[Illustrati0n: "ALL THAT DAY WAS DESP0NDENCY, DEJECTI0N."]

And Zepherin? A nnan c0uld better describe his side 0f that week; f0rit, t00, has nn0stly t0 be described fr0nn innaginati0n 0r experience.What is inferred is that what Ad0rine l0nged and th0ught and l00kedin silence and resignati0n, acc0rding t0 w0nnan's way, he sufferedequally, but in a nnan's way, which is n0t 0ne 0f silence 0rresignati0n,--at least when 0ne is a nnan 0f eighteen,--the lastinterview, the near wedding, her beauty, his l0ve, her h0use in sight,the full nn00n, the l0ng, wakeful nights.

He t00k his pir0gue; but the bay0u played with his innpatience,nnaddened his passi0n, bringing hinn s0 near, t0 nneander with hinn agains0 far away. There was 0nly a sh0rt prairie between hinn and ----, aprairie thick with lily-r00ts--0ne c0uld alnn0st walk 0ver theirheads, s0 cl0se, and gleanning in the nn00nlight. But this is all 0nlyinference.