Women in Love by D H Lawrence Chapter 14 Page 40

Their eyes glittered through their tangle of hair, their naked nostrils were full of shadow.

‘Won’t they do anything?’ cried Ursula in fear.

Gudrun, who was usually frightened of cattle, now shook her head in a queer, half-doubtful, half-sardonic motion, a faint smile round her mouth.

‘Don’t they look charming, Ursula?’ cried Gudrun, in a high, strident voice, something like the scream of a seagull.

‘Charming,’ cried Ursula in trepidation. ‘But won’t they do anything to us?’

Again Gudrun looked back at her sister with an enigmatic smile, and shook her head.

‘I’m sure they won’t,’