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But luckily the blessed institution of marriage came to her rescue, for Jim and his wife naturally had no particular desire to spend the afternoon together, and Liza, seeing a little embarrassment on their part, proposed that they should go for a walk together in the forest. BUT LUCKILY THE BLESSED INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE CAME TO HER RESCUE FOR JIM AND HIS WIFE NATURALLY HAD NO PARTICULAR DESIRE TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON TOGETHER AND LIZA SEEING A LITTLE EMBARRASSMENT ON THEIR PART PROPOSED THAT THEY SHOULD GO FOR A WALK TOGETHER IN THE FOREST
s must cease, they stopped at last, and a long sigh of content broke from their two-and-thirty throats. Then the gathering broke up, and the good folk paired themselves and separated. Harry and his lady strolled off to secluded byways in the forest, so that they might discourse of their loves and digest their dinner. Tom had all the morning been waiting for this happy moment; he had counted on the expansive effect of a full stomach to thaw his Liza's coldness, and he had pictured himself sitting on the grass with his back against the trunk of a spreading chestnut-tree, with his arm round his Liza's waist, and her head resting affectionately on his manly bosom. Liza, too, had foreseen the separation into couples after dinner, and had been racking her brains to find a means of getting out of it. 'I don't want 'im slobberin' abaht me,' she said; 'it gives me the sick, all this kissin' an' cuddlin'!' She scarcely knew why she objected to his caresses; but they bored her and made her cross. EY ATE AND STILL THEY DRANK BUT AS ALL THINGS MUST CEASE THEY STOPPED AT LAST AND A LONG SIGH OF CONTENT BROKE FROM THEIR TWO AND THIRTY THROATS THEN THE GATHERING BROKE UP AND THE GOOD FOLK PAIRED THEMSELVES AND SEPARATED HARRY AND HIS LADY STROLLED OFF TO SECLUDED BY WAYS IN THE FOREST SO THAT THEY MIGHT DISCOURSE OF THEIR LOVES AND DIGEST THEIR DINNER TOM HAD ALL MORNING BEEN WAITING FOR THIS HAPPY MOMENT HE HAD COUNTED ON THE EXPANSIVE EFFECT OF A FULL STOMACH TO THAW ELIZA'S COLDNESS HE HAD PICTURED HIMSELF SITTING ON THE GRASS WITH HIS BACK AGAINST THE TRUNK A SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE WITH HIS ARM ROUND LIZA'S WAIST AND HER HEAD RESTING AFFECTIONATELY ON HIS MANLY BOSOM LIZA TOO HAD FORESEEN THE SEPARATION INTO COUPLES AFTER DINNER AND HAD BEEN RACKING HER BRAINS TO FIND A MEANS OF GETTING OUT OF IT I DON'T WANT HIM SLOBBERING ABOUT ME SHE SAID IT GIVES ME THE SICK ALL HIS KISSING AND CUDDLING SHE SCARCELY KNEW WHY SHE OBJECTED TO HIS CARESSES BUT THEY BORED HER AND MADE HER CROSS
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