Women in Love by D H Lawrence Chapter 6 Page 18

absorbed by his self-revelation, by HIM, she wanted the secret of him, the experience of his male being.

Gerald’s face was lit up with an uncanny smile, full of light and rousedness, yet unconscious. He sat with his arms on the table, his sunbrowned, rather sinister hands, that were animal and yet very shapely and attractive, pushed forward towards her. And they fascinated her. And she knew, she watched her own fascination.

Other men had come to the table, to talk with Birkin and Halliday. Gerald said in a low voice, apart, to Pussum:

‘Where have you come back from?’

‘From the country,’ replied Pussum, in a very low, yet fully resonant voice. Her face closed hard. Continually she glanced at