14/25 I take her, support, and enfold her. Fainting, she clings to me, and for one moment I carry--gently, heavily--all the young woman's weight. The neck of her dress is undone, and falls like foliage from her throat, and I just saw the real curve of her bosom, nakedly and distractedly throbbing. She hides her face in her hands and then turns it to mine. |