Chapter Seven: The Hall of Food
“Come,” she invited, “your task is over here.” “I know,” I agreed, falling in beside her and tucking Rainbow under my arm. “I must tell you about it.” “Do you not know I have been with you all the time? …
“Come,” she invited, “your task is over here.” “I know,” I agreed, falling in beside her and tucking Rainbow under my arm. “I must tell you about it.” “Do you not know I have been with you all the time? …
“Is that his name?” Marie asked gravely. “How do you know?” I looked up to reply and then saw the twinkle in her eyes. “Go on,” she laughed, “you tell me this time.” “Well,” I began, feeling a trifle embarrassed …
BESIDE ME, kneeling on the grass, was a young woman, clad in a white tunic as my own. She did not see me at first for she was absorbed in a little brown spaniel which sat before her. She was …
IN JUST a moment, it seemed, we were standing on a level, grassy field. It was gently lit, but the atmosphere was cool and fresh. Here and there were clumps of long grasses, and away to my right I glimpsed …
Then began a long conference First my companions laid out upon the ground a copy, as it were, of my stained and pitiful cloak. Each phase of my past life was divided into sections like the great pages of a …
Falling on my knees, I bowed my head and said a prayer of thanksgiving. Then I rose up and looked upon the gates once more. Wonderingly, I watched a curious change take place in them. Each rail of which the …
It seemed such a short time after I had drawn that last, gasping breath. Curiously, I had felt like a caged bird longing to be free. No, that breath was not a struggling to remain and breathe of earth-air still; …