so fresh and free and all daylight。 Her husband; with his
intensity and his darkness; was obliterated。 She left him; she
forgot him; she accepted her father。
Yet; as she went home again with the young man; she put her
hand on his arm tentatively; a little bit ashamed; her hand
pleaded that he would not hold it against her; her recusancy。
But he was obscured。 He seemed to bee blind; as if he were
not there with her。
Then she was afraid。 She wanted him。 When he was oblivious of
her; she almost went mad with fear。 For she had bee so
vulnerable; so exposed。 She was in touch so intimately。 All
things about her had bee intimate; she had known them near
and lovely; like presences hovering upon her。 What if they
should all go hard and separate again; standing back from her
terrible and distinct; and she; having known them; should be at
their mercy?
This frightened her。 Always; her husband was to her the
unknown to which she was delivered up。 She was a flower that has
been tempted forth into blossom; and has no retreat。 He had her
nakedness in his power。 And who was he; what was he? A blind
thing; a dark force; without knowledge。 She wanted to preserve
herself。
Then she gathered him to herself again and was satisfied for
a moment。 But as time went on; she began to realize more and
more that he did not alter; that he was something dark; alien to
herself。 She had thought him just the bright reflex of herself。
As the weeks and months went by she realized that he was a dark
opposite to her; that they were opposites; not plements。
He did not alter; he remained separately himself; and he
seemed to expect her to be part of himself; the extension of his
will。 She felt him trying to gain power over her; without
knowing her。 What did he want? Was he going to bully her?
What did she want herself? She answered herself; that she
wanted to be happy; t
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