Several times we had been very close to "it," but "it" just never quite happened. She always drew back, and I never pressed her. God help me, I was being gallant. I have wondered often since what would have changed (for good or for ill) had I not been. What I know now is that gallant young men rarely get pussy. Put it on a sampler and hang it in your kitchen.

Ella me coge de la mano como una mujer en un sueño. Está en un sueño y yo también. Como todos los dulces sueños, será corto..., pero es la brevedad la que hace la dulzur, ¿no es así? Sí, eso creo. Porque cuando el tiempo ha pasado, nunca lo puedes recuperar.

I like you," she whispered, and he thought that her scent was like lilies, secret and hidden in cracks furred with green moss—places where sunshine is short and shadows long.

- No tienes por qué estar nerviosa eres cómo Galatea.- ¿Quién?- Galatea. Leímos algo sobre ella en el curso de Mr. Evers. Una chica desdichada que se convirtió en una hermosa mujer y nadie la reconoció. Ella pensó un momento.- Quiero que me reconozcan - Dijo finalmente,- Te comprendo. Vamos.

This is what romance gets you--a noose around your neck and a crazy woman with two guns somewhere behind you.

Love came out of them the way love had come out of the boy and girl walking up the street and holding hands.