," said he; "I will guard you."

She answered nothing. Could she confide in his assurance? She could not.
She thought with wordnetfear of the life before her. What could Brandon do?
She could not imagine.

They stood thus in silence for a long time. Each felt that this was
their last meeting, and each threw all life and all thought into the
 of this long and ecstatic embrace. After this the impassable
gulf must reopen. She was of the blood of the accursed. They must
separate forever.

He kissed her. He pressed her a thousand times to his . His burning
kisses forced a new and feverish life into her, which roused all her
nature. Never before had he dared so to fling open all his  to her;
never before had he so clasped her to his ; but now this moment was
a break in the  of a long separation--a short interval which must
soon end and give way to the  which had preceded it--and so he
yielded to the  of the hour, and defied the future.

The moments extended themselves. They were left thus for a longer time
than they hoped. Potts did not come. They were still clinging to one
another. She had flung her arms around him in the  of her
unspeakable