She is bound forever to that poor wretch -- with nothing to look forward to but growing old in a succession of empty , meaningless , barren years . It drives me mad to think of it . But I must go through my life , never seeing her , but always knowing what she is enduring . It 's hideous -- hideous ! '' `` It is very hard , '' said Anne sorrowfully . `` We -- her friends here -- all know how hard it is for her . '' `` And she is so richly fitted for life , '' said Owen rebelliously . `` Her beauty is the least of her dower -- and she is the most beautiful woman I 've ever known . That laugh of hers ! I 've angled all summer to evoke that laugh , just for the delight of hearing it . And her eyes -- they are as deep and blue as the gulf out there . I never saw such blueness -- and gold ! Did you ever see her hair down , Mrs. Blythe ? '' `` No . '' `` I did -- once . I had gone down to the Point to go fishing with Captain Jim but it was too rough to go out , so I came back . She had taken the opportunity of what she expected to be an afternoon alone to wash her hair , and she was standing on the veranda in the sunshine to dry it . It fell all about her to her feet in a fountain of living gold . When she saw me she hurried in , and the wind caught her hair and swirled it all around her -- Danae in her cloud . Somehow , just then the knowledge that I loved her came home to me -- and realised that I had loved her from the moment I first saw her standing against the darkness in that glow of light .
And she must live on here -- petting and soothing Dick , pinching and saving for a mere existence , while I spend my life longing vainly XXXXX her , and debarred , by that very fact , from even giving her the little help a friend might .
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