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The Valley of the Moon

CHAPTER XI
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To me they are the most beautiful hands in the world, and it would take hours of talking to tell you all they mean to me." "Whoa!" he called to the horses.
He pulled them in to a standstill, soothed them with his voice, and made the reins fast around the whip.

Then he turned to her with arms around her and lips to lips.
"Oh, Billy, I'll make you a good wife," she sobbed, when the kiss was broken.
He kissed her wet eyes and found her lips again.
"Now you know what I was thinkin' and why I was sweatin' when we was eatin' lunch.

Just seemed I couldn't hold in much longer from tellin' you.

Why, you know, you looked good to me from the first moment I spotted you." "And I think I loved you from that first day, too, Billy.

And I was so proud of you all that day, you were so kind and gentle, and so strong, and the way the men all respected you and the girls all wanted you, and the way you fought those three Irishmen when I was behind the picnic table.


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