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第91部分（第2页）

water。

Then　there　in　the　great　flare　of　light；　she　clinched　hold　of

him；　hard；　as　if　suddenly　she　had　the　strength　of　destruction；

she　fastened　her　arms　round　him　and　tightened　him　in　her　grip；

whilst　her　mouth　sought　his　in　a　hard；　rending；　ever…increasing

kiss；　till　his　body　was　powerless　in　her　grip；　his　heart　melted

in　fear　from　the　fierce；　beaked；　harpys　kiss。　The　water　washed

again　over　their　feet；　but　she　took　no　notice。　She　seemed

unaware；　she　seemed　to　be　pressing　in　her　beaked　mouth　till　she

had　the　heart　of　him。　Then；　at　last；　she　drew　away　and　looked　at

him……looked　at　him。　He　knew　what　she　wanted。　He　took　her　by

the　hand　and　led　her　across　the　foreshore；　back　to　the

sandhills。　She　went　silently。　He　felt　as　if　the　ordeal　of　proof

was　upon　him；　for　life　or　death。　He　led　her　to　a　dark

hollow。

〃No；　here；〃　she　said；　going　out　to　the　slope　full　under　the

moonshine。　She　lay　motionless；　with　wide…open　eyes　looking　at

the　moon。　He　came　direct　to　her；　without　preliminaries。　She　held

him　pinned　down　at　the　chest；　awful。　The　fight；　the　struggle　for

consummation　was　terrible。　It　lasted　till　it　was　agony　to　his

soul；　till　he　succumbed；　till　he　gave　way　as　if　dead；　lay　with

his　face　buried；　partly　in　her　hair；　partly　in　the　sand；

motionless；　as　if　he　would　be　motionless　now　for　ever；　hidden

away　in　the　dark；　buried；　only　buried；　he　only　wanted　to　be

buried　in　the　goodly　darkness；　only　that；　and　no　more。

He　seemed　to　swoon。　It　was　a　long　time　before　he　came　to

himself。　He　was　aware　of　an　unusual　motion　of　her　breast。　He

looked　up。　Her　face　lay　like　an　image　in　the　moonlight；　the　eyes

wide　open；　rigid。　But　out　of　the　eyes；　slowly；　there　rolled　a

tear；　that　glittered　in　the　moonlight　as　it　ran　down　her

cheek。

He　felt　as　if　as　the　knife　were　being　pushed　into　his　already

dead　body。　With　head　strained　back；　he　watched；　drawn　tense；　for

some　minutes；　watched　the　unaltering；　rigid　face　like　metal　in

the　moonlight；　the　fixed；　unseeing　eye；　in　which　slowly　the