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We dared not speak. It is a transgression to speak to men of other Trades, save in groups at the Social Meetings. But once, standing at the hedge, we raised our hand to our forehead and then moved it slowly, palm down, toward Liberty 5 3000. Had the others seen it, they could have guessed nothing, for it looked only as if we were shading our eyes from the sun. But Liberty 5 3000 saw it and understood. They raised their hand to their forehead and moved it as we had. WE DARED NOT SPEAK IT IS A TRANSGRESSION TO SPEAK TO MEN OF OTHER TRADES SAVE IN GROUPS AT THE SOCIAL MEETINGS BUT ONCE STANDING AT THE HEDGE WE RAISED OUR HAND TO OUR FOREHEAD AND THEN MOVED IT SLOWLY PALM DOWN TOWARDS LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND HAD THE OTHERS SEEN IT THEY WOULD HAVE GUESSED NOTHING FOR IT LOOKED ONLY AS IF WE WERE SHADING OUR EYES FOR THE SUN BUT LIBERTY FIVE THREE SAT THOUSAND SAW IT AND UNDERSTOOD THEY RAISED THEIR HAND TO THEIR FOREHEAD AND MOVED IT AS WE HAD
y. We know not whether they looked at us also, but we think they did. Then one day they came close to the hedge, and suddenly they turned to us. They turned in a whirl and the movement of their body stopped, as if slashed off, as suddenly as it had started. They stood still as a stone, and they looked straight upon us, straight into our eyes. There was no smile on their face, and no welcome. But their face was taut, and their eyes were dark. Then they turned as swiftly, and they walked away from us. But the following day, when we came to the road, they smiled. They smiled to us and for us. And we smiled in answer. Their head fell back, and their arms fell, as if their arms and their thin white neck were stricken suddenly with a great lassitude. They were not looking upon us, but upon the sky. Then they glanced at us over their shoulder, as we felt as if a hand had touched our body, slipping softly from our lips to our feet. Every morning thereafter, we greeted each other with our eyes. BERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND EACH DAY WE KNEW NOT WHETHER THEY LOOKED AT US ALSO BUT WE THINK THEY DID THEN ONE DAY THEY CAME CLOSE TO THE HEDGE AND SUDDENLY THEY TURNED TO US THEY TURNED IN A WHIRL AND THE MOVEMENT OF THEIR BODY STOPPED AS IF SLASHED OFF AS SUDDENLY AS IT HAD STARTED THEY STOOD STILL AS A STONE AND THEY LOOKED STRAIGHT UPON US STRAIGHT IN OUR EYES THERE WAS NO SMILE ON THEIR FACE AND NO WELCOME BUT THEIR FACE WAS TAUT AND THEIR EYES WERE DARK THEN THEY TURNED AS SWIFTLY AND THEY WALKED AWAY FROM US BUT THE FOLLOWING DAY WHEN WE CAME TO THE ROAD THEY SMILED THEY SMILED TO US AND FOR US AND WE SMILED IN ANSWER THEIR HEAD FELL BACK AND THEIR ARMS FELL AS IF THEIR ARMS AND THEIR THIN WHITE NECK WERE STRICKEN SUDDENLY WITH A GREAT LASSITUDE THEY WERE NOT LOOKING UPON US BUT UPON THE SKY THEN THEY GLANCED AT US OVER THEIR SHOULDER AND WE FELT AS IF A HAND HAD TOUCHED OUR BODY SLIPPING SOFTLY FROM OUR LIPS TO OUR FEET EVERY MORNING THEREAFTER WE GREETED EACH OTHER WITH OUR EYES
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