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           Therewassomethingcuriouslychildlikeanddefencelessabouthisnakedbody:aschildrenarenaked.Hisdefenceswereallinhiswitsandcunning,hisveryinstinctsofcunning,andwhenthesewereinabeyanceheseemeddoublynakedandlikeachild,ofunfinished,tenderflesh,andsomehowstrugglinghelplessly.

           Herousedinthewomanawildsortofcompassionandyearning,andawild,cravingphysicaldesire.Thephysicaldesirehedidnotsatisfyinher;hewasalwayscomeandfinishedsoquickly,thenshrinkingdownonherbreast,andrecoveringsomewhathiseffronterywhileshelaydazed,disappointed,lost.

           Butthenshesoonlearnttoholdhim,tokeephimthereinsideherwhenhiscrisiswasover.Andtherehewasgenerousandcuriouslypotent;hestayedfirminsideher,givingtoher,whileshewasactive...wildly,passionatelyactive,comingtoherowncrisis.Andashefeltthefrenzyofherachievingherownorgasmicsatisfactionfromhishard,erectpassivity,hehadacurioussenseofprideandsatisfaction.

           ’Ah,howgood!’shewhisperedtremulously,andshebecamequitestill,clingingtohim.Andhelaythereinhisownisolation,butsomehowproud.

           Hestayedthattimeonlythethreedays,andtoCliffordwasexactlythesameasonthefirstevening;toConniealso.Therewasnobreakingdownhisexternalman.

           HewrotetoConniewiththesameplaintivemelancholynoteasever,sometimeswitty,andtouchedwithaqueer,sexlessaffection.Akindofhopelessaffectionheseemedtofeelforher,andtheessentialremotenessremainedthesame