Highcamp called for her one bright afternoon in Arobin's drag. Yet there were other days when she listened, was led on and deceived by fresh promises which her youth held out to her. It was not despair but it seemed to her as if life were passing by, leaving its promise broken and unfulfilled. Or else she stayed indoors and nursed a mood with which she was becoming too familiar for her own comfort and peace of mind. On rainy or melancholy days Edna went out and sought the society of the friends she had made at Grand Isle. And being devoid of ambition, and striving not toward accomplishment, she drew satisfaction from the work in itself. She had reached a stage when she seemed to be no longer feeling her way, working, when in the humor, with sureness and ease. She needed the sun to mellow and temper her mood to the sticking point. When the weather was dark and cloudy Edna could not work.
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