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And now you want to renew our love

“Oh, I do forgive,” he said impatiently. “It is easy to forgive where there is really nothing to forgive. Nothing that you have done requires forgiveness. One acts according to one’s lights, and more than that one cannot do. As well might I ask you to forgive me for my not getting a job.” “I […]

I assure you it was no less brutal to

“I am afraid you don’t see my point,” he said gently. “What I mean is: if you love me, how does it happen that you love me now so much more than you did when your love was weak enough to deny me?” “Forget and forgive,” she cried passionately. “I loved you all the time, […]

When I was just as I am now

In reply she pressed her open fingers against his lips, placed them graciously and playfully, and in expectancy of the kiss that of old had always been a consequence. But there was no caressing answer of Martin’s lips. He waited until the fingers were removed and then went on. “I am not changed. I haven’t […]

she said with chattering teeth

She nodded, with a slightly arch expression, and loosened the scarf at her throat. “I saw you first from across the street when you were with that girl.” “Oh, yes,” he said simply. “I took her down to night school.” “Well, aren’t you glad to see me?” she said at the end of another silence. […]

on the broad arm of it

“It ain’t your body. It’s your head. Something’s wrong with your think-machine. Even I can see that, an’ I ain’t nobody.” He walked on beside her, reflecting. “I’d give anything to see you get over it,” she broke out impulsively. “You ought to care when women look at you that way, a man like you. […]