She lifted her head. “It’s raining,” she murmured. And her voice was
like his when he had said: “I love that little boy.” Well. Why didn’t
they just give way to it—yield—and see what will happen then? But no.
Vague and troubled though they were, they knew enough to realize their
precious friendship was in danger. She was the one who would be
destroyed—not they—and they’d be no party to that. He got up, knocked
out his pipe, ran his hand through his hair, and said: “I have been
wondering very much lately whether the novel of the future will be a
psychological novel or not. How sure are you that psychology qua
psychology has got anything to do with literature at all?” “Do you mean
you feel there’s quite a chance that the mysterious non-existent
creatures—the young writers of to-day—are trying simply to jump the
psycho-analyst’s claim?” “Yes, I do. And I think it’s because this
generation is just wise enough to know that it is sick and to realize
that its only chance of recovery is by going into its symptoms
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