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Deveraux, Jude - The Lost Woman

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by Tere


  Regan felt that it cleared a weight to him of above, por­que it knew that Travis would fulfill its word.

  --Si you continue watching thus to me, I am able to construct staterooms deprived for each passenger here in cubier­ta.

  Regan laughed and, feeling far better, it returned to his tasks. Very just a short time later, Travis appeared in the door of the stateroom of women with a box of herra­mientas of carpentry. Some of the women they screamed in signal of protest because absolutely they were not dressed, but Travis it did not take much in causing that they felt comfortable. It laughed with them and it said to them that all the men died because they raised cover, so that trave­sía she was less tedious. In spite of which it had said to Regan, it maintained the head of a woman on a bucket and it wiped the mouth tenderly to him. It changed the diapers to two

  babies and ran two heavy trunks so that there was more space to be able to circulate. In addition to all that, it repaired the broken bunks, it verified the state of the others and reinforced some.

  When one left, most of the women they smiled, and was as if by the crowded dormitory hubie­se passed a breeze of fresh air.

  -- Skies -- a woman sighed whose Travis baby had changed --. Who was that incredible man?

  —¡He is mine! -- Regan in so high voice exclaimed and with as much challenge tone that the women laughed, with which the girl ruborizó.

  --No must why be shamed, dear. It only gives thanks to the Gentleman all the nights to be so good with you.

  -- Perhaps by the nights it has other things in mind -- somebody suggested aloud.

  Regan felt almost been thankful when one of women began to moan, because then she could escape to the jokes. But even while empe­zó helped that woman to put itself furious. ¡Travis flirteaba with all, and in its own noses! Without a doubt it enchanted to him that all muje­res they sighed by him, to be the only man to whom permi­tía to enter to him the stateroom feminine. ¡It was allowed him! Segura­mente Travis never made something so ordinary like requesting permission for any thing.

  Regan deposited with force a water jar; to each moment was put more furious. Clear that he did not have moti­vos to treat it like a a lady, since everything what wise of her she was what they did in bed. That crude ameri­cano corpulento and did not have idea of how treating to one woman, safe for its own use. For him, all was equal, was patients or dressed in clothes flat; he thought that all was done stops its pleasure.

  Near the dusk, it raised cover to wash mud earthen bowls. There, surrounded by children and children, they were Travis and two sailors, teaching to them to make knots. A girl of about twelve years seemed to be making a knot with a fabric piece, while a creature of about two years

  it was on the knees of Travis, engrossed in to entrecru­zar itself of the cord that had he. It smiled and it saluted to Regan with the hand before becoming once again towards the children. With arrogance, Regan raised in front and it returned to the suffocating stateroom, irritated by the fact that until children found it irresistible. It had said to the women who Travis was his, but it became aware total of which ejer­cía not to be able some on him, who she was not more than captive his jugue­te and that, when they arrived at America, it would undo of her and soon it would obtain another woman... somebody that tuvie­ra less use that she. With eyes suspicaces, watched all the women who were in ample stateroom, preguntán­dose if some of them would be its successor.

  When the moment arrived for leaving dormi­torio, she was already totally furious. His uncle, had said that it was a false one, which it was a shame for him, but in the last weeks they had passed many things, and Regan

  it was changing.

  The stateroom that shared with Travis was empty when it arrived, but while Regan contemplated estre­llas by the window, it opened the door.

  A pewter jar directed directly to cabe­za of Travis it made it crouch himself quickly. -- What devils...

  Regan took another jar from a closet in the wall. --Te he pleases to flirtear, right? --lo accused --. It enchants to you to have all the women behind you. "¡Oh, what charming man!", all sighed. second jar cleared the shoulder to him. While Regan removed from the closet third, Tra­vis crossed the stateroom and it retained the hand to him. Again it had that smile amused.

  --No you let yourself win by your temperament. Please, it tries to remember that once you were an English lady.

  Its obliging attitude, in addition to the fact that he had been he who made it stop being a lady, made that the blood of Regan burned with wrath.

