and seek us out. Let her see us like this. You won''t come to me? Very good. I shall hold you here, and let her suppose us lovers at last; and so have done with it. Stand steady, now.''⑥本⑥作⑥品⑥由⑥思⑥兔⑥在⑥線⑥閱⑥讀⑥網⑥友⑥整⑥理⑥上⑥傳⑥

He leans from me and gives a wordless shout. The sound beats against the thick air and makes it billow, then fades to a silence.

''That will bring her,'' he says.

I move my arms. ''You are hurting me.''

''Stand like a lover then, and I shall grow gentle as anything.'' He smiles again. ''Suppose me her.—Ah!'' Now I have tried to strike him. ''Do you mean to make me bruise you?''

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