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; to be natural; like the sunlight and the
busy daytime。 And; at the bottom of her soul; she felt he wanted
her to be dark; unnatural。 Sometimes; when he seemed like the
darkness covering and smothering her; she revolted almost in
horror; and struck at him。 She struck at him; and made him
bleed; and he became wicked。 Because she dreaded him and held
him in horror; he became wicked; he wanted to destroy。 And then
the fight between them was cruel。
She began to tremble。 He wanted to impose himself on her。 And
he began to shudder。 She wanted to desert him; to leave him a
prey to the open; with the unclean dogs of the darkness setting
on to devour him。 He must beat her; and make her stay with him。
Whereas she fought to keep herself free of him。
They went their ways now shadowed and stained with blood;
feeling the world far off; unable to give help。 Till she began
to get tired。 After a certain point; she became impassive;
detached utterly from him。 He was always ready to burst out
murderously against her。 Her soul got up and left him; she went
her way。 Nevertheless in her apparent blitheness; that made his
soul black with opposition; she trembled as if she bled。
And ever and again; the pure love came in sunbeams between
them; when she was like a flower in the sun to him; so
beautiful; so shining; so intensely dear that he could scarcely
bear it。 Then as if his soul had six wings of bliss he stood
absorbed in praise; feeling the radiance from the Almighty beat
through him like a pulse; as he stood in the upright flame of
praise; transmitting the pulse of Creation。
And ever and again he appeared to her as the dread flame of
power。 Sometimes; when he stood in the doorway; his face lit up;
he seemed like an Annunciation to her; her heart beat fast。 And
she watched him; suspended。 He had a dark; burning being that
she dreaded and resisted。 She was subject to him as to the Angel
of the Presence。 She waited upon him and heard his will; and she
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