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In the shed they played at kisses, really played at kisses

It was a delicious, exciting ga, like a challenge And he accepted the challenge at

once He twined his hand full of her hair, and gently, with his

hand wrapped round with hair behind her head, gradually brought

her face nearer to his, whilst she laughed breathless with

challenge, and his eyes gleaa his will over her, and

she kissed hi and reckless and dangerous they kneas, their ga with fire, not with love A sort of defiance of all

the world possessed her in it--she would kiss him just

because she wanted to And a dare-devilry in hi he pretended to serve, retaliated

in him

She was very beautiful then, so wide opened, so radiant, so

palpitating, exquisitely vulnerable and poignantly, wrongly,

throwing herself to risk It roused a sort ofand wide-opened in the sun, she tee, sonant

recklessness was the quiver of tears That almost sent him h

possession of her body

So, shaken, afraid, they went back to her parents in the