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He tapped and spoke to the ave hiirl And she stood watching hi on ht ecstacy She did not see hiht with an

aht as she was, how could she miss him

In her bedroom she threw her arms in the air in clear pain of

uration, she was beyond

herself She wanted to fling herself into all the hidden

brightness of the air It was there, it was there, if she could

but lory had partly

died down--but never fro a wistfulness A deeper yearning came

into her soul, a new reserve

She shrank from touch and question She was very proud, but

very new, and very sensitive Oh, that no one should lay hands

on her!

She was happier running on by herself Oh, it was a joy to

run along the lanes without seeing things, yet being with them

It was such a joy to be alone with all one's riches

The holidays ca on by herself, curled up in a squirrel-place in the