half-kissed

Updated: May 3, 2025

He had seen quick glances, quivering lips that half-whispered, half-kissed; he had seen the wireless telegraphy of love flashing messages which youth thinks are in cipher, known only to the sender and the recipient; and he, while laughing, had tapped the wire and read the correspondence. "It is all over," he said to himself. "They are in love. The little naked boy with the bow has hit them both."

Arthur Cosslett Smith - The Turquoise Cup, and, the Desert