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Richard and Clarissa , however , still remained on the borderland . She did not attempt to sit up ; her husband stood on his feet , contemplated his waistcoat and trousers , shook his head , and then lay down again . The inside of his brain was still rising and falling like the sea on the stage . At four o'clock he woke from sleep and saw the sunlight make a vivid angle across the red plush curtains and the grey tweed trousers . The ordinary world outside slid into his mind , and by the time he was dressed he was an English gentleman again . He stood beside his wife . She pulled him down to her by the lapel of his coat , kissed him , and held him fast for a minute .