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 it. He took it from her fingers, dipped it in the cream, and then fed her. She held the fruit between her teeth and smiled a challenge at him. He kissed her, biting off his half of the fruit as he did so. Then they both laughed with the delight of the thing.

“Let me feed you, Andromeda,” he said.

“Am I not big enough to feed myself?”

“But I like it.”

“So do I.”

Also, another game she taught him with the cherries. He was dimly conscious of the fact that she could teach him much, and that he was eager to learn.

“You must wish,” she explained. “Whoever gets the stone will get his wish.”

But as it was between her teeth that the cherry was first placed, he never succeeded in securing the stone, though there were other compensations.

“You don’t play fair,” he protested.

“Then you try.”

But even then she was successful, for with her eyes so close to his he forgot all about the fruit. She pouted very prettily.