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"Yes," we answered, "but we cannot cross the hedge." "We shall bring the water to you," they said. Then they knelt by the moat, they gathered water in their two hands, they rose and they held the water out to our lips. YES WE ANSWERED BUT WE CANNOT CROSS THE HEDGE WE SHALL BRING THE WATER TO YOU THEY SAID THEN THEY KNELT BY THE MOAT THEY GATHERED WATER INTO THEIR TWO HANDS THEY ROSE AND THEY HELD THE WATER OUT TO OUR LIPS
idden, Golden One.” “But you think such thoughts as these and you wish us to think them.” We looked into their eyes and we could not lie. “Yes,” we whispered, and they smiled, and then we said: “Our dearest one, do not obey us.” They stepped back, and their eyes were wide and still. “Speak these words again,” they whispered. “Which words?” we asked. But they did not answer, and we knew it. “Our dearest one,” we whispered. Never have men said this to women. The head of the Golden One bowed slowly, and they stood still before us, their arms at their sides, the palms of their hands turned to us, as if their body were delivered in submission to our eyes. And we could not speak. Then they raised their head, and they spoke simply and gently, as if they wished us to forget some anxiety of their own. “The day is hot,” they said, “and you have worked for many hours and you must be weary.” “No,” we answered. “It is cooler in the fields,” they said, “and there is water to drink. Are you thirsty?” NG TIME WE COULD NOT SPEAK THEN WE SAID SUCH THOUGHTS ARE FORBIDDEN GOLDEN ONE BUT YOU THINK SUCH THOUGHTS AS THESE AND YOU WISH US TO THINK THEM WE LOOKED INTO THEIR EYES AND WE COULD NOT LIE YES WE WHISPERED AND THEY SMILED AND THEN WE SAID OUR DEAREST ONE DO NOT OBEY US THEY STEPPED BACK AND THEIR EYES WERE WIDE AND STILL SPEAK THOSE WORDS AGAIN THEY WHISPERED WHICH WORDS WE ASKED BUT THEY DID NOT ANSWER AND WE KNEW IT OUR DEAREST ONE WE WHISPERED NEVER HAVE MEN SAID THIS TO WOMEN THE HEAD OF THE GOLDEN ONE BOWED SLOWLY AND THEY STOOD STILL BEFORE US THEIR ARMS AT THEIR SIDES THE PALMS OF THEIR HANDS TURNED TO US AS IF THEIR BODY WERE DELIVERED IN SUBMISSION TO OUR EYES AND WE COULD NOT SPEAK THEN THEY RAISED THEIR HEAD AND THEY SPOKE SIMPLY AND GENTLY AS IF THEY WISHED US TO FORGET SOME ANXIETY OF THEIR OWN THE DAY IS HOT THEY SAID AND YOU HAVE WORKED FOR MANY HOURS AND YOU MUST BE WEARY NO WE ANSWERED IT IS COOLER IN THE FIELDS THEY SAID AND THERE IS WATER TO DRINK ARE YOU THIRSTY
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