He groaned again and again in his misery . Afar down the slope the bay waters lay like an inky strip and the distant , murmurous plaint of the sea came out of the stillness of the night ; the lights at the Cove glimmered faintly . In the week that followed he went to the Cove every day . Sometimes he did not see Magdalen ; at other times he did . But at the end of the week he had conquered in the bitter , heart-crushing struggle with himself . If he had weakly given way to the first mad sweep of a new passion , the strength of his manhood reasserted itself at last . Faltering and wavering were over , though there was passionate pain in his voice when he said at last , `` I am not coming back again , Magdalen . '' They were standing in the shadow of the pine-fringed point that ran out to the left of the Cove . They had been walking together along the shore , watching the splendour of the sea sunset that flamed and glowed in the west , where there was a sea of mackerel clouds , crimson and amber tinted , with long , ribbon-like strips of apple-green sky between . They had walked in silence , hand in hand , as children might have done , yet with the stir and throb of a mighty passion seething in their hearts . Magdalen turned as Esterbrook spoke , and looked at him in a long silence . The bay stretched out before them , tranced and shimmering ; a few stars shone down through the gloom of dusk . Right across the translucent greens and roses and blues of the west hung a dark , unsightly cloud , like the blurred outline of a monstrous bat . In the dim , reflected light the girl 's mournful face took on a weird , unearthly beauty . She turned her eyes from Esterbrook Elliott 's set white face to the radiant gloom of the sea . `` That is best , '' she answered at last , slowly . `` Best -- yes ! Better that we had never met ! I love you -- you know it -- words are idle between us . I never loved before -- I thought I did .
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