His face, usually so stern and dignified, was now softened, and the bright, metallic glitter of eye was changed to the sparkle of gladness.
The handsome, symmetrical arms of Fluellina were bare to the shoulder, and Oonomoo held one in his broad palm, closing and opening upon the plump flesh and delicate muscle, with as much admiration as though he were still her young and ardent lover.

They sat thus, gazing into each other's face for several moments without speaking, so full seemed their hearts.

Finally Oonomoo seated himself upon the ground at the feet of Fluellina and leaned his head over upon her lap.

This was what she wished, and she had maneuvered in that delicate manner peculiar to her sex, by which the desire of the lover is awakened without his suspecting the true cause.
Unfastening the bindings of his hair, she parted it carefully and drew her fingers slowly through and through it until it glistened like satin.

She did not speak, for she had no desire to disturb the languor which she knew it cast over her husband.