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within mine, and we walked on for a while in silence.
"All the blood vessels of my member were still strongly extended and the nerves stiff, the spermatic ducts full to overflowing; therefore, the erection continuing, I felt a dull pain spread over and near all the organs of generation, whilst the remainder of my body was in a state of prostration, and still—notwithstanding the pain and languor—it was a most pleasurable feeling to walk on quietly with our hands clasped, his head almost leaning on my shoulder.
"'When did you first feel my eyes on yours?' asked he in a low hushed tone, after some time.
"'When you came out for the second time.'
"'Exactly; then our glances met, and then there was a current between us, like a spark of electricity running along a wire, was it not?'
"'Yes, an uninterrupted current.'
"'But you really felt me just before I went out, is it not true?'
"For all answer I pressed his fingers tightly.
"'I never knew a man whose feelings coin-
