her any more。 Why could he not tell her any more? She felt a
pang of disconsolate sadness。 But it was nothing。 She went to
him。
Her father came; and found them both very glowing; like an
open flower。 He loved to sit with them。 Where there was a
perfume of love; anyone who came must breathe it。 They were both
very quick and alive; lit up from the other…world; so that it
was quite an experience for them; that anyone else could
exist。
But still it troubled Will Brangwen a little; in his orderly;
conventional mind; that the established rule of things had gone
so utterly。 One ought to get up in the morning and wash oneself
and be a decent social being。 Instead; the two of them stayed in
bed till nightfall; and then got up; she never washed her face;
but sat there talking to her father as bright and shameless as a
daisy opened out of the dew。 Or she got up at ten o'clock; and
quite blithely went to bed again at three; or at half…past four;
stripping him naked in the daylight; and all so gladly and
perfectly; oblivious quite of his qualms。 He let her do as she
liked with him; and shone with strange pleasure。 She was to
dispose of him as she would。 He was translated with gladness to
be in her hands。 And dos; his
rules; his smaller beliefs; she scattered them like an expert
skittle…player。 He was very much astonished and d