[The Eyes of the World by Harold Bell Wright]@TWC D-Link bookThe Eyes of the World CHAPTER VIII 14/15
They did not see it. They each saw only the other. "No, I am not glad," she said in a low tone.
"People would very soon be talking if I should come here, alone--now that the picture is finished." "I suppose in any case you will be leaving Fairlands soon, for the summer," he returned slowly. "O listen,"-- she cried with quick eagerness--"we are going to Lake Silence.
What's to hinder your coming too? Everybody goes there, you know. Won't you come ?" "But would it be altogether safe ?" He reflected doubtfully. "Why, of course,--Mr.Taine, Louise, and Jim,--we are all going together--don't you see? I don't believe you want to go," she pouted.
"I believe you want to forget." Her alluring manner, the invitation conveyed in her words and voice, the touch of her hand on his arm, and the nearness of her person, fairly swept the man off his feet.
With quick passion, he caught her hand, and his words came with reckless heat.
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