  —¡I am fed up with you! -- it exclaimed, and it gave codazo him

  in the ribs.

  It satisfied it to hear the gruñido one of Travis, but before that it could recover gave a kick him in the ankle. Travis separated, rubbing the ankle, with an expression of total disagreement.

  -- you would not want to speak of this? Why you are so

  gotten upset?

  --- Gotten upset? --lo imitate --. I am furious because it give by seated that you have right on all the things. You liked how they watched to you those women, with as much ado­ración? He was repugnant that you used the babies in order to con­quistar them. Perhaps you glide to kidnap to some of them when you finish with me?

  -- Perhaps -- Travis responded, with the jaw tie­sa and a spark in eyes ---. Perhaps one of them more would be thanked for reason why you have. Why not pregun­tas who would want to occupy your site?

  —¡You are the most vain and arrogant animal of all creation! It was never happened to you that to me it can not gus­tar to me to be prisoner or that they could not either like other women? Perhaps I must agradecerte that me retain against my will, that you have maintained me to the force in a boat course to a country that scorn, and that you threaten revealing to all our true one relation if not me que­do with you?

  --Ya I said to you why liberarte in England could not -- Travis in tone said burdens --. I have demonstrated all the amiability to you, I have given you everything what you wear, but you continue being too much romantic one to see truth. Perhaps you do not remember of which it happened in the port with those

  men?

  That was looked too much like the things that had to him said its uncle. Always there was somebody took care of her and soon lay down it in face.

  --No I am been thankful to you -- it talked back in low voice --. And no I want nothing else of you. You do not have preocuparte of which they can attack to me in boat, so that now I will leave you peacefully and I will settle with the women unmarried. -- Miro' the simple dress of muselina what SARAH had finished previous night and added: -- When a arrives

  America I will try to make sufficient money stops pagarte this dress. Perhaps you can sell the others.

  One became and, with the high forehead and the raised back, I know directed to the door.

  Travis took a little while in including/understanding that Regan it thought to leave it and she was really the sufficiently obstinate thing like doing it. Without to think about which towards, it grasped it by the back part of the dress. With pressure of Regan, that went in a direction, and Travis that threw in the other, thin muselina lost one's appetite from top to bottom and fell on the feet of the girl.

  Right away, the glance of Travis happened of the wrath to desire. Their eyes crossed it with avidity, delighting with the pe­chos that it discovered the fitted and escotada inner shirt.

  --No -- Regan murmured, dealing with all its forces about to escape to the paralyzing glance of Travis:

  A strong and powerful arm surrounded the waist to him and it attracted towards the fort chest, doing it to incline backwards.

  With weakness, it fought against him, anxious by to defy it, to demonstrate to him that it was an independent person, but his caresses and their kisses made it stop.

  -- Hara's which says to you, love -- gruñó Travis, raising it of the ground and kissing it on neck --. You are mine by all along who I want.

  Regan closed the eyes, and threw the head backwards an
d it was given to the caresses of Travis completely. No longer pen­saba in escaping of that man who dominated with tan­ta facility to it. When it heard withdraw more fabric, returned to fight.

  -- Mine -- Travis --. whispered I found you, and you are mine.

  It did not have time to think; Travis pushed it towards there wall and cornered with its size and its force. Their kisses became eager, as if it wished to devour it. Regan also began to breathe every time more rápida­mente and their hands grasped shoulders of Travis; its fingers they nailed in his skin through the shirt, tratan­do to attract it more towards himself.

  One of the hands of Travis crossed with desire naked hip of the girl, caressed the thigh to him and it made it raise leg until supporting it in the hip of him. Regan, anxious, embraced it with legs and hooked the ankles behind Travis, that maintained it while it caressed the rumps to him.

  The hands of Travis moved in a exci­tante form that it took to Regan to a total frenzy. One did not notice when the trousers of Travis fell on their feet. Only when it raised it, taking it by the waist, and soon it lowered it on its virilidad, Regan was on the awares, but only by moment.

