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"Nefer, beloved, answer me!" The stars grew dim, and the solid floor of the terrace shook under his feet. He bent his head and laid his lips upon hers. NEVER BELOVED ANSWER ME THE STARS GREW DIM AND THE SOLID FLOOR OF THE TERRACE SHOOK UNDER HIS FEET HE BENT HIS HEAD AND LAID HIS LIPS UPON HERS
at are to be--the way of death and vengeance. Tell me, my beloved, hast thou the courage to tread it with me?" The lovely face, the pleading lips, the searching eyes were close to his. He could feel the soft contact of her body, even her fluttering heartbeats answering his. It was the moment of the supreme test, the parting of the ways--to the heights whose pinnacles reach to the heaven of Perfect Knowledge, or to the abysses whose lowest depths are the roof of hell; for there is but one heaven and one hell, and their names are Knowledge and Ignorance. There lay the fulfilment of his vows, the renunciation of the lower life with all its potent witcheries of the senses, with all its exquisite delights and glittering prizes, fame and honours, power and wealth, and, dearest of all, the love of woman. Here, clasped in his arms, stood Nitocris, her hands still resting lightly on his shoulders, her head lying on his breast, her eyes upturned, the star-beams swimming in their luminous depths. EPER MYSTERY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE TO BE THE WAY OF DEATH AND VENGEANCE TELL ME MY BELOVED HAST THOU THE COURAGE TO TREAD IT WITH ME THE LOVELY FACE THE PLEADING LIPS THE SEARCHING EYES WERE CLOSE TO HIS HE COULD FEEL THE SOFT CONTACT OF HER BODY EVEN HER FLUTTERING HEART BEATS ANSWERING HIS IT WAS THE MOMENT OF THE SUPREME TEST THE PARTING OF THE WAYS TO THE HEIGHTS WHOSE PINNACLES REACH TO THE HEAVEN OF PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OR TO THE ABYSSES WHOSE LOWEST DEPTHS ARE THE ROOT OF HELL FOR THERE IS BUT ONE HEAVEN AND ONE HELL AND THEIR NAMES ARE KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE THERE LAY THE FULFILMENT OF HIS VOWS THE RENUNCIATION OF THE LOWER LIFE WITH ALL ITS POTENT WITCHERIES OF THE SENSES WITH ALL ITS EXQUISITE DELIGHTS AND GLITTERING PRIZES FAME AND HONOURS POWER AND WEALTH AND DEAREST OF ALL THE LOVE OF A WOMAN HERE CLASPED IN HIS ARMS STOOD NIDICHUS HER HANDS STILL RESTING LIGHTLY ON HIS SHOULDERS HER HEAD LYING ON HIS BREAST HER EYES UPTURNED THE STAR BEAMS SWIMMING IN THEIR LUMINOUS DEPTHS
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