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XXVI

           Shewasoneoftheelementalcreatureswhoseemotionisallintheirpulses,andwhobecomeinexpressiveorsentimentalwhentheytrytoturnsensationintospeech.Hiscaresshadrestoredhertohernaturalplaceintheschemeofthings,andDarrowfeltasifhehadclaspedatreeandanymphhadbloomedfromit...

           Themerefactofnothavingtolistentoheranylongeraddedimmenselytohercharm.Shecontinued,ofcourse,totalktohim,butitdidn’tmatter,becausehenolongermadeanyefforttofollowherwords,butlethervoicerunonasamusicalundercurrenttohisthoughts.

           Shehadn’tadropofpoetryinher,butshehadsomeofthequalitiesthatcreateitinothers;andinmomentsofheattheimaginationdoesnotalwaysfeelthedifference...

           Lyingbesideherintheshade,Darrowfeltherpresenceasapartofthecharmedstillnessofthesummerwoods,astheelementofvaguewell-beingthatsuffusedhissensesandlulledtosleeptheacheofwoundedpride.Allheaskedofher,asyet,wasatouchonthehandoronthelips—andthatsheshouldlethimgoonlyingtherethroughthelongwarmhours,whileablack-bird’ssongthrobbedlikeafountain,andthesummerwindstirredinthetrees,andcloseby,betweenthenearestbranchesandthebrimofhistiltedhat,aslightwhitefiguregatheredupallthefloatingthreadsofjoy...

           Herecalled,too,havingnoticed,ashelaystaringatabreakinthetree-tops,astreamofmares’-tailscomingupthesky.Hehadsaidtohimself:“Itwillrainto-morrow,”andthethoughthadmadetheairseemwarmerandthesunmorevividonherhair....

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