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CHAPTER XI WONDER IN THE WOOD A few days after this, little Wonder, playing about the garden, had slipped away from her nurse, and, pleased in her little soul at her cleverness, had found her way up to her father's châlet. Antony was sitting at his desk, writing, with his door open. OF CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN WONDER IN THE WOOD A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS LITTLE WONDER PLAYING ABOUT THE GARDEN HAD SLIPPED AWAY FROM HER NURSE AND PLEASED IN HER LITTLE SOUL AT HER CLEVERNESS HAD FOUND HER WAY UP TO HER FATHER'S CHALET ANTONY WAS SITTING AT HIS DESK WRITING WITH HIS DOOR OPEN
r one brief space, a moment's awakening in the sleep of fact. Could a god so great, so awakened, be again the slave of one earthly face? Yes, the greater the god, the greater the slave; and so it was that, falling plumb down from that skyey exaltation, human again with the weakness that follows divine moments, Antony returned from the morning star to Silencieux. Her face was bathed in the delicate early sunlight and looked very pure and gentle, and he kissed her. Surely those terrible words had been an illusion of the dark hours. Silencieux had never said them. He kissed her again. "I love you, Silencieux," he said. And then she spoke. "If you love me, Antony," she said, "if you love me—" "O what, Silencieux?" he cried, his heart growing cold once more. "Come nearer, Antony. Put your ear to my lips—Antony, if you love me—the human sacrifice." "O God," he cried, "here in the sunlight—It is true—" And, a man with the doom of his nature heavy upon him, he once more went out into the wood. W DOWN UPON THE EARTH IT WAS THE GOD IN HIM THAT KNEW ITSELF FOR ONE BRIEF SPACE A MOMENT'S AWAKENING IN THE SLEEP OF FACT COULD A GOD SO GREAT SO AWAKENED BE AGAIN THE SLAVE OF ONE EARTHLY FACE YES THE GREATER THE GOD THE GREATER THE SLAVE AND SO IT WAS THAT FALLING PLUM DOWN FROM THAT SKY E EXHALATION HUMAN AGAIN WITH THE WEAKNESS THAT FOLLOWS DIVINE MOMENTS ANTONY RETURNED FROM THE MORNING STAR TO SELAJO HER FACE WAS BATHED IN THE DELICATE EARLY SUNLIGHT AND LOOKED VERY PURE AND GENTLE AND HE KISSED HER SURELY THOSE TERRIBLE WORDS HAD BEEN AN ILLUSION OF THE DARK HOURS SELA HAD NEVER SAID THEM HE KISSED HER AGAIN I LOVE YOU SELA HE SAID AND THEN SHE SPOKE EVE YOU LOVE ME ANTONY SHE SAID EVE YOU LOVE ME OH WHAT SEAGO HE CRIED HIS HEART GROWING COLD ONCE MORE COME NEARER ANTONY PUT YOUR EAR TO MY LEAP LIPS ANTONY IF YOU LOVE ME SEE HUMAN SACRIFICE O GOD HE CRIED HERE IN THE SUNLIGHT IT IS TRUE AND A MAN WITH THE DOOM OF HIS NATURE HEAVY UPON HIM HE ONCE MORE WENT OUT INTO THE WOOD END
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