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"Antony," she said, "sing me songs of little Wonder." ANTONY SHE SAID SING ME SONGS OF LITTLE WONDER
new she must not come. As he neared the whitebeam, a gust of wind blew out his lantern, and he stood in the profound darkness of the trees. While he attempted to relight it, he thought he saw a faint light at the foot of the whitebeam, as of a radiance welling out of the earth; but he dismissed it as fancy. Then, having relit the lantern, he set the spade into the ground, and speedily removed the soil from the white face below. As he uncovered it, the wind again extinguished the lantern, and there, to his amazement and terror, was the face of Silencieux shining radiantly in the darkness. The hole in which she lay brimmed over with light, as a spring wells out of the hillside. Her face was almost transparent with brightness, and presently she spoke low, with a voice sweeter than Antony had ever heard before. It was the voice of that magic harp at the bottom of the sea, it was the voice that had told him of her lovers, the voice of hidden music that had cried "Resurgam" through the wood. AY FOR INTO HIS LIFE AGAIN HE KNEW SHE MUST NOT COME AS HE NEARED THE WHITE BEAM A GUST OF WIND BLEW OUT HIS LANTERN AND HE STOOD IN THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE TREES WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO RELIGHT IT HE THOUGHT HE SAW A FAINT LIGHT AT THE FOOT OF THE WHITE BEAM AS OF A RADIANCE WELLING OUT OF THE EARTH BUT HE DISMISSED IT AS FANCY THEN HAVING RE LIT THE LANTERN HE SET THE SPADE INTO THE GROUND AND SPEEDILY REMOVED THE SOIL FROM THE WHITE FACE BELOW AS HE UNCOVERED IT THE WIND AGAIN EXTINGUISHED THE LANTERN AND THERE TO HIS AMAZEMENT AND TERROR WAS THE FACE OF SELA SHINING RADIANTLY IN THE DARKNESS THE HOLE IN WHICH SHE LAY BRIMMED OVER WITH LIGHT AS THE SPRING WELLS OUT OF THE HILLSIDE HER FACE WAS ALMOST TRANSPARENT WITH BRIGHTNESS AND SHE PRESENTLY SPOKE LOW WITH A VOICE SWEETER THAN ANTONY HAD EVER HEARD BEFORE IT WAS THE VOICE OF THAT MAGIC HARP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA IT WAS THE VOICE THAT TOLD HIM OF HER LOVERS THE VOICE OF HIDDEN MUSIC THAT HAD CRIED RHSARIGAM THROUGH THE WOOD
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