"You great, big, splendid woman of God! You've got love enough in you to feed a multitude and you'll do it. Give me a part of my share now. It's mine. God sent you to me; I'm going to take you."
And he did. His lips pressed mine until I gave back a betrothal kiss that was as complete as a great red flower. His arms held me so that they were a circle of pain, but all the while I kept my hands prayerwise between the clamor of our breasts.
"Say it—'the covert of thy wings'—all that David said," I whispered.
And he answered:
"'I will abide in thy tabernacle forever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings.'"
JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD'S
STORIES OF ADVENTURE
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