Had he really wanted what his actions had implied? As before, the only answer was Yes, in a way. But he wouldn’t have tried, would he? or not so hard, anyway, if she hadn’t seemed so keen. And why had she decided to seem so keen, after so many weeks of seeming so not keen? Most likely because of some new novelist she’d been reading. But of course she ought to be keen anyway. It’s what she really wants, he thought, scowling with the emphasis with which he put this to himself. She doesn’t know it, but it’s what she really wants, what her nature really demands. And, God, it was his due, wasn’t
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