![]() ![]() Really, Harry, you ought to be quite humiliated! And I did it here on the sidewalk in front of everyone.” “Why would you do that?” “Stop speaking to me!” There. “So you must not speak to me anymore.” “Why not?” I raised my head and turned toward him. I see.” But it was quite clear that he didn’t. what does that mean?” “I am trying to snub you.” “Oh. “I am trying to cut you.” “Cut me?” I nodded once and prepared to move on. And when I spoke, it was in whispered words. “What-why-?” Standing rigid, eyes still trained on the sidewalk in front of me, I leaned slightly in his direction. “Clara?” He had said it so loudly that I feared we would attract attention. And so I kept my eyes trained on the sidewalk before me as I passed. “Miss Carter.” I dearly wanted to stop to talk to him, but I knew I could not. ![]() “It seems just fine to me.” The words were whispered into my ear. And then he slid his hands down to my shoulders and clasped me to himself. just stood there looking deeply into my eyes. Placed a hand to either side of my neck and stared at me for a long moment. Especially when Franklin’s had been so hard and urgent and demanding. ” What a strange sensation, to feel Harry’s lips upon mine. “Who told you that?” “My aunt.” “And what else has she told you?” “That I’m much too tall.” “Has she?” “Yes.” I said it in a whisper because Harry had come so very close and his lips were hovering just above mine. “Why do you always talk like that? With a hand in front of your mouth?” “Because it’s too large.” And I could not remember to think of peas and prunes and prisms. ![]()
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