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During this exhibition the men stood frozen in the exact attitudes in

which she found theton alone remained master of himself

He stood quiet, every nerve tense, every muscle alert, the expression on

his face that of a cat watching a bird At her second dip doard, he

suddenly juers

grazed her finger-tips

That frightened her

Her upward flight was of a terrific speed - she leaped into the sky

But once beyond the danger-line her cohter, clear as running water, conteain, alether Her eyes, sparkling between thick files

of golden lash, had al over the water Ralph cursed

himself for the rest of the day She returned before the as out,

however, and, after that, she continued to visit them at intervals of a

few days The sudden note of blue, even in the distance it seenal for all the men to stop work They