  It was completely in its power, incapable to move by itself, of backs to the wall, embracing with the legs the hip of Travis, that began to levantar­la, to control its movements, to guide it. sensation of the leather of Travis against her, the undulations of its low hip their thighs, the force that impelled it, ame­nazaban to take it to madness. It grasped between its fingers the hair of Travis and it stretched it while he it it penetrated with more force, with a force that threatened to break it, to fun­dir his skin with the one of her, to consume it. With that power, Tra­vis raised it and it lowered with facility, time and time again, more and more quickly, until Regan shouted under that dul­ce torment. The mouth of Travis squashed hers to tiem­po that he one collapsed against her who followed rodeán­dolo with the legs as if they were a steel clip. Regan shook, weak and impotent, satiated, exhausted.

  Little by little, the girl began to receive con­ciencia from where she was and who was. Its body, docile and flácido, followed supported against the proud muscular structure of Travis. It kissed the humid neck to him, with tenderness, while it maintained it with the arms under nal­gas. As if outside a creature, took it to the bed and she laid down it as if she was the substance more precious and delicate of the creation.

  With fatigue, as if it also were lost all the forces, the shirt took off and it tended to its side.

  -- Tonight there is no supper either -- it murmured, but not as if it lamented it.

  With its last forces, it attracted Regan towards if.

  -- How it could leave you left to me? -- susu­rró, and both fell asleep.

  In the morning, Regan as soon as it could watch it to the eyes. The form in which Travis watched it, so arrogant, so surely of if same, him it gave desires to throw cuchi­llo to him. Apparently, it believed to know it everything on she, believed to have it in her power, that was enough to him to move a single finger so that it belonged to him.

  ¡How much it wished to erase that expression to him of the face! Although it was a single time, wished to see that he did not obtain what his believed.

  While they had breakfast, Trumbull SARAH called to the door before entering.

  -- Disculpen -- it said --. Generally, by this time you no longer usually they are.

  -- Ven eat something, SARAH --la invited Travis, with one presumed smile, and watching enten­diera Regan as if perfectly why it avoided her eyes.

  But SARAH more was interested in a piece of torn muselina that once outside a dress and that it finished sewing. It laughed between teeth, it directed to Travis a reproach glance and said:

  -- Travis, if you think to treat all my thus confeccio­nes I do not have why to continue sewing.

  Travis went the hand through the hair, threw vis­tazo to Regan, that watched towards another side, and it laughed.

  -- Tratare' to control to me. Now I must go to help in cover. To the captain it needs men in this trip. Aun­que -- it added, with one smile -- perhaps I do not have left many energies.

  It kissed to Regan on the cheek and left the stateroom. SARAH it sent a sigh like a hurricane while it watched with anxieties the closed door.

  --Si were more men like him, could feel temptation to marry to me.

  If Regan had known some bad word, it would have used.

  -- you do not have work that to do? -- it asked in tone sharp.

  The attitude of Regan did not frighten to SARAH. --Yo also she would be jealous if outside mine. —¡It is not...! -- it began to protest with hostility, but one stopped --. Travis is not of anybody -- it said finally and it was arranged to gather plates of the breakfast and to place them in a tray.

  SARAH decided to change of subject. -- Conoce that man that it travels in the stateroom of opposite?

  -- David Wainwright? We knew the other day, but that is everything. Happens to him something?

  --No I know it, but for two days I have been coming here to sew its clothes and I have not heard movement in its stateroom. I thought that perhaps it would be helping the des­compuestos men.

  Regan frunció the frown and decided to investigate; excu­só before SARAH and it left.

  In spite of being accustomed the maloliente work of the last days, the scent that found when opening the door of the stateroom of David, it crushed it. The dense dark made it stop a little while in the threshold, looking for with mira­da Mr. Wainwright.

  Finally in the middle of which it seemed a pile of tra­pos dirty, it found it curled up next to the window, shaking.

  Se approached him and it noticed immediately that it was feverish; in its eyes there was a sickly brightness and, by the deliriums that it articulated, knew that it was delirious.

