noon
Save for the thinnest , finest silk bathing dress which clung to the perfect body , as does the soft fragrant skin to the peach , she was nude , and so unaware of eyes upon her that the man held his breath , fearing she might spy him in the shade . He knew , as everyone knows , that through the criminal teaching of the girl-child in Europe , she would have had it instilled into her mind as soon as it was capable of understanding , that the slightly draped _ tout ensemble _ of her glorious body was something to be thoroughly well ashamed of , though on other occasions , by means of slit skirts and excessive dêcollétage , she could expose in sections just as much as she liked to the eyes of any alien waiter who hung over her with the sauce , or any chauffeur who helped her into a car . Her eyes were wide and staring straight in his direction , and that she was asleep he had not the faintest idea . So clearly was she outlined against the rock that every line of the lovely limbs , every exquisite curve of the beautiful bosom showed as plainly as if she had been standing in the broad light of noon as she stepped out of the pool . With face upturned , and arms outstretched to the moon , she stood undulating slightly with the exquisite movements of the nautch girl , which has nothing to do with the _ danse de ventre _ and other such disgusting muscular exhibitions . Watch a spider 's thread floating in the air at dawn , then you will get some idea of the gentle , supple , alluring movement . The wind , blowing up before the storm , blew against her hair , and it streamed out in front of her ; her arms , twining and twisting , slid in and out of the silky mass until she appeared to have at least four ; her exquisite feet seemed to beat upon a human figure which was really nothing but the shadow of the rock behind her , and Jan Cuxson , in the shadows , suddenly smote his forehead as she lifted up her voice and cried : `` Kali !