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It was moonlight, and the dwarf oak trees made druid shadows all along the leafy galleries that overhung the pools. IT WAS MOONLIGHT AND THE DWARF OAK TREES MADE DRUID SHADOWS ALL ALONG THE LEAFY GALLERIES THAT OVERHUNG THE POOLS
iness. He had needed her again for a few brief weeks, but now he needed her no more. His every look told her how he wished her out of his life. And she had no one else in the world. But in another world she had her little Wonder. Lately she had begun to meet her in the lanes. In the day she wore garlands of flowers round her head, and in the night a great light. She would go to meet her at night, that the light might lead her steps. So one night while Antony banqueted strangely with Silencieux, she drew her cloak around her and stole up the wood, to look a last good-bye at him as he sat laughing with his shadows. "Good-bye, Antony, good-bye," she cried. "I had but human love to give you. I surrender you to the love of the divine." Then noting how full of blossom were the lanes, and how sweet was the night air, and smitten through all her senses with the song and perfume of the world she was about to leave, she found her way, with a strange gladness of release, to the Three Black Ponds. E WAS NO LONGER ANY HELP OR HAPPINESS HE HAD NEEDED HER AGAIN FOR A FEW BRIEF WEEKS BUT NOW HE NEEDED HER NO MORE HIS EVERY LOOK TOLD HER HOW HE WISHED HER OUT OF HIS LIFE AND SHE HAD NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD BUT IN ANOTHER WORLD SHE HAD HER LITTLE WONDER LATELY SHE HAD BEGUN TO MEET HER IN THE LANES IN THE DAY SHE WORE GARLANDS OF FLOWERS ROUND HER HEAD AND IN THE NIGHT A GREAT LIGHT SHE WOULD GO TO MEET HER AT NIGHT THAT THE LIGHT MIGHT LEAD HER STEPS SO ONE NIGHT WHILE ANTONY BANQUETED STRANGELY WITH SILAJO SHE DREW HER CLOAK AROUND HER AND STOLE UP THE WOOD TO LOOK A LAST GOOD BY AT HIM AS HE SAT LAUGHING WITH HIS SHADOWS GOOD BYE ANTONY GOOD BYE SHE CRIED I HAD BUT HUMAN LOVE TO GIVE TO YOU I SURRENDER TO YOU THE LOVE OF THE DIVINE THEN NOTING HOW FULL OF BLOSSOM WERE THE LANES AND HOW SWEET WAS THE NIGHT AIR AND SMITTEN THROUGH ALL HER SENSES WITH THE SONG AND PERFUME OF THE WORLD SHE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE SHE FOUND HER WAY WITH A STRANGE GLADNESS OF RELEASE TO THE THREE BLACK PONDS
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