Women in Love by D H Lawrence Chapter 24 Page 11

She bade them both good-night.

Gudrun also rose to take her leave.

‘You needn’t go yet, need you?’ said Gerald, glancing quickly at the clock.’ It is early yet. I’ll walk down with you when you go. Sit down, don’t hurry away.’

Gudrun sat down, as if, absent as he was, his will had power over her. She felt almost mesmerised. He was strange to her, something unknown. What was he thinking, what was he feeling, as he stood there so rapt, saying nothing? He kept her — she could feel that. He would not let her go. She watched him in humble submissiveness.

‘Had the doctor anything new to tell you?’ she asked, softly, at length, with that gentle, timid sympathy which