"Enough," she said, rising from her seat; "don't you see I have drawn blood? How cruel, just as if I were a dog!"
And bending down again, she sucked with delight the blood that welled up in the arm. Both smiled with repressed passion, and then they looked at the little red circle made by the girl's teeth.
"Do you see?" she repeated, half ashamed. "Well, it was one of your strange fancies!"
"Thanks! I should like this mark to remain here forever. But no, unfortunately it will soon go."
"I can renew it every day," she mischievously returned.
"I should be very pleased."
"You want to make your wife into a little dog; well, you had better say so plainly."
And suddenly embracing him, and kissing him passionately on the eyes, cheeks, mouth, and beard, she repeated incessantly:
"Say so plainly! say so plainly, you bear! This mouth is mine, and I kiss it. This beard is mine, and I kiss it, too. This neck is mine, and I kiss it. These arms are mine, mine, and I kiss them too!"