jesus christ on the cross

jesus christ on the cross
klimt painting the kiss
leonardo da vinci self portrait
Madonna Litta
¡¡¡¡Then these children of the open air, whom even excess of alcohol could scarce injure permanently, betook themselves to the field-path; and as they went there moved onward with them, around the shadow of each one's head, a circle of opalixed light, formed by the moon's rays upon the glistening sheet of dew. Each pedestrian could see no halo but his or her own, which never deserted the head-shadow, whatever its vulgar unsteadiness might be; but adhered to it, and persistently beautified it; till the erratic motions seemed an inherent part of the irradiation, and the fumes of their breathing a component of the night's mist; and the spirit of the scene, and of the moonlight, and of Nature, seemed harmoniously to mingle with the spirit of wine. ¡¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡Chapter 11¡¡¡¡ The twain cantered along for some time without speech, Tess as she clung to him still panting in her triumph, yet in other respects dubious. She had perceived that the horse was not the spirited one he sometimes rode, and felt no alarm on that score, though her seat was precarious enough despite her tight hold of him. She begged him to slow the animal to a walk, which Alec accordingly did. ¡¡¡¡`Neatly done, was it not, dear Tess?' he said by and by. ¡¡¡¡`Yes!' said she. `I am sure I ought to be much obliged to you.' ¡¡¡¡`And are you?' ¡¡¡¡She did not reply. ¡¡¡¡`Tess, why do you always dislike my kissing you?' ¡¡¡¡`I suppose - because I don't love you.' ¡¡¡¡`You are quite sure?' ¡¡¡¡`I am angry with you sometimes!' ¡¡¡¡`Ah, I half feared as much.' Nevertheless, Alec did not object to that confession. He knew that anything was better than frigidity. `Why haven't you told me when I have made you angry?'