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Ursula knew that Skrebensky was an orphan。

〃Where is really your home now?〃 she asked。

〃My home?……I wonder。 I am very fond of my

colonel……Colonel Hepburn: then there are my aunts: but my

real home; I suppose; is the army。〃

〃Do you like being on your own?〃

His clear; greenish…grey eyes rested on her a moment; and; as

he considered; he did not see her。

〃I suppose so;〃 he said。 〃You see my father……well; he

was never acclimatized here。 He wanted……I dont know what

he wanted……but it was a strain。 And my mother……I

always knew she was too good to me。 I could feel her being too

good to me……my mother! Then I went away to school so early。

And I must say; the outside world was always more naturally a

home to me than the vicarage……I dont know why。〃

〃Do you feel like a bird blown out of its own latitude?〃 she

asked; using a phrase she had met。

〃No; no。 I find everything very much as I like it。〃

He seemed more and more to give her a sense of the vast

world; a sense of distances and large masses of humanity。 It

drew her as a scent draws a bee from afar。 But also it hurt

her。

It was summer; and she wore cotton frocks。 The third time he

saw her she had on a dress with fine blue…and…white stripes;

with a white collar; and a large white hat。 It suited her

golden; warm plexion。

〃I like you best in that dress;〃 he said; standing with his

head slightly on one side; and appreciating her in a perceiving;

critical fashion。

She was thrilled with a new life。 For the first time she was

in love with a vision of herself: she saw as it were a fine

little reflection of herself in his eyes。 And she must act up to

this: she must be beautiful。 Her thoughts turned swiftly to

clothes; her passion was to make a beautiful appearance。 Her

family looked on in amazement at the sudden transformation of

Ursula。 She became elegant; really elegant; in figured cotton

frocks she made for herself; and hats she bent to her fancy。 An

inspiration was upon her。

He sat with a sort of languor in her grandmothers rocking

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