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stood near, silent Ursula was ready

They ventured out into the darkness, feeling the soft air of

night upon their skins

"I can't see the path," said Ursula

"It is here," said the voice, and the wavering, pallid figure

was beside her, a hand grasping her arainst her, close, as they went down, and by the

side of the water, she put her arms round her, and kissed her

And she lifted her in her ar, softly: "I shall carry you into the water"

[Ursula lay still in herbreast

"I shall put you in," said Winifred

But Ursula twined her body about her mistress] After awhile the rain ca, delicious A sudden, ice-cold shower burst in a great

weight upon them They stood up to it with pleasure Ursula

received the stream of it upon her breasts and her limbs It

made her cold, and a deep, bottomless silence welled up in her,

as if botto upon her

So the heat vanished away, she was chilled, as if fro, wanting

to get away She wanted the light, the presence of other people,

the external connection with thenatural surroundings

She took her leave of her lad to be on the station with a crowd of Saturday-night people,

glad to sit in the lighted, crowded railway carriage Only she

did not want to meet anybody she knew She did not want to talk

She was alone, immune