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Chapter 31

           Andallthetimefingersofwindteasedandskeinedherlong,silky-blondhairaroundherneckoracrosshermouth.Sheshowedalittlemoue,halfmockingherself,halfmockingmeasIstoodknee-deepinthewater.Idon’tknowwhysilencedescendedonus,whywewerelockedforastrangefewmomentsinamoreseriouslook.Itmusthavebeentransparentlyexcitedonmyside.Shelookedsoyoung,sotimidlynaughty.Shegaveanembarrassedyetmischievoussmile,asifsheshouldnothavebeenthere,hadriskedimpropriety."HasNeptunecutyourtongueoff?""Youlooksoravishing.LikeaRenoir."Shemovedalittlefurtheraway,andtwirledherombrelle.Islippedintomybeachshoesand,towelingmyback,caughtherup."Ipreferyouwithoutthesilverbow."Sheraisedafingertoherlips,banningthesubject,thensmiledwithasortofinnocentsidewaysslyness;shehadaremarkablegiftforcreatinganddiminishingdistancebyanintonation,alook.Shesatdownonalowprojectingpieceofrockthatwasovershadedbyapinetree,wheretheprecipitousgulleyrandowntotheshingle;thenclosedhersunshadeandpointedwithittoastonebesideher,alittleawayfromher,inthesun,whereIwastosit.ButIspreadmytowelontherockandsatbesideherintheshade.Ithoughthowridiculousitreallywastopretendthatshewasinsomeway"psychic";themoistmouth,thedownonherbareforearms,ascaraboveherleftwrist,herslimneck,herloosehair,ananimatedglancesheturnedtogiveme."You’rethemostdeliciouslyprettygirlI’veeverseen.

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