8/26 You make me think of delightful things that have nothing to do with the ordinary run of my life. Do you understand ?" "It is very nice," she said, "if I do." She took a breath, softly, dramatically. "You make me think vain things, you know." (Her mouth was a delicious O.) "You paint a pretty picture." She was warm, flushed, suffused with a burst of her own temperament. "You make me feel like that all the time. You know," he added, leaning over her chair, "I sometimes think you have never lived. |