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He was not even very much surprised He held her in his arainst the wall The door

of the loft was open Outside, the rain slanted by in fine,

steely, ulf of darkness

He held her in his ar, swooping oscillations, the two of theether up in the darkness Outside the open door of the loft

in which they stood, beyond them and below them, was darkness,

with a travelling veil of rain

"I love you, Will, I love you," she ht they were one, and was silent

In the house, Toot up and

went out He went down the yard He saw the curiousfroht in

the rain He went on till the illuh the blurr, he saw the youth and the

girl together, the youth with his back against the wall, his

head sunk over the head of the girl The elder h the rain, but lit up They thought thehted dryness of the loft

behind, and shadows and bunches of roosting fowls, up in the

night, strange shadows cast froer, and a tenderness of

self-effaceht in his heart She did not understand

what she was doing She betrayed herself She was a child, a

mere child She did not knoAnd he was blackly and furiouslyher away in er than that young

thoughtless fellohose arms she lay Who knew her--he