profusion of flowers;

to lavish upon

the prelude

by contagion,

“You feel dead, don’t you?” It was as if she had been given ether. His voice seemed to come from so far. She motioned to him that she felt as if she were fainting. He said, “It will pass.”

silk hangings,

exalted by his kisses.

half-curtained,

infallible charm,