Just above a whisper, she said: "I love you, dear!" "I love you, Blix!" And they kissed each other then upon the mouth.
Meanwhile the sun had been setting.

Such a sunset! The whole world, the three great spaces of sea and land and sky, were incarnadined with the glory of it.

The ocean floor was a blinding red radiance, the hills were amethyst, the sky one gigantic opal, and they two seemed poised in the midst of all the chaotic glory of a primitive world.

It was New Year's Day; the earth was new, the year was new, and their love was new and strong.

Everything was before them.