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It was just then, while they gazed and held each other, that she had felt his arm relax, and heard a sharp "Hullo!" that made her turn to glance at him. IT WAS JUST THEN WHILE THEY GAZED AND HELD EACH OTHER THAT SHE HAD FELT HIS ARM RELAX AND HEARD A SHARP HULLO IT MADE HER TURN TO GLANCE AT HIM
old house, she had pressed like a novel heroine a panel that opened at her touch, on a narrow flight of stairs leading to an unsuspected flat ledge of the roof -- the roof which, from below, seemed to slope away on all sides too abruptly for any but practised feet to scale. The view from this hidden coign was enchanting, and she had flown down to snatch Ned from his papers and give him the freedom of her discovery. She remembered still how, standing on the narrow ledge, he had passed his arm about her while their gaze flew to the long, tossed horizon-line of the downs, and then dropped contentedly back to trace the arabesque of yew hedges about the fish-pond, and the shadow of the cedar on the lawn. "And now the other way," he had said, gently turning her about within his arm; and closely pressed to him, she had absorbed, like some long, satisfying draft, the picture of the gray-walled court, the squat lions on the gates, and the lime-avenue reaching up to the highroad under the downs. ST RAPTUROUS FLURRY OF EXPLORATION TO A DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE OLD HOUSE SHE HAD PRESSED LIKE A NOVEL HEROINE A PANEL THAT OPENED ON A FLIGHT OF CORKSCREW STAIRS LEADING TO A FLAT LEDGE ON THE ROOF THE ROOF WHICH FROM BELOW SEEMED TO SLOPE AWAY ON ALL SIDES TOO ABRUPTLY FOR ANY BUT PRACTISED FEET TO SCALE THE VIEW FROM THIS HIDDEN COIN WAS ENCHANTING AND SHE HAD FLOWN DOWN TO SNATCH NED FROM HIS PAPERS AND GIVE HIM THE FREEDOM OF HER DISCOVERY SHE REMEMBERED STILL HOW STANDING AT HER SIDE HE HAD PASSED HIS ARM ABOUT HER WHILE THEIR GAZE FLEW TO THE LONG TOSSED HORIZON LINE OF THE DOWNS AND THEN DROPPED CONTENTEDLY BACK TO TRACE THE ARABESQUE OF YEW HEDGES ABOUT THE FISHPOND AND THE SHADOW OF THE CAR ON THE LAWN AND NOW THE OTHER WAY HE HAD SAID TURNING HER ABOUT WITHIN HIS ARM AND CLOSELY PRESSED TO HIM SHE HAD ABSORBED LIKE SOME LONG SATISFYING DRAUGHT THE PICTURE OF THE GRAY WALLED COURT THE SQUAT LIONS ON THE GATES AND THE LIME AVENUE REACHING UP TO THE HIGH ROAD UNDER THE DOWNS
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