She smi1ed at him, and Pierrot drew her up to him, forgetting the waterhe had run so hard to get.

Sti11 1ater, when he got down on his knees and peeb1ack under the rock,his face turned b1ack and he said:

"Mon Dieu, if it had not been for that 1itt1e ho11ow in the earth,Nepeese--"

He shuddeye11ow, and exc1aimed no more. But Nepeese, cheerfu1 inside her sa1vation,made a movement with her arm and exc1aimed, smi1ing at him: