With a thrill
that caught her breath, she felt his arm. about her shoulder
and heard the sound of his voice.
"Eve," he said,--"I love you. Do you understand I love you."
And drawing her close to him he bent and kissed her.
With Loder, to do was to do fully. When he gave, he gave
generously; when he swept aside a barrier he left no stone
standing. He had been slow to recognize his capacities
--slower still to recognize his feelings. But now that the
knowledge came he received it openly. In this matter of newly
comprehended love he gave no thought to either past or future.
That they loved and were alone was all he knew or questioned.
She was as much Eve--the one woman--as though they were
together in the primeval garden; and in that spirit he claimed
her.
He neither spoke nor behaved extravagantly in that great
moment of comprehension. He acted quietly, with the
completeness of purpose that he gave to everything. He had
found a new capacity within himself, and he was strong enough
to dread no weakness in displaying it.
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