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She and had
She had reached
a point at which
she didn't even care how
she looked
.
She stared at him
, her eyes wide as
she thought about what he
had said ; ;
She had helped him change his mind
.
She said
, and
her tone
had softened until
it was almost friendly
.
She had picked up
the quirt and was twirling
it around
her wrist and smiling at him
.
She had offered
to walk
, but Pamela knew
she would not feel comfortable about
her child until
she had personally confided
her to the care of
the little pink woman who chose
to be called `` Auntie ''
.
She seemed
to have come such
a long distance -- too far
for her destination which
had wilfully
been swallowed up in
the greedy gloom of
the trees
.
She had the feeling
that, under
the mouldering leaves
, there
would be
the bodies of dead animals
, quietly decaying and giving their soil back
to the mountain
.
She had to get
away from here before this demoniac possession swallowed up
the liquid of
her eyes and sank into
the fibers of
her brain
, depriving
her of reason and sight
.
She had been snared here by
a vile sensuality
that writhed around
her throat in ever-tightening circles
.
She had to escape
.
She had to move in some direction -- any direction
that would take
her away from this evil place
.
She wondered what
had taken place in town
, between him and his wife
.
She had spent too many hours looking ahead
, hoping and longing
to catch even
a glimpse of Dan and finding nothing but emptiness
.
She had arrived this morning and come straight
to the English Gardens
.
She had retreated
to this world
.
She had touched
her face
, truly
a noble and pure face
, only with
a lip salve which made
her lips glisten but
no redder than usual
.
She had hated
the whole idea before they started
.
She had jumped
away from his shy touch like
a cat confronted by
a sidewinder
.
She had driven up with
her husband in
a convertible with Eastern license plates
, although
the two drivers knew nothing at
the moment about
that.
She might have
been someone he
had once loved
.
She began
to watch
a blonde-haired man
, also in shorts
, standing right at
the rear of
the wrecked car in
the one spot
that most of
the crowd
had detoured slightly
.
She was sitting on
the edge of
the bed again
, back in
the same position where
the snake
had found
her.
She had the opportunity
that few clever women can resist
, of showing
her superiority in argument over
a man
.
She and away
She yanked
away from him furiously
.
She softly let herself into
the bed
, and took
her regular side
, away from
the door
, where
she slept better because Keith was between
her and
the invader
.
She pulled
her legs up under
her, to rise
, her full peasant skirt drawing up
her thighs
, and Feathertop's music pfffted
away.
She didn't turn
away from
the window
.

``
She didn't really say '' --
She glanced
away at
the floor
, then swooped gracefully and picked up
one of Scotty's slippers
.
She twitched
her leg
away.
She whirled and faced him
, roaring terribly
, and Ulyate
, watching through
the leaves
, could not understand why
she did not charge and obliterate him
, because he wouldn't have much of
a chance of getting
away, in
that thick growth
, but
she seemed just
a trace uncertain ; ;
She did not notice
that the customer seized
her purchase and turned
away without
a smile or
a word of thanks
.
She stayed
away for ten days
.
She slapped
the receiver into its holder and stepped
away.

)
She might now have taken
it away again
.
She put
the violin
away and took
out some linen
, needles and yarn
to while
away the long, idle days in Budapest
.
She found herself wishing an old wish
, that she had told Doaty
she was running
away, that she had left something more behind
her than
the loving
, sorry note and
her best garnet pin
.
She did
suddenly, through
the link of memory with his father
, old Titus
, who must have
been in his nineties
when Henrietta ran
away.
She started
to move
away, just as
a woman came
out of
the cottage
, a big-boned
, drab-haired figure with
a clean apron tied over
her limp print dress
.
She could not count
the times Herman
had rapped on
the door
, just
a couple of bangs
that shook
the whole damned closet and might
, someday
, break
away the pipe connections from
the wall
.
She saw me and sat down beside me
, three feet
away.
She indicated
a spot
a little distance
away.
She instinctively sheered
away from personal discussions but
she filed
the comment
away for further meditation
.
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