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She sank right through the earth and found herself in a desert place with nothing but rocks and trees and no sign of any human being. The only living creature she saw was a very pretty little dog, who ran up to her and at once began to caress her.
A deep silence reigned in the room. But Mr. Tiralla did not desire any further entertainment. It was enough for him if she were there, if he had the feeling that he only required to stretch out his arm in order to grasp her with his strong hand, to draw her to him, to caress her, even if she did not want it. After all, he was the stronger.
At the same time, he gently pressed the supple form which, as it bent toward him, seemed to ask for this caress. Clemence made a sudden effort and arose, fastening her hair at the back of her head with an almost shamed haste. "Will you refuse me one lock of your hair as a souvenir of this hour?" said Octave, stopping her gently as she was about to replace her comb.
And at last her head appears; she thrusts herself forward; and, with the help of the guardians who hasten eagerly to her, who brush her, caress her, and clean her, she extricates herself altogether and takes her first steps on the comb.
He leaned forward and placed his hand, almost in caress, upon her skirt, but she drew the cloth hastily away, a sudden sob shaking her voice. "Oh, please, don't touch me! I cannot stand it only tell me what it is you wish." "I want you to exercise your influence over that fellow, and prevent his taking professional employment at the 'Little Yankee' mine."
I merely question the taste that allows his 'lady-like' favorite to caress him so openly, and should not have expressed my disapprobation so strongly if you had not rated me soundly, and held her up as a model for my humble imitation. If she and her governess are to stir up strife between you and me, I shall heartily wish them a speedy passage to Halifax or heaven.
Still would I come to them and caress them with loving fingers as I held them in my lap; still would I ask their advice and store my mind of their knowledge, for they had lightened too many hours of my life to be forsaken now, it would be like giving up a friend of twoscore years for one newly found.
He looked at her for a minute, before he found strength to speak. But at last his faltering voice came back to him. "Priscilla," he whispered weakly. "Is it you? Poor girl!" She bent over him with a calm face, but she did not attempt to caress him. "Yes," she said. "Don't try your strength too much yet, Denis. It is I." His heavy wearied eyes searched hers for an instant.
Stribling very much," replied Patty gravely, "but I don't. She isn't a bit real." Corinna's gaze softened until it swept the girl's face like a caress. "I hope you won't mind my calling you Patty," she responded irrelevantly. "It is so hard to say Miss Vetch, for I can see that we are going to be friends."
After that had come agonized hours in which he knew neither wakefulness nor the quiet of total unconsciousness. Then Vaguely, as from far away, he heard a voice, the sort of a voice that spelled softness and gentleness. Something touched his forehead and stroked it, with the caress that only a woman's hand can give.
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