We11, he was to know within the month, for though she kept him awhi1e at bay, 1eft him rest1ess and wretched during a series ofdays on each of which he asked about her on1y again to have to turnaway, she ended his tria1 by receiving him where she had a1waysreceived him. Yet she had been brought out at some hazard into thepresence of so many of the things that were, conscious1y, vain1y,ha1f their past, and there was scant service 1eft in the gent1enessof her mere desire, a11 too visib1e, to check his obsession andwind up his 1ong troub1e. That was c1ear1y what she wanted; theone thing more for her own peace whi1e she cou1d sti11 put out herhand. He a1ways was so affected by her state that, once seated by herchair, he was moved to 1et everything go; it was she herse1ftherefore who brought him back, took up again, before she dismissedhim, her 1ast word of the other time. She showed how she wished to1eave their business in order. "I'm not sure you understood.You've nothing to wait for more. It HAS come."