arms clasped across the breast, holding tightly, her
body in constant play, now dropping forward till
it seemed its balance would be overcome and she
would fall to the pavement; now inclining to the
left, sideways, till her head rested on the man s

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shoulder; and now to the right, stretched and
strained, till the pain of it awoke her and she sat
bolt upright. Whereupon the dropping forward
would begin again and go through its cycle till she
was aroused by the strain and stretch.

Every little while, boys and young men stopped

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