t before  al sin, t o be a tissue of subterfuge and falseo realize ties s in o defile ience racted  orted images of ter  o  came toransfigured by a lec iss dim memory of dark orgiastic riot, its keen and ing sense of transgression.

    urned to umnal evenings led reet to street as t avenues of Blackrock. But no vision of trim front gardens or of kindly ligender influence upon  times, in t ing o a softer languor, traversed te  led to tains and ure of refusal anding  garden after years of estrangement and adventure. At ts t speecte rose to . A tender premonition toucryst o and, in spite of ty y and inexperience o fall from him.

    Sucs passed and ting fires of lust sprang up again. ticulate cries and tal s peering into tening eagerly for any sound. o . ed to sin o force anoto sin o exult  some dark presence moving irresistibly upon le and murmurous as a flood filling self. Its murmur besieged itude in sleep; its subtle streams penetrated eet togets penetration. retc reet to  t eluded ed  rangled for so long in  issued from  broke from reaty, a cry for an iniquitous abandonment, a cry he oozing wall of a urinal.

    o a maze of narroy streets. From ts of  and rayed into ter of traversed treet from o rembling seized roubled vision against tar. Before ted e. uries.

    ood still in t clamouring against umult. A young ain o his face. She said gaily:

    -- Good night, illie dear!

    some. A   in tried to bid ongue speak t  seem at ease, cing ts of her perfumed