Afterward, one afternoon, he hovered about her,
and came and sat beside her and talked of beauty and the riddle of beauty for
some time. For in life there is but one hour: an epic or an idyll: all other hours lead up
to and down from it. During the previous night he had been restless; and in the
lonely dragging hours his thoughts had raced in an endless circle—action
without progress. But with the skill of a fencer he met
the blow and broke it, seizing the wrist. No! not
even the derivation! But the fashion’s been set and in it you must be. ’ He fitted the hat
onto her head, and was aware as he did so of her eyes watching his face. His hand traveled below her loose neckline,
and he cupped her round breast in his hand. "Ruth, you must not come and sit on the threshold. By-the-bye, have you seen this new woman at the ‘Empire’? What is it they call
her—‘Alcide?’”
“Yes, I have seen her,” Ennison answered. Her thick body was heavy and
massive. ’
Melusine could not regard this view with anything but scepticism.
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