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On the morrow, when they had drawn Beatrice from the pond, with lilies in her hair, Antony bent over her and said:— "It is very sad—Poor little Beatrice—but how beautiful! ON THE MORROW WHEN THEY HAD DRAWN BEATRICE FROM THE POND WITH LILIES IN HER HAIR ANTONY BENT OVER HER AND SAID IT IS VERY SAD POOR LITTLE BEATRICE BUT HOW BEAUTIFUL
o leave, she found her way, with a strange gladness of release, to the Three Black Ponds. It was moonlight, and the dwarf oak-trees made druid shadows all along the leafy galleries that overhung the pools. The pools themselves shone with a startling silver—so hushed, so dreamy was all that surrounded them that there seemed something of an unnatural wakefulness, a daylight observation, in their brilliant surfaces,—and on them, as last year, the lilies floated like the crowns of sunken queens. But the third pool lay more in shadow, and by that, as it seemed to Beatrice, a light was shining. Yes, a light was shining and a voice was calling. "Mother," it called, "little Mother. I am waiting for you. Here, little Mother. Here by the water-lilies we could not gather." Beatrice, following the voice, stepped along the causeway and sank among the lilies; and as she sank she seemed to see Antony bending over the pond, saying: "How beautiful she looks, how beautiful, lying there among the lilies! ND PERFUME OF THE WORLD SHE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE SHE FOUND HER WAY WITH A STRANGE GLADNESS OF RELEASE TO THE THREE BLACK PONDS IT WAS MOONLIGHT AND THE DWARF OAK TREES MADE DRUID SHADOWS ALL ALONG THE LEAFY GALLERIES THAT OVERHUNG THE POOLS THE POOLS THEMSELVES SHONE WITH A STARTLING SILVER SO HUSHED SO DREAMY WAS ALL THAT SURROUNDED THEM THAT THERE SEEMED SOMETHING OF AN UNNATURAL WAKEFULNESS A DAYLIGHT OBSERVATION IN THEIR BRILLIANT SURFACES AND ON THEM AS LAST YEAR THE LILIES FLOATED LIKE THE CROWNS OF SUNKEN QUEENS BUT THE THIRD POOL LAY MORE IN SHADOW AND BY THAT AS IT SEEMED TO BEATRICE A LIGHT WAS SHINING YES A LIGHT WAS SHINING AND A VOICE WAS CALLING MOTHER IT CALLED LITTLE MOTHER I AM WAITING FOR YOU HERE LITTLE MOTHER HERE BY THE WATER LILIES WE COULD NOT GATHER BEATRICE FOLLOWING THE VOICE STEPPED ALONG THE CAUSEWAY AND SANK AMONG THE LILIES AND AS SHE SANK SHE SEEMED TO SEE ANTONY BENDING OVER THE POND SAYING HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE LOOKS HOW BEAUTIFUL LYING THERE AMONG THE LILIES
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