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She stopped dancing, and confronted hi at her hair Her nakedness hurt her,

opposed to him

"I can do as I like in my bedroom," she cried "Why do you

interfere with own and crouched before the

fire He was more at ease now she was covered up The vision of

her tormented hie, exalted thing having no relation to

himself

After this day, the door seemed to shut on his mind His brow

shut and became impervious His eyes ceased to see, his hands

were suspended Within himself his as coiled like a beast,

hidden under the darkness, but always potent, working

At first she went on blithely enough with hian to take hold of her The

dark, seething potency of him, the power of a creature that lies

hidden and exerts its will to the destruction of the

free-running creature, as the tiger lying in the darkness of the

leaves steadily enforces the fall and death of the light

creatures that drink by the waterside in the h he lay there in his darkness

and did notfor her She felt

his will fastening on her and pulling her down, even whilst he

was silent and obscure