'That's nonsense,' said the Princess; 'and if I can
kiss him, you can too.
For indeed the moonlight that fell across her bosom was not whiter than my thoughts, nor could any kiss--were it even such a
kiss as Venus promised to the betrayer of Psyche--even in its fiercest delirium, be other than dross compared with the wild white peace of those silent hours when we lay thus married and maiden side by side.
Thou could'st not prize the rose and the nightingale, but thou wast ready to
kiss the swineherd for the sake of a trumpery plaything.
"I declare I WILL
kiss you," she said, with a sudden stir at her heart.
He made up his mind to
kiss Miss Wilkinson; not then, but in the evening; it would be easier in the dark, and after he had
kissed her the rest would follow.
"Methinks thou art right," quoth Robin, "and, contrariwise, that when we
kiss a pleasure that appeareth gay it turneth foul to us; is it not so, Little John?
I!...I!...I!...And she did not die!...Oh, how good it is, daroga, to
kiss somebody on the forehead!...You can't tell!...
"Your husband," he said, smiling, "has sent me over to
kiss you.
And she
kissed the Doctor many times, so that he giggled and blushed like a school-girl.
Glinda leaned forward and
kissed the sweet, upturned face of the loving little girl.
"Well, then, I won't; only forgive me, Sonya!" He drew her to him and
kissed her.
"There!" he said, patting her on the back, "go and
kiss your aunt and your grandfather.
