[The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf]@TWC D-Link bookThe Voyage Out CHAPTER VI 3/23
Even as the boat pulled away they could feel other sights and sounds beginning to take the place of the Dalloways, and the feeling was so unpleasant that they tried to resist it.
For so, too, would they be forgotten. In much the same way as Mrs.Chailey downstairs was sweeping the withered rose-leaves off the dressing-table, so Helen was anxious to make things straight again after the visitors had gone.
Rachel's obvious languor and listlessness made her an easy prey, and indeed Helen had devised a kind of trap.
That something had happened she now felt pretty certain; moreover, she had come to think that they had been strangers long enough; she wished to know what the girl was like, partly of course because Rachel showed no disposition to be known.
So, as they turned from the rail, she said: "Come and talk to me instead of practising," and led the way to the sheltered side where the deck-chairs were stretched in the sun.
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