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[[strikethrough]] Monday, October 22, 1928 [[/strikethrough]]

Pierot and Pierette IV

Pierette came slowly up the steep gray walk which was lined with yellow and orange flowers, to the little brown house.  Suddenly, so near to Pierot after all these weeks of waiting, she felt a deep emptiness inside her.  All her longing for him, all her love for him, all her thoughts and feelings were gone – she was suddenly void.  And almost unconsciously she mounted the five little brown steps, hearing only the [[strikethrough]] noise [[/strikethrough]] tap of her high heels on the wood.  She opened the door to his room with herself lost in the emptiness.  And then she looked at Pierot.  At once everything came back.  She was alive again, and her being was full.  [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]]  A thousand things to say to him rushed up [[strikethrough]] to her [[/strikethrough]] with her intense love for him and was smothered in her throbbing throat.  "Pierot" she said, with a voice that held, in quiet repose, ecstacy.  [[strikethrough]] And [[/strikethrough]] Pierot kissed Pierette, and their hearts met again.