  It became when hearing a noise in the entrance and saw SARAH that it contemplated the room with horror.

  -- How can somebody live thus?

  -- Hazme please to request to Travis that sends water to me it warms up -- it said Regan with firmness --. Dile that sends much water. And I will need also rags and soap.

  -- Of course -- SARAH responded. It did not envy in absolute the task that had Regan ahead.

  The sun filtered by the windows of the stateroom of David Wainwright and shone on the hair of Regan, doing to stand out tufts golden in the penumbra. It also illuminated its smooth one and perfumed dress of mu­selina and it emphasized each one of the tiny pimpollos embroidered with thread gilded. The girl maintained a book and, when reading it aloud, its words they were as calm as the image that showed she.

  David was recostado on clean cushions, next to the window, with an arm in cabestrillo and the shirt blan­ca opened in neck. It had spent a month since Regan found it, single and ill, in its stateroom. With the first balance of the boat, David had been disturbed and it had lowered to his stateroom. Hours later, one fell so of its bunk in form that the forearm fractured. Dolo­rido, disturbed, weak and defenseless, no it could request ayu­da. In an attempt to return to the bed, it returned to fall and new pain made him lose the knowledge. When Regan found it, David no it had idea of whom he was nor dón­de was, and during days, after what him they entablillaron the arm, nobody thought that it would survive.

  Throughout that time, Regan never had separated of him. It cleaned the stateroom, it washed to David, one seated to its side, it convinced it of which it drank a little meat broth, it raised the spirit to him. David was not good patient. He was sure that it would die, of which never would return

  a to see England, that North America and his habitan­tes they would be responsible for its death. It passed hours ente­ras relating to Regan that it had had a premonition of which those would be their last days in this world.

  Regan, on the other hand, was glad to have one excu­sa in order to separate from the overwhelming presence of Travis, of which by once in his life somebody needed it, of not sen­tir a load.

  -- Please, Regan -- David with the bad humor --.
requested You do not read more. It would prefer that we talked.

  It moved its arm hurt with a pain face.

  -- Of what you would like to speak? I believe that already we have exhausted all the subjects.

  -- All the subjects relative to my life, you will mean. I follow without knowing nothing on you. Who were your parents? In what zone of Liverpool you lived? How cono­ciste to that American?

  Regan left the book to a side and it was put of foot.

  -- Perhaps we would have to raise to give a stroll by cover. It is a splendid day, and to both it will make us well walk.

  With one it weighs smile, David lowered the feet to the ground it hoped with patience that Regan helped it to rise.

  Mysterious --Mi lady -- it said, in a tone that reve­lo that, in fact, it pleased not to know to him much on her. They arrived at the cover, she taking it by the waist and he, shoulders, and the first person with who they were en­contraron was Travis. Regan could not but notice the resistance between the young thin blonde and with its immaculate clothes and the robustness of Travis, with his clothes that smelled of mas­culino sweat and the salty air of the sea.

  -- Of stroll? -- Travis with courtesy observed, but to same time raised an eyebrow and directed to Regan a mocking smile.

  David agreed coldly, almost with grosería, and soon it impelled to Regan to continue walking.

  -- How you have been able to marry you with somebody thus? -- it said when they were left --. solo You are dul­ce and the more tender woman and when I think that you must support the attentions

  de enormous and insensible that colono, almost is enough stops what returns to become ill to me.

  —¡He is not insensible! -- Regan --. protested Travis is...

  -- It is what? -- David with great patience asked. it asks was without answer. Regan separated from David, leaned in the handrail and, contemplating the water, pre­guntó what meant Travis for her. By nights it made shout of joy, and the fact that always it had list to him one full hot water bathtub demonstrated its bon­dad to him. However, Regan it always remembered that was its prisoner.

  -- Regan -- David --, said you have not responded my pre­gunta. You do not feel well? Perhaps you are tired. I know that to take care of to me it is not easiest of the world: Perhaps you prefer...

 

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