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They will wonder ... But I want to talk to you."
She thought. "But I want to think too. I want now to think alone, and
think out this change in things, think away the old solitude, and think
you and those others into my world.... I shall go. I shall go back
to-day to my place in the castle, and to-morrow, as the dawn comes, I
shall come again--here."
"I shall be here waiting for you."
"All day I shall dream and dream of this new world you have given me.
Even now, I can scarcely believe--"
She took a step back and surveyed him from the feet to the face. Their
eyes met and locked for a moment.
"Yes," she said, with a little laugh that was half a sob. "You are real.
But it is very wonderful! Do you think--indeed--? Suppose to-morrow I
come and find you--a pigmy like the others... Yes, I must think. And so
for to-day--as the little people do--"
She held out her hand, and for the first time they touched one another.
Their hands clasped firmly and their eyes met again.
"
Good-bye," she said, "for to-day. Good-bye! Good-bye, Brother Giant!"
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