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           Sheadoredme,shelovedmetotalktoherandkissher:inthatwayshehadapassionforme.Buttheother,shejustdidn’twant.Andtherearelotsofwomenlikeher.AnditwasjusttheotherthatIdidwant.Sotherewesplit.Iwascruel,andlefther.ThenItookonwithanothergirl,ateacher,whohadmadeascandalbycarryingonwithamarriedmananddrivinghimnearlyoutofhismind.Shewasasoft,white-skinned,softsortofawoman,olderthanme,andplayedthefiddle.Andshewasademon.Shelovedeverythingaboutlove,exceptthesex.Clinging,caressing,creepingintoyouineveryway:butifyouforcedhertothesexitself,shejustgroundherteethandsentouthate.Iforcedhertoit,andshecouldsimplynumbmewithhatebecauseofit.SoIwasbalkedagain.Iloathedallthat.Iwantedawomanwhowantedme,andwantedit.

           ’ThencameBerthaCoutts.They’dlivednextdoortouswhenIwasalittlelad,soIknew’emallright.Andtheywerecommon.Well,BerthawentawaytosomeplaceorotherinBirmingham;shesaid,asalady’scompanion;everybodyelsesaid,asawaitressorsomethinginahotel.AnyhowjustwhenIwasmorethanfedupwiththatothergirl,whenIwastwenty-one,backcomesBertha,withairsandgracesandsmartclothesandasortofbloomonher:asortofsensualbloomthatyou’dseesometimesonawoman,oronatrolly.Well,Iwasinastateofmurder.IchuckedupmyjobatButterleybecauseIthoughtIwasaweed,clerkingthere:andIgotonasoverheadblacksmithatTevershall:shoeinghorsesmostly.