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He went and stood by Silencieux's grave. It was just as he had left it. Only an early yellow butterfly stood fanning itself on the freshly turned earth. HE WENT AND STOOD BY SELA'S GRAVE IT WAS JUST AS HE HAD LEFT IT ONLY AN EARLY YELLOW BUTTERFLY STOOD FANNING ITSELF ON THE FRESHLY TURNED EARTH
hing fronds of the young ferns, and taking one long look at her, Antony laid her in the earth, and covered her up from sight. Was it only fancy that as he turned away a faint music seemed to arise from the ground, forming into the word "Resurgam" as it died away? "It is done," said Antony to Beatrice. "But I could not break her, she looked so like you; so I buried her in the wood." Beatrice kissed him gratefully. But her heart would have been more satisfied had Silencieux been broken. CHAPTER XXI "RESURGAM!" "Resurgam!" Had his senses deceived him? They must have deceived him. And yet that music at least had seemed startlingly near, sudden, and sweet, as though one should tread upon a harp in the grass. For the next day or two Antony could not get it out of his ears, and often, like a sweet wail through the wood, he seemed to hear the word "Resurgam." Was Silencieux a living spirit, after all,—no mere illusion, but one of those beautiful demons of evil that do possess the souls of men? RAVE WAS DUG AMID THE PUSHING FRONDS OF THE YOUNG FERNS AND TAKING ONE LONG LOOK AT HER ANTONY LAID HER IN THE EARTH AND COVERED HER UP FROM SIGHT WAS IT ONLY FANCY THAT AS HE TURNED AWAY A FAINT MUSIC SEEMED TO ARISE FROM THE GROUND FORMING INTO THE WORD RESURGAM AS IT DIED AWAY IT IS DONE ANTONY SAID TO BEATRICE BUT I COULD NOT BREAK HER SHE LOOKED SO LIKE YOU SO I BURIED HER IN THE WOOD BEATRICE KISSED HIM GRATEFULLY BUT HER HEART WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SATISFIED HAD SELA BEEN BROKEN END OF CHAPTER TWENTY CHAPTER