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he knew he would have got up and argued with Rosamond about sleeping in the other room.
When Darling Jill and Rosamond had undressed, Rosamond turned out the light and opened the doors of all the rooms so there would be better circulation of air. Will could hear her open the door of his room, but he was too tired and sleepy by that time to open his eyes and call her. It was nearly one o’clock before they all went to sleep, and the only sound in the house was Pluto’s snoring on his pallet across the hall.
Towards morning Will woke up and went to the kitchen for a drink of water. It was cooler then, but still too hot to get under covers. He came back and looked at Pluto on the floor, watching him in the flickering street light that shone through the windows. In the other room he went to the bed and looked down at Rosamond and Darling Jill. He stood beside the bed for several minutes, wide awake, looking down at their white bodies in the dim glow of the street light on the comer. Will thought for a moment of waking Darling Jill, but he felt a little sick and his head was beginning to throb again, and he turned away and went back to his room and closed his eyes. He did not remember anything else until the sun woke him by shining in his face. It was nearly nine o’clock then, and there was not a sound in the house.
CHAPTER VI
W ILL WAS LYING on his side, looking out the window at the yellow company house next door, when he felt something warm against his back, something that felt like a purring kitten against his bare skin. He turned over, wide awake, partly raised on his elbow.
“Well, for God’s sake!” he exclaimed.
Darling Jill sat up and began teasing him. She pulled his hair and ran her hand over his face rather hard, mashing his nose.
“You wouldn’t get mad at me, would you, Will?”
“Mad?” he said. “I’m tickled to death.”
“Tickle me some, Will,” she said.
He reached for her, and she squirmed out of his reach. He thought he had such a grip around her that she could never get away. Will lunged after her, catching her arm and pulling her back beside him. Darling Jill cuddled up in his arms, kissing his chest, while he laughed at her.
“Where’s Rosamond?” he asked, suddenly remembering her.
“She’s gone downtown for a box of hairpins.”
“How long has she been gone?”
“Only a minute or so.”
Will raised his head and tried to see over the foot of the bed.
“Where’s Pluto?”
“Sitting on the front porch.”
“Hell,” Will said, letting his head fall upon the pillow, “he’s too lazy to get up.”
She cuddled closer, putting her arms securely around him. Will pressed her breast tightly in his hand.
“Don’t do that so hard, Will. You hurt me.”
“I’m going to hurt you more than that before I get through with you.”
“Kiss me a little first, Will. I like it.”
He drew her closer and kissed her. Darling Jill threw her arms around Will and pulled herself to him. When she was closer, Will kissed her more desperately.
“Take me, Will,” Darling Jill begged. “Please, Will, right now.”
The woman in the yellow company house next door leaned out the window and shook a dust-mop, striking it several times against the side of the building to shake loose the sand and lint.
“Take me, Will—I can’t wait,” she said.
“You and me both,” said he.
Will got on his hands and knees and raised Darling Jill’s head until he could draw her hair from under her. He lowered her pillow, and her long brown hair hung over the bed and almost touched the floor. He looked down and saw that she had raised herself until she was almost touching him.
He awoke to hear Darling Jill screaming in his ear. He did not know how long she had been screaming. He had been oblivious to everything in the complete joy of the moment.
He raised his head after a while and looked into her face. She opened her eyes wide and smiled at him.
“That was wonderful, Will,” she
When Darling Jill and Rosamond had undressed, Rosamond turned out the light and opened the doors of all the rooms so there would be better circulation of air. Will could hear her open the door of his room, but he was too tired and sleepy by that time to open his eyes and call her. It was nearly one o’clock before they all went to sleep, and the only sound in the house was Pluto’s snoring on his pallet across the hall.
Towards morning Will woke up and went to the kitchen for a drink of water. It was cooler then, but still too hot to get under covers. He came back and looked at Pluto on the floor, watching him in the flickering street light that shone through the windows. In the other room he went to the bed and looked down at Rosamond and Darling Jill. He stood beside the bed for several minutes, wide awake, looking down at their white bodies in the dim glow of the street light on the comer. Will thought for a moment of waking Darling Jill, but he felt a little sick and his head was beginning to throb again, and he turned away and went back to his room and closed his eyes. He did not remember anything else until the sun woke him by shining in his face. It was nearly nine o’clock then, and there was not a sound in the house.
CHAPTER VI
W ILL WAS LYING on his side, looking out the window at the yellow company house next door, when he felt something warm against his back, something that felt like a purring kitten against his bare skin. He turned over, wide awake, partly raised on his elbow.
“Well, for God’s sake!” he exclaimed.
Darling Jill sat up and began teasing him. She pulled his hair and ran her hand over his face rather hard, mashing his nose.
“You wouldn’t get mad at me, would you, Will?”
“Mad?” he said. “I’m tickled to death.”
“Tickle me some, Will,” she said.
He reached for her, and she squirmed out of his reach. He thought he had such a grip around her that she could never get away. Will lunged after her, catching her arm and pulling her back beside him. Darling Jill cuddled up in his arms, kissing his chest, while he laughed at her.
“Where’s Rosamond?” he asked, suddenly remembering her.
“She’s gone downtown for a box of hairpins.”
“How long has she been gone?”
“Only a minute or so.”
Will raised his head and tried to see over the foot of the bed.
“Where’s Pluto?”
“Sitting on the front porch.”
“Hell,” Will said, letting his head fall upon the pillow, “he’s too lazy to get up.”
She cuddled closer, putting her arms securely around him. Will pressed her breast tightly in his hand.
“Don’t do that so hard, Will. You hurt me.”
“I’m going to hurt you more than that before I get through with you.”
“Kiss me a little first, Will. I like it.”
He drew her closer and kissed her. Darling Jill threw her arms around Will and pulled herself to him. When she was closer, Will kissed her more desperately.
“Take me, Will,” Darling Jill begged. “Please, Will, right now.”
The woman in the yellow company house next door leaned out the window and shook a dust-mop, striking it several times against the side of the building to shake loose the sand and lint.
“Take me, Will—I can’t wait,” she said.
“You and me both,” said he.
Will got on his hands and knees and raised Darling Jill’s head until he could draw her hair from under her. He lowered her pillow, and her long brown hair hung over the bed and almost touched the floor. He looked down and saw that she had raised herself until she was almost touching him.
He awoke to hear Darling Jill screaming in his ear. He did not know how long she had been screaming. He had been oblivious to everything in the complete joy of the moment.
He raised his head after a while and looked into her face. She opened her eyes wide and smiled at him.
“That was wonderful, Will,” she
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