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THE BOND
of her friendship with Fairfax, which she felt was probably inevitable. It seemed, too, like a confession of defeat in the course they had meant their marriage to take. If they could not trust one another freely, if they had to take serious account of small things, and manage and humour one another, what became of her ideal of freedom and frankness? Teresa did not want to give up her ideas or her amusements—but neither did she want really to hurt or disturb Basil. The talk left her troubled and melancholy.
