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THEY met again, inevitably, before Dawnish left; but the thing she / feared did not happen -- he did not try to see her alone.
It even became clear to her, in looking back, that he had deliberately / avoided doing so; and this seemed merely an added proof of his / "understanding," of that deep undefinable communion that set them alone / in an empty world, as if on a peak above the clouds.