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In his heart was the lust of the hunt; in his blood was the lust of woman; and thick behind these lurked the jealousy and fierce desire of a primitive day. IN HIS HEART WAS THE LUST OF THE HUNT AND HIS BLOOD WAS THE LUST OF WOMAN AND THICK BEHIND THESE LURKED THE JEALOUSY AND FIERCE DESIRE OF A PRIMITIVE DAY
her from the ceiling nor the floor; it unfolded like a cloud of shining smoke. And the little lamp, the sheets, the figure framed between them—all these slid cleverly away and vanished utterly. He stood in another place that had lain behind all these appearances—a landscape with wooded hills, a foaming river, the sun just sinking below the forest, and dusk creeping from a gorge along the lonely banks. In the warm air there was a perfume of great flowers and heavy-scented trees; there were fire-flies, and the taste of spray from the tumbling river was on his lips. Across the water a large bird, flapped its heavy wings, as it moved[151] down-stream to find another fishing place. For he and his companion had disturbed it as they broke out of the thick foliage and reached the river-bank. The companion, moreover, was his brother; they ever hunted together; there was a passionate link between them born of blood and of affection—they were twins. ... It all was as clear as though of Yesterday. LAY STILL AND STARED IT CAME NEITHER FROM THE CEILING NOR THE FLOOR IT UNFOLDED LIKE A CLOUD OF SHINING SMOKE AND THE LITTLE LAMP THE SHEETS THE FIGURE FRAMED BETWEEN THEM ALL THESE SLID CLEVERLY AWAY AND VANISHED UTTERLY HE STOOD IN ANOTHER PLACE THAT HAD LAIN BEHIND ALL THESE APPEARANCES A LANDSCAPE WITH WOODED HILLS A FOAMING RIVER THE SUN JUST SINKING BELOW THE FOREST AND DUSK CREEPING FROM A GORGE ALONG THE LONELY BANKS IN THE WARM AIR THERE WAS A PERFUME OF GREAT FLOWERS AND HEAVY SCENTED TREES THERE WERE FIREFLIES AND THE TASTE OF SPRAY FROM THE TUMBLING RIVER WAS ON HIS LIPS ACROSS THE WATER A LARGE BIRD FLAPPED ITS HEAVY WINGS AS IT MOVED DOWN STREAM TO FIND ANOTHER FISHING PLACE FOR HE AND HIS COMPANION HAD DISTURBED IT AS THEY BROKE OUT OF THE THICK FOLIAGE AND REACHED THE RIVER BANK THE COMPANION MOREOVER WAS HIS BROTHER THEY EVER HUNTED TOGETHER THERE WAS A PASSIONATE LINK BETWEEN THEM BORN OF BLOOD AND OF AFFECTION THEY WERE TWINS IT WAS ALL AS CLEAR AS THOSE OF YESTERDAY
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