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But certain tendencies end in criminal lunacy, unless theyare curbed in time.
The desire was still there, still curious and naked, in his eyes. Wed better
get out of the house as soon as possible, Miss, here-iterated.
But certain
tendencies end in criminal lunacy, unless theyare curbed in time. While it
endured, she was spell-bound to it, in revulsion.
Celandines were yellow inthe
hedges, and primroses among the rocks. For her too, the meaning had gone out
ofeverything.
They came along in their car, and wehappened to talk.
The
gardener had led thehorse away to the Red Lion up at Darley, when night had
fallen. But by that time the policeman wassmashing the window of Yvettes
room.
She clung to the wall, and the waterseemed to abate a little. With
manyselves, she ignored him or had a distaste for him.
She told me at once who
she was, so that Ishouldnt make a mistake.
She losther illusions in the
collapse of her sympathies. This made her nervous: he seemed off-hand, almost
mocking. And she felt too lazy, too lazy, too lazy.
Cook got away in time, and
Lizzie was up at hermothers. It is useless to quarrel with onesbread and
butter.
It was aback room with two windows, one on each side the great
chimney-flue. They entered her room, which had a narrow fire-place.
Do you
think you dare go down that ladder?
Thewind, roaring with the waters, blew in
as he opened it.
And Yvette, so dazed, thought he meant the gipsy.
I hope I see
you again one day,maybe at Tideswell cattle fair, or maybe we come that way
again. This made her nervous: he seemed off-hand, almost mocking.
She wanted to
be confirmed by him,against her father, who had only a repulsive fear of her.
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