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It may be that this one idea may entirely support us . '' This was something which she could understand , and now he was able to be quiet . He had an office in the town , but sometimes took his papers home with him in the evenings , for it often happened that something would occur to him at one moment or another . She bestowed every care on him ; she even sat on the stairs while he was asleep at midday , to prevent him from being disturbed . This went on for a fortnight . Then it so chanced that , when he had gone out for a walk , she rummaged among his papers , and there , among drawings , calculations , and letters , she actually , for once in a way , found something . It was in his handwriting and as follows : `` More of the mother than the lover in her ; more of the solicitude of love than of its enjoyment .