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They went together across the churchyard, Ursula and

Skrebensky, and ran to hiding in the church It was dimmer in

there than the sunny afternoon outside, but thethe bowed stone was very sweet The s burned in ruby

and in blue, they nificent arras to their bower of

secret stone

"What a perfect place for a rendezvous," he said, in a

hushed voice, glancing round

She too glanced round the familiar interior The dimness and

stillness chilled her But her eyes lit up with daring Here,

here she would assert her indoeous female self,

here Here she would open her female flower like a flaht

They hung apart a moment, then wilfully turned to each other

for the desired contact She put her arms round him, she cleaved

her body to his, and with her hands pressed upon his shoulders,

on his back, she see, tense body right through And it was so fine, so hard,

yet so exquisitely subject and under her control She reached

him her mouth and drank his full kiss, drank it fuller and

fuller

And it was so good, it was very, very good She seemed to be