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Chapter 42

           Couldwegetdown?"Westruckoffthepaththroughthetreesandafterawhilecameonafainttrail.Itledusdown,downandfinallyoutintoaclearing.Atoneendwasawaterfallsometenfeetorsohigh.Apooioflimpidwaterhadformedbeneathit.Theclearingwasdensewithflowersandbutterflies,atinytroughofgreen-goldluxurianceafterthedarkforestwehadbeenwalkingthrough.Attheupperedgeoftheclearingtherewasalittlecliffwithashallowcave,outsidewhichsomeshepherdhadpleachedanarboroffirbranches.Thereweresheepdroppingsonthefloor,buttheywereold.Noonecouldhavebeentheresincesummerbegan."Let’shaveaswim.""It’llbelikeice.""Yah."Shepulledhershirtoverherhead,andunhookedherbra,grinningatmeinthefleckedshadowofthearbor;Iwascorneredagain."Theplaceisprobablyalivewithsnakes.""LikeEden."Shesteppedoutofherjeansandherwhitepants.Thenshereachedupandsnappedadeadconeoffoneofthearborbranchesandhelditouttome.Iwatchedherrunnakedlythroughthelonggrasstothepool,trythewater,groan.Thenshewadedforwardsandswannedinwithascream.Thewaterwasjadegreen,meltedsnow,anditmademyheartjoltwithshockwhenIplungedbesideher.Andyetitwasbeautiful,theshadowofthetrees,thesunlightontheglade,thewhiteroarofthelittlefall,theiciness,thesolitude,thelaughing,thenakedness;momentsoneknowsonlydeathcanobliterate.

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