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She touched it with her finger, and the fly would not move. On a sudden, every nerve in her body began to shake and jerk like a flag snapping in the wind. XXVI Some ten minutes afterward, as the members of the house party sat chatting on the terrace before Selwoode, there came among them a mad woman in violet trappings that were splotched with blood. "Did you know that Billy was dead?" she queried, smilingly. "Oh, yes, a man killed Billy just now. SHE TOUCHED IT WITH HER FINGER AND THE FLY WOULD NOT MOVE ON A SUDDEN EVERY NERVE IN HER BODY BEGAN TO SHAKE AND JERK LIKE A FLAG SNAPPING IN THE WIND TWENTY SIX SOME TEN MINUTES AFTERWARD AS THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE PARTY SAT CHATTING ON THE TERRACE BEFORE SYLWOOD THERE CAME AMONG THEM A MAD WOMAN IN VIOLET TRAPPINGS THAT WERE SPLOTCHED WITH BLOOD DID YOU KNOW THAT BILLY WAS DEAD SHE QUERIED SMILINGLY OH YES A MAN KILLED BILLY JUST NOW
ap yonder. The veneer of civilisation peeled, fell from her like snow from a shaken garment. The primal beast woke and flicked aside the centuries' work. She was the Cave-woman who had seen the death of her mate--the brute who had been robbed of her mate. "Damn you! _Damn_ you!" she screamed, her voice high, flat, quite unhuman; "ah, God in Heaven damn you!" With inarticulate bestial cries she fell upon the man who had killed Billy, and her violet fripperies fluttered, her impotent little hands beat at him, tore at him. She was fearless, shameless, insane. She only knew that Billy was dead. With an oath the man flung her from him and turned on his heel. She fell to coaxing the heap in the grass to tell her that he forgave her--to open his eyes--to stop bloodying her dress--to come to luncheon... A fly settled on Billy's face and came in his zig-zag course to the red stream trickling from his nostrils, and stopped short. She brushed the carrion thing away, but it crawled back drunkenly. SPECKS AND THEN WENT RED RED LIKE THAT HEAP YONDER THE VENEER OF CIVILIZATION PEALED FELL FROM HER LIKE SNOW FROM A SHAKEN GARMENT THE PRIMAL BEAST WOKE AND FLICKED ASIDE THE CENTURY'S WORK SHE WAS THE CAVE WOMAN WHO HAD SEEN THE DEATH OF HER MATE THE BRUTE WHO HAD BEEN ROBBED OF HER MATE DAMN YOU DAMN YOU SHE SCREAMED HER VOICE HIGH FLAT QUITE UNHUMAN AY GOD IN HEAVEN DAMN YOU WITH INARTICULATE BESTIAL CRIES SHE FELL UPON THE MAN WHO HAD KILLED BILLY AND HER VIOLET FRIPPERIES FLUTTERED HER IMPOTENT LITTLE HANDS BEAT AT HIM TORE AT HIM SHE WAS FEARLESS SHAMELESS INSANE SHE ONLY KNEW THAT BILLY WAS DEAD WITH AN OATH THE MAN FLUNG HER FROM HIM AND TURNED ON HIS HEEL SHE FELL TO COAXING THE HEAP IN THE GRASS TO TELL HER THAT HE FORGAVE HER TO OPEN HIS EYES TO STOP BLOODYING HER DRESS TO COME TO LUNCHEON A FLY SETTLED ON BILLY'S FACE AND CAME IN HIS ZIGZAG COURSE TO THE RED STREAM TRICKLING FROM HIS NOSTRILS AND STOPPED SHORT SHE BRUSHED THE CARRION THING AWAY BUT IT CRAWLED BACK DRUNKENLY
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