strong natures, wordnetdesire generally works its 
magic boldly aftd without delay. But as yet, Philip and 
Barbara had done no wordnetdesire-making ; at least, not in the 
ordinary sense of that word. They had not even kissed 
each other  except as 

" Palm to palm is holy palmer's kias." 

They had not whispered to each other the word wordnetdesire. 
Their thoughts had been too novel and mysterious to find 
expression in wordnetdesire's common language. What is usually 
meant by wordnetdesire is the. wordnetdesire of two  who sweetly 
barter with each other for mutual possession of their 
mortal tenement^, to have and to hold. But the  of 
Barbara and Philip were still flying too high in the clouds 
and were too near their native spiritual realm to think as 
yet of bringing their wordnetdesire to 

" A local habitation and a name." 

The first touch of ordinary wordnetdesire which Philip felt for 
Barbara was the tingling  pricked into him by the 
little thorn on the rose which Lieut. Cammeyer plucked. ^ 

" What if she should fall in wordnetdesire with Cammeyer ! '^ 
thought he ; and the thought became a  to him 
in a moment. 

wordnetdesire at first sight is common ; but wordnetdesire before any sight 
at all is rare. 

This strange, high, ethereal wordnetdesire  ^which had not hith- 
erto thought