Chapter 22

           Thewonderand,delightofanewandmoreintimateformofcontact,ofprotestgainsaid,ofscruplesovercome!Days,whenboth,havingstruggledinvainagainstthegreaterintimacywhicheachknewthattheotherwasdesirousofyieldingto,andeventuallysoyielding,lookedforwardtotheapproachingnightwithaneagernesswhichwasasafeverembodyingafear.Forwithwhatqualms—whatprotestsonthepartofRoberta;whatdetermination,yetnotwithoutasenseofevil—seduction—betrayal,onthepartofClyde.Yetthethingoncedone,awildconvulsivepleasuremotivatingboth.Yet,notwithout,beforeallthis,anexactiononthepartofRobertatotheeffectthatnever—comewhatmight(thenaturalconsequencesofsowildanintimacystronginherthoughts)wouldhedeserther,sincewithouthisaidshewouldbehelpless.Yet,withnodirectstatementastomarriage.Andhe,socompletelyovercomeandswayedbyhisdesire,thoughtlesslyprotestingthatheneverwould—never.Shemightdependonthat,atleast,althougheventhentherewasnothoughtinhismindofmarriage.Hewouldnotdothat.Yetnightsandnights—allscruplesforthetimebeingabandoned,andhowevermuchbydayRobertamightbroodandcondemnherself—wheneachyieldedtotheothercompletely.Anddreamedthereafter,recklesslyandwildly,ofthejoyofit—wishingfromdaytodayforthetimebeingthatthelongdaymightend—thattheconcealing,rewardingfeverishnightwereathand.

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