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"You must hold out for the month, at any rate," I said in as matter of fact a voice as I could manage, for her manner had somehow changed my surprise to a subtle sense of alarm. YOU MUST HOLD UP FOR THE MONTH AT ANY RATE I SAID IN A MATTER OF FACTIVE VOICE AS I COULD MANAGE FOR HER MANNER HAD SOMEHOW CHANGED MY SURPRISE TO A SUBTLE SENSE OF ALARM
't it, perhaps, something of that kind?" The girl made no reply, and when I took her hand I felt that it trembled a little and was cold. "It's not his love that I'm afraid of," she said hurriedly, for at this moment we heard the dip of a paddle in the water, "it's something in his very soul that terrifies me in a way I have never been terrified before,—yet fascinates me. In town I was hardly conscious of his presence. But the moment we got away from civilisation, it began to come. He seems so—so real up here. I dread being alone with him. It makes me feel that something must burst and tear its way out—that he would do something—or I should do something—I don't know exactly what I mean, probably,—but that I should let myself go and scream—" "Joan!" "Don't be alarmed," she laughed shortly; "I shan't do anything silly, but I wanted to tell you my feelings in case I needed your help. When I have intuitions as strong as this they are never wrong, only I don't know yet what it means exactly. XACTLY HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM ISN'T IT PERHAPS SOMETHING OF THAT KIND THE GIRL MADE NO REPLY AND WHEN I TOOK HER HAND I FELT THAT IT TREMBLED A LITTLE AND WAS COLD IT'S NOT HIS LOVE THAT I'M AFRAID OF SHE SAID HURRIEDLY FOR AT THIS MOMENT WE HEARD THE DIP OF A PADDLE IN THE WATER IT'S SOMETHING IN HIS VERY SOUL THAT TERRIFIES ME IN A WAY I HAVE NEVER BEEN TERRIFIED BEFORE IT FASCINATES ME IN TOWN I WAS HARDLY CONSCIOUS OF HIS PRESENCE BUT THE MOMENT WE GOT AWAY FROM CIVILIZATION IT BEGAN TO COME HE SEEMS SO SO REAL A PEER I DREAD BEING ALONE WITH HIM IT MAKES ME FEEL THAT SOMETHING MUST BURST AND TEAR ITS WAY OUT THAT HE WOULD DO SOMETHING OR THAT I SHOULD DO SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN PROBABLY BUT THAT I SHOULD LET MYSELF GO AND SCREAM JOAN DON'T BE ALARMED SHE LAUGHED SHORTLY I SHA'N'T DO ANYTHING SILLY BUT I WANTED TO TELL YOU MY FEELINGS IN CASE I NEEDED YOUR HELP WHEN I HAVE INTUITIONS AS STRONG AS THIS THEY ARE NEVER WRONG ONLY I DON'T KNOW YET WHAT IT MEANS EXACTLY
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