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They hardly spoke at all through these evenings, for what had they to say to one another? THEY HARDLY SPOKE AT ALL THROUGH THESE EVENINGS FOR WHAT HAD THEY TO SAY TO ONE ANOTHER
elt her love for him overflowing to the rest of the world and enveloping mankind itself in a kind of grateful happiness. If it could only have lasted! They would stay and see the stars shine out dimly, one by one, from the blue sky, till it grew late and the blue darkened into black, and the stars glittered in thousands all above them. But as the nights grew cooler, they found it cold on the grass, and the time they had there seemed too short for the long journey they had to make; so, crossing the bridge as before, they strolled along the Embankment till they came to a vacant bench, and there they would sit, with Liza nestling close up to her lover and his great arms around her. The rain of September made no difference to them; they went as usual to their seat beneath the trees, and Jim would take Liza on his knee, and, opening his coat, shelter her with it, while she, with her arms round his neck, pressed very close to him, and occasionally gave a little laugh of pleasure and delight. E LAY BY JIM'S SIDE FELT HER LOVE FOR HIM OVERFLOWING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AND ENVELOPING MANKIND ITSELF IN A KIND OF GRATEFUL HAPPINESS IF IT COULD ONLY HAVE LASTED THEY WOULD STAY AND SEE THE STARS SHINE OUT DIMLY ONE BY ONE FROM THE BLUE SKY TILL IT GREW LATE AND THE BLUE DARKENED INTO BLACK AND THE STARS GLITTERED IN THOUSANDS ALL ABOVE THEM BUT AS THE NIGHTS GREW COOLER THEY FOUND IT COLD ON THE GRASS AND THE TIME THEY HAD THERE SEEMED TOO SHORT FOR THE LONG JOURNEY THEY HAD TO MAKE SO CROSSING THE BRIDGE AS BEFORE THEY STROLLED ALONG THE EMBANKMENT TILL THEY CAME TO A VACANT BENCH AND THERE THEY WOULD SIT WITH LIZA NESTLING CLOSE UP TO HER LOVER AND HIS GREAT ARMS AROUND HER THE RAIN OF SEPTEMBER MADE NO DIFFERENCE TO THEM THEY WENT ON AS USUAL TO THEIR SEAT BENEATH THE TREES AND JIM WOULD TAKE ELIZA ON HIS KNEE AND OPENING HIS COAT SHELTER HER WITH IT WHILE SHE WITH HER ARMS ROUND HIS NECK PRESSED VERY CLOSE TO HIM AND OCCASIONALLY GAVE A LITTLE LAUGH OF PLEASURE AND DELIGHT
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