The Rainbow by D H Lawrence Chapter 6 Page 134

prettily. So he kissed her, whilst his heart was ice.

And sometimes he went out. Once he sat for a long time in the church porch, before going in to bed. It was dark with a wind blowing. He sat in the church porch and felt some shelter, some security. But it grew cold, and he must go in to bed.

Then came the night when she said, putting her arms round him and kissing him fondly:

“Stay with me to-night, will you?”

And he had stayed without demur.

But his will had not altered. He would have her fixed to him.

So that soon she told him again she must be alone.

“I don't want to send you away. I want to sleep with you. But I can't sleep, you don't let me sleep.”