was extraordinarily 

difficult to weigh our political and intellectual ambitions against 

those intimate wishes。  The weights kept altering according as one 

found oneself grasping this valued thing or that。  It wasn't as if 

we could throw everything aside for our love�察�and have that as we 

wanted it。  Love such as we bore one another isn't altogether�察�or 

even chiefly�察�a thing in itselfit is for the most part a value set 

upon things。  Our love was interwoven with all our other interests�察�

to go out of the world and live in isolation seemed to us like 

killing the best parts of each other�察�we loved the sight of each 

other engaged finely and characteristically�察�we knew each other best 

as activities。  We had no delusions about material facts�察�we didn't 

want each other alive or dead�察�we wanted each other fully alive。  We 

wanted to do big things together�察�and for us to take each other 

openly and desperately would leave us nothing in the world to do。  

We wanted children indeed passionately�察�but children with every 

helpful chance in the world�察�and children born in scandal would be 

handicapped at every turn。  We wanted to share a home�察�and not a 

solitude。



And when we were at this stage of realisation�察�began the intimations 

that we were found out�察�and that scandal was afoot against us。 。 。 。



I heard of it first from Esmeer�察�who deliberately mentioned it�察�with 

that steady grey eye of his watching me�察�as an instance of the 

preposterous falsehoods people will circulate。  It came to Isabel 

almost simultaneously through a married college friend�察�who made it 

her business to demand either confirmation or denial。  It filled us 

both with consternation。  In the surprise of the moment Isabel 

admitted her secret�察�and her friend went off ;reserving her freedom 

of action。;



Discovery broke out in every direction。  Friends with grave faces 

and an atmosphere of infinite tact invaded us both。  Other friends 

ceased to invade either of us。  It was manifest we had becomewe 

knew not howa private scandal�察�a subject for duologues�察�an 

amazement�察�a perplexity�察�a vivid interest。  In a few brief weeks it 

seemed London passed from absolute unsuspiciousness to a chattering 

exaggeration of its knowledge of our relations。



It was just the most inappropriate time for that disclosure。  The 

long smouldering antagonism to my endowment of motherhood ideas had 

flared up into an active campaign in the EXPURGATOR�察�and it would be 

altogether disastrous to us if I should be convicted of any personal 

irregularity。  It was just because of the manifest and challenging 

respectability of my position that I had been able to carry the 

thing as far as I had done。  Now suddenly my fortunes had sprung a 

leak�察�and scandal was pouring in。 。 。 。  It chanced�察�too�察�that a 

wave of moral intolerance was sweeping through London�察�one of those 

waves in which the bitterness of the consciously just finds an ally 

in the panic of the undiscovered。  A certain Father Blodgett had 

been preaching against social corruption with extraordinary force�察�

and had roused the Church of England people to a kind of competition 

in denunciation。  The old methods of the Anti´Socialist campaign had 

been renewed�察�and had offered far too wide a scope and too tempting 

an opportunity for private animosity�察�to be restricted to the 

private affairs of the Socialists。  I had intimations of an 

extensive circulation of ;private and confidential; letters。 。 。 。



I think there can be nothing else in life quite like the unnerving 

realisation that rumour and scandal are afoot about one。  Abruptly 

one's confidence in the solidity of the universe disappears。  One 

walks silenced through a world that one feels to be full of 

inaudible accusations。  One cannot challenge the assault�察�get it out 

into the open�察�separate truth and falsehood。  It slinks from you�察�

turns aside its face。  Old acquaintances suddenly evaded me�察�made 

extraordinary excuses�察�men who had presumed on the verge of my world 

and pestered me with an intrusive enterprise�察�now took the bold step 

of flat repudiation。  I became doubtful about the return of a nod�察�

retracted all those tentacles of easy civility that I had hitherto 

spread to the world。  I still grow warm with amazed indignation when 

I recall that Edward Crampton�察�meeting me full on the steps of the 

Climax Club�察�cut me dead。  ;By God� ─�I cried�察�and came near catching 

him by the throat and wringing out of him what of all good deeds and 

bad�察�could hearten him�察�a younger man than I and empty beyond 

comparison�察�to dare to play the judge to me。  And then I had an open 

slight from Mrs。 Millingham�察�whom I had counted on as one counts 

upon the sunrise。  I had not expected things of that sort�察�they were 

disconcerting beyond measure�察�it was as if the world were giving way 

beneath my feet�察�as though something failed in the essential 

confidence of life�察�as though a hand of wet ice had touched my 

heart。  Similar things were happening to Isabel。  Yet we went on 

working�察�visiting�察�meeting�察�trying to ignore this gathering of 

implacable forces against us。



For a time I was perplexed beyond measure to account for this 

campaign。  Then I got a clue。  The centre of diffusion was the 

Bailey household。  The Baileys had never forgiven me my abandonment 

of the young Liberal group they had done so much to inspire and 

organise�察�their dinner´table had long been a scene of hostile 

depreciation of the BLUE WEEKLY and all its allies�察�week after week 

Altiora proclaimed that I was ;doing nothing�察─�and found other 

causes for our bye´election triumphs�察�I counted Chambers Street a 

dangerous place for me。  Yet�察�nevertheless�察�I was astonished to find 

them using a private scandal against me。  They did。  I think 

Handitch had filled up the measure of their bitterness�察�for I had 

not only abandoned them�察�but I was succeeding beyond even their 

power of misrepresentation。  Always I had been a wasp in their 

spider's web�察�difficult to claim as a tool�察�uncritical�察�

antagonistic。  I admired their work and devotion enormously�察�but I 

had never concealed my contempt for a certain childish vanity they 

displayed�察�and for the frequent puerility of their political 

intrigues。  I suppose contempt galls more than injuries�察�and anyhow 

they had me now。  They had me。  Bailey�察�I found�察�was warning fathers 

of girls against me as a ;reckless libertine�察─�and Altiora�察�flushed�察�

roguish�察�and dishevelled�察�was sitting on her fender curb after 

dinner�察�and pledging little parties of five or six women at a time 

with infinite gusto not to let the matter go further。  Our cell was 

open to the world�察�and a bleak�察�distressful daylight streaming in。



I had a gleam of a more intimate motive in Altiora from the reports 

that came to me。  Isabel had been doing a series of five or six 

articles in the POLITICAL REVIEW in support of our campaign�察�the 

POLITICAL REVIEW which had hitherto been loyally Baileyite。  Quite 

her best writing up to the present�察�at any rate�察�is in those papers�察�

and no doubt Altiora had had not only to read her in those invaded 

columns�察�but listen to her praises in the mouths of the tactless 

influential。  Altiora�察�like so many people who rely on gesture and 

vocal insistence in conversation�察�writes a poor and slovenly prose 

and handles an argument badly�察�Isabel has her University training 

behind her and wrote from the first with the stark power of a clear´

headed man。  ;Now we know�察─�said Altiora�察�with just a gleam of 

malice showing through her brightness�察 �now we know who helps with 

the writing� �



She revealed astonishing knowledge。



For a time I couldn't for the life of me discover her sources。  I 

had�察�indeed�察�a desperate intention of challenging her�察�and then I 

bethought me of a youngster named Curmain�察�who had been my 

supplemental typist and secretary for a time�察�and whom I had sent on 

to her before the days of our breach。  ;Of course� ─�said I�察�

;Curmain� ─ �He was a tall�察�drooping�察�sidelong youth with sandy hair�察�

a little forward head�察�and a long thin neck。  He stole stamps�察�and�察�

I suspected�察�rifled my private letter drawer�察�and I found him one 

day on a turn of the stairs looking guilty and ruffled with a pretty 

Irish housemaid of Margaret's manifestly in a state of hot 

indignation。  I saw nothing�察�but I felt everything in the air 

between them。  I hate this pestering of servants�察�but at the same 

time I didn't want Curmain wiped out of existence�察�so I had packed 

him off without unnecessary discussion to Altiora。  He was quick and 

cheap anyhow�察�and I thought her general austerity ought to redeem 

him if anything could�察�the Chambers Street housemaid wasn't for any 

man's kissing and showed it�察�and the stamps and private letters were 

looked after with an efficiency altogether surpassing mine。  And 

Altiora�察�I've no doubt left now whatever�察�pumped this young 

undesirable about me�察�and scenting a story�察�had him to dinner alone 

one evening to get to the bottom of the matter。  She got quite to 

the bottom of it��it must have been a queer duologue。  She read 

Isabel's careless�察�intimate letters to me�察�so to speak�察�by this 

proxy�察�and she wasn't ashamed to use this information in the service 

of the bitterness that had sprung up in her since our political 

breach。  It was essentially a personal bitterness�察�it helped no 

public purpose of theirs to get rid of me。  My downfall in any 

public sense was sheer waste��the loss of a man。  She knew she was 

behaving badly�察�and so�察�when it came to remonstrance

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