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 decided 'no' indeed. 'Besides,' added she, 'you did nothing, simply because you could do nothing.'

I could not?'

No.'

"A scuffle ensued again. She was once more locked within my arms and we were wrestling like two prize fighters, with as much eagerness though surely with less skill. She was a muscular little vixen, by no means weak; moreover she had begun to understand the zest which fighting gives to the victory.

"It was a real pleasure to feel her body palpitating against mine; and though she was longing to yield, it was only after much ado that I could get my mouth on her's.

"With no little difficulty I put her on my bed, and managed to get my head under her skirts.

"Women are silly creatures, full of absurd prejudices; and this unsophisticated country wench considered the compliment I was about to pay to her sexual organ as something like buggery.