The Reader

"And she felt a change come over him, as if her lips had given strength to him. She felt herself crushed in his arms, his lips returned her kiss.... Now she wanted to draw away, now she was afraid.... But the kiss of those lips grew hotter and hotter; she wanted to resist, and she felt herself yeilding. Her head, which had been proudly erect, gave way, nestled.... Her back became soft, she hung in his arms.... "Oh!" she sighed and sank into the ecstasy she had missed for so long. "Oh, you...""
--from Wolf Among Wolves (1937) by Hans Fallada