, ; hehadresolvedtodevoteittorestandlove, , andeachdayhesawRuth, atthemomentofmeeting, sheexperiencedtheoldshockofhisstrengthandhealth.

"Becareful," hermotherwarnedheronceagain."IamafraidyouareseeingtoomuchofMartinEden."

, , bythetimehereturned, , however, , too, hadbeentoldofhercontemplatedEasterntrip, , too, , , freezingonhislipsallardorsofspeech, andconvincinghim, inspiteofhimself, , andbeenfascinatedbysomeofthem, , carelessway, , incidents, partofthegamemenplay, , andforthefirsttime, hewasasuppliant, , noritsspeech, whilehewasfrightenedathislovedone'sclearinnocence.

Inthecourseofgettingacquaintedwithavariedworld, whirlingonthroughtheeverchangingphasesofit, hehadlearnedaruleofconductwhichwastotheeffectthatwhenoneplayedastrangegame, , andtowaitforaweakness, foraplaceofentrance, , heknewbylongexperiencetoplayforitandtoplayhard.

SohewaitedwithRuthandwatched, , , , , , , , inpart, toherjudgment; butthetouchofhand, thefleetingcontact, , , , , ontheotherhand, wasasclearasday, andsheconsciouslydelightedinbeholdinghislove-manifestations—theglowingeyeswiththeirtenderlights, thetremblinghands, , inatimidwayincitinghim, butdoingitsodelicatelythatheneversuspected, anddoingithalf-consciously, , andshetookanEve-likedelightintormentinghimandplayinguponhim.