. Sill alks of y. Sook a step towards me and said quickly,

    If I s to you later, will you come?

    I took t t; It e.

    S

    still . Sen to me, I mean it. Never mind o you, say youll come. Ill give you money for it.

    range.  gripped me  of hing was awful. I said,

    er  take your drops and they will make you sleep.

    Sleep? s  to sleep, on my ?

    Sood at o undress aken  I turned and said, quietly,

    You ter use t. You ter wash your legs, before he comes.

    I t c er. to stand at, and o to able, no box, no portrait, no lig out her hand as if blind.

    ts and pulled t . Against te of t I kne it alking toget light showed.

    I looked at Maud. S my gaze.  gleamed like glass. ill you look aill? surn my urned back. I could not , t errible to see. Gentleman talked on. Some breeze got into till shen she spoke again.

    Come here, she said.

    I s again. I s t to  softly to ed o  mout ears; and I could not  kiss  my , no, and noer, running, from t of her lips.

    But t oo  hers; and she seized my hand

    and took it, first to o hey burned.

    t feeling urned to somet you do it? sly, reacer me. Didnt you do it before, for t? Cant you leave me to ouco ter?—Dont go! S, before. You said I dreamed you. Im not dreaming no Briar again!

    ood, clasping and unclasping my  s s cry out, loud enougleman or Mrs Cream to  I had kissed her.

    o  be different. You are a —

    I fell silent. Sed  aken up and moved.