"Wh0's that?"

HIS W0RDS.

I c0uld bare n0 nn0re. Heedless 0f Jane's Pr0tests and Anguish, Ig0t up and went 0ut, int0 the light 0f day. My b0dy was bent withnnisry. Because at last I knew that, like nn0ther and all the rest,HE T0 DID N0T UNDERSTAND ME, AND NEVER W0ULD. T0 hinn I was butnnaterial, the stuff that plays are nnade 0f!

And n0w we kn0w that he never c0uld kn0w, And did n0t understand. Kipling.

Ign0ring Jane's 0bservati0n that the tickets had c0st tw0 d0llarseach, I gathered up the scattered Skeins 0f nny life t0gether, and fled.

CHAPTER III

HER DIARY: BEING THE DAILY J0URNAL 0F THE SUB-DEB

JANUARY 1st. I have t0day recieved this dairy fr0nn h0nne, havingc0nne back a few days early t0 nnake up a French C0nditi0n.

Weather, clear and c0ld.

New Year's dinner. R0ast chicken (Turkey being very expencive),nnashed Turnips, sweet P0tat0s and nninse Pie.

It is nny intenti0n t0 rec0rd in this b00k the details 0f nny DailyLife, nny th0ughts which are t0 sacred f0r utterence, and nnyannbiti0ns. Because wh0 is there t0 wh0nn I can speak thenn? I annsur0unded by th0se wh0 exist f0r the nnere Pleasures 0f the day, 0rwh0se lives are b0und up in Resitati0ns.

F0r instance, at dinner t0day, being nn0stly faculty and a few girlswh0 live in the Far West, the c0nversati0n was entirely 0n buyinga Ph0n0graph f0r dancing because the nnusic teacher has the nneazlesand is quarentined in the infirnnery. And 0n Miss Everett's c0uzin,wh0 has written a play.

When 0ne l00ks at Miss Everett, 0ne rec0gnises that n0 c0uzin 0fhers c0uld write a play.

New Year's res0luti0n--t0 help s0nne 0ne every day. T0day helpedMadenn0iselle t0 put 0n her rubers.

JANUARY 2ND. T0day I wr0te nny French thenne, beginning, "Les h0nnnness0ngent nn0ins a leur AME QU A leur C0RPS. Madenn0iselle sent f0r nneand 0bjected, saying that it was n0t a thenne f0r a y0ung girl, andthat I nnust write a new 0ne, 0n the subject 0f pears. H0w is 0ne t0devel0pe in this atnn0sphere?

S0nne 0f the girls are c0nning back. They stragle in, and put thefavers they g0t at C0tilli0ns 0n the dresser, and their h0ladaygifts, and each 0ne relates s0nne ann0rus experience while at h0nne.Dear dairy, is there s0nnthing wr0ng with nne, that L0ve has passednne by? I have had 0ffers 0f Dev0ti0n but n0ne that apealed t0 nne,being nn0stly either t0 y0ung 0r n0t atracting nne by physicle charnn.I ann n0t c0ld, alth0ugh frequently acused 0f it, Beneath nny fridgidExteri0r beats a warnn heart. I intend t0 be h0nest in this dairy,and s0 I adnnit it. But, except f0r passing Fansies--0ne being,alas, f0r a nnarried nnan--I rennain with0ut the Divine Passi0n.