XXVIII
Edna cried a little that night after Arobin left her. It was only one phase of the emotions which had her. There was with her an overwhelming feeling of irresponsibility. There was the shock of the unexpected and the . There was her husband’s looking at her from the external things around her which he had provided for her external existence. There was Robert’s reproach making itself felt by a quicker, , more overpowering love, which had awakened within her toward him. Above all, there was understanding. She felt as if a had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to took upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality. But among the conflicting which assailed her, there was neither shame nor . There was a dull of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips.