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| 5 | 195 | Then, after some Ehn I saw View more quotes about another">another girl leave the circle of the dance, and she, too, was joined beyond the firelight by a young man and she, too, felt a net dropped over her, and she, too, was led away, his willing prize, to the secrecy of his hut. |
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| 5 | 192 | After a time I saw one girl leave the circle, her head back, hair flowing down her back, breathing deeply, and scarcely was she through the circles of rencers, but a young man followed her, joining her some yards beyond the circle. |
| 5 | 193 | They stood facing one another in the darkness for an Ehn or two, and then I saw him, gently, she not protesting, drop his net over her, and then, by this net, she not protesting, he led her away. |
| 5 | 194 | Together they disappeared in the darkness, going over one of the raft bridges to another island, one far from the firelight, the crowd, the noise, the dance. |
| 5 | 195 | Then, after some Ehn I saw another girl leave the circle of the dance, and she, too, was joined beyond the firelight by a young man and she, too, felt a net dropped over her, and she, too, was led away, his willing prize, to the secrecy of his hut. |
| 5 | 196 | The dance grew more frenzied. |
| 5 | 197 | The girls whirled and writhed, and the crowd clapped and shouted, and the music grew ever more wild, barbaric and fantastic. |
| 5 | 198 | And suddenly Telima danced before me. |