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So in some hours will the most mortal maid of warmest flesh and blood become an abstraction to her lover—sometimes shrink to the significance of one more flower, and sometimes expand to the significance of a microcosm, a firmament in mystical miniature. SO IN SOME HOURS WILL THE MOST MORTAL MAID OF WARMEST FLESH AND BLOOD BECOME AN ABSTRACTION TO HER LOVER SOMETIMES SHRINK TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ONE MORE FLOWER AND SOMETIMES EXPAND TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A MICROCOSM A FIRMAMENT IN MYSTICAL MINIATURE
A STRANGE KISS FOR SILENCIEUX One hot August afternoon Antony took Silencieux with him to a bramble-covered corner of the dark moor which bounded his little wood. A ruined bank soaked with sunshine, a haunt of lizards, a catacomb of little lives that creep and run and whisper, made their seat. Silencieux's face, out there under the open sky and in the full blaze of the sun, at once lost and gained in reality; gained by force of a contrast which accentuated while it limited her, lost by opposition to the great faces of earth and sky. Her life, so concentrated, so self-absorbed, seemed more of an essence, potently distilled, compared with this abounding ichor of existence, that audibly sang in brimming circulation through the veins of this carelessly immortal earth. For some moments of self-conscious thought she shrank into a symbol,—a symbol of but one of the elements of the mighty world. Yet to this element did not all the others, more brutal in force, more extended in space, conspire? HT THROUGH THIRTEEN CHAPTER EIGHT A STRANGE KISS FOR SELAJO ONE HOT AUGUST AFTERNOON ANTONY TOOK SELAJO WITH HIM TO A BRAMBLE COVERED CORNER OF THE DARK MOOR WHICH BOUNDED HIS LITTLE WOOD A RUINED BANK SOAKED WITH SUNSHINE A HAUNT OF LIZARDS A CATACOMB OF LITTLE LIVES THAT CREEP AND RUN AND WHISPER MADE THEIR SEAT SALAGO'S FACE OUT THERE UNDER THE OPEN SKY AND IN THE FULL BLAZE OF THE SUN AT ONCE LOST AND GAINED IN REALITY GAINED BY FORCE OF A CONTRAST WHICH ACCENTUATED WHILE IT LIMITED HER LOST BY OPPOSITION TO THE GREAT FACES OF EARTH AND SKY HER LIFE SO CONCENTRATED SO SELF ABSORBED SEEMED MORE OF AN ESSENCE POTENTIALLY DISTILLED COMPARED WITH THIS ABOUNDING ICHOR OF EXISTENCE THAT AUDIBLY SANG IN BRIMMING CIRCULATION THROUGH THE VEINS OF THIS CARELESS IMMORTAL EARTH FOR SOME MOMENTS OF SELF CONSCIOUS THOUGHT SHE SHRANK INTO A SYMBOL A SYMBOL BUT OF ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE MIGHTY WORLD YET TO THIS ELEMENT DID NOT ALL THE OTHERS MORE BRUTAL IN FORCE MORE EXTENDED IN SPACE CONSPIRE
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