Lee turned, beyond his
property, and saw the light burning in what had been his and Fanny's
room; the rest of the house, except for the glimmer below, was dark.
The winter night was encrusted with stars. A piercing regret seized
him--that he was past the middle of forty and not in the early
twenties. To be young and to know Savina! To be young and free. To be
young ... the increasing rapidity with which he went forward had the
aspect of an endeavor to waste no more precious time.
V
The brief level voice of Savina Grove arranging over the telephone an
hour, very late in the afternoon, for him to call, gave Lee a
comparatively long time in which to examine his feelings, particularly
in connection with Savina. His state of mind, his intentions, he
realized, should be clear for the moment when he saw her. In general
they were; but the particulars, the details of any probable immediate
action, evaded him. He should have to consult her about them. What he
most firmly grasped of all was that he couldn't--what, in reality, he
breathed to himself was they--remain in New York. The comparatively
orderly and delayed legal arrangement projected by the Morrises and
Mina Raff seemed to have no application to the impetuosity of the
situation before him. However, he was advancing at a speed, to a
position, for which there was no warrant. None at all.
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