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They did not take much notice of each other, consciously

"I'm betis, or to the child if she was there The

little Anna played about the far to herher arms round her

etting, to slip out again

Then Brangwen, talking to the child, or to the dog between

his knees, would be aware of his wife, as, in her tight, dark

bodice and her lace fichu, she was reaching up to the corner

cupboard He realized with a sharp pang that she belonged to

him, and he to her He realized that he lived by her Did he own

her? Was she here for ever? Or o away? She was not

really his, it was not a real o away He did not feel like a ed elsewhere Any one And he was ever drawn to her, drawn after her,

with ever-raging, ever-unsatisfied desire Hehim, always to her, and he

could never quite reach her, he could never quite be satisfied,

never be at peace, because she lad Then, when he had finished in the

yard, and come in and washed himself, when the child was put to