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’Shall us go i’ th’ ‘ut?’ he asked.
’Do you want me?’ she asked, in a sort of mistrust.
’Ay, if you want to come.’
She was silent.
’Come then!’ he said.
And she went with him to the hut. It was quite dark when
he had shut the door, so he made a small light in the lantern,
as before.
’Have you left your underthings off?’ he asked her.
’Yes!’
’Ay, well, then I’ll take my things off too.’
He spread the blankets, putting one at the side for a cov-
erlet. She took off her hat, and shook her hair. He sat down,
taking off his shoes and gaiters, and undoing his cord
breeches.
’Lie down then!’ he said, when he stood in his shirt. She
obeyed in silence, and he lay beside her, and pulled the
blanket over them both.
’There!’ he said.
And he lifted her dress right back, till he came even to
her breasts. He kissed them softly, taking the nipples in his
lips in tiny caresses.
’Eh, but tha’rt nice, tha’rt nice!’ he said, suddenly rub-
bing his face with a snuggling movement against her warm
belly.
And she put her arms round him under his shirt, but
she was afraid, afraid of his thin, smooth, naked body, that
seemed so powerful, afraid of the violent muscles. She
shrank, afraid.

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