// "even now, i feel the chuck of slitting that slim throat which made him so punch-drunk, and i was charmed seeing her blood expounded, beat unchecked across my breast and shoulders. i embraced her as one would brace a child, as if her pulse could start my heart again, and i am calmed even now to know that pulse wastes in the ground. and if she should return — the world is wide, so hurry, sirs, to set my lock in stone — i know my lover’s voice, his mind, his stride. should she so much as wink, i won’t think twice."

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