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revealing the white arms。 She kept stiff; overpowered; violated;
he went on with his task。 And all the while she sobbed;
choking:
〃I want my mother。〃
He was unheedingly silent; his face stiff。 The child was now
incapable of understanding; she had bee a little; mechanical
thing of fixed will。 She wept; her body convulsed; her voice
repeating the same cry。
〃Eh; dear o' me!〃 cried Tilly; being distracted herself。
Brangwen; slow; clumsy; blind; intent; got off all the little
garments; and stood the child naked in its shift upon the
sofa。
〃Where's her nightie?〃 he asked。
Tilly brought it; and he put it on her。 Anna did not move her
limbs to his desire。 He had to push them into place。 She stood;
with fixed; blind will; resistant; a small; convulsed;
unchangeable thing weeping ever and repeating the same phrase。
He lifted one foot after the other; pulled off slippers and
socks。 She was ready。
〃Do you want a drink?〃 he asked。
She did not change。 Unheeding; uncaring; she stood on the
sofa; standing back; alone; her hands shut and half lifted; her
face; all tears; raised and blind。 And through the sobbing and
choking came the broken:
〃I……want……my……mother。〃
〃Do you want a drink?〃 he said again。
There was no answer。 He lifted the stiff; denying body
between his hands。 Its stiff blindness made a flash of rage go
through him。 He would like to break it。
He set the child on his knee; and sat again in his chair
beside the fire; the wet; sobbing; inarticulate noise going on
near his ear; the child sitting stiff; not yielding to him or
anything; not aware。
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