Had they not been taken, she asked, to circuses when they were children? Never, he answered, as if she asked the very thing he wanted; had been longing all these days to say, how they did not go to circuses.

Summary

In this quote, the speaker is responding to a question about whether they had been taken to circuses as children. The speaker's answer is an emphatic "Never." The response carries a sense of relief and a longing to finally express this fact, as if the speaker had been yearning to share that they did not have the experience of going to circuses. The quote implies that their absence from circuses was significant and holds a particular significance in their lives.

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