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Chapter 31

           There’snothingtokeepushere."

           "Nothing,"hesaidquietly,"nothingexcepthonor."

           Shelookedathimwithbaffledlongingandsaw,asifforthefirsttime,howthecrescentsofhislasheswerethethickrichgoldofripewheat,howproudlyhisheadsatuponhisbaredneckandhowthelookofraceanddignitypersistedinhisslimerectbody,eventhroughitsgrotesquerags.Hereyesmethis,hersnakedwithpleading,hisremoteasmountainlakesundergrayskies.

           Shesawinthemdefeatofherwilddream,hermaddesires.

           Heartbreakandwearinesssweepingoverher,shedroppedherheadinherhandsandcried.Hehadneverseenhercry.Hehadneverthoughtthatwomenofherstrongmettlehadtears,andafloodoftendernessandremorseswepthim.Hecametoherswiftlyandinamomenthadherinhisarms,cradlinghercomfortingly,pressingherblackheadtohisheart,whispering:"Dear!Mybravedeardon’t!Youmustn’tcry!"

           Athistouch,hefeltherchangewithinhisgripandtherewasmadnessandmagicintheslimbodyheheldandahotsoftglowinthegreeneyeswhichlookedupathim.Ofasudden,itwasnolongerbleakwinter.ForAshley,springwasbackagain,thathalf-forgottenbalmyspringofgreenrustlingsandmurmurings,aspringofeaseandindolence,carelessdayswhenthedesiresofyouthwerewarminhisbody.Thebitteryearssincethenfellawayandhesawthatthelipsturneduptohiswereredandtremblingandhekissedher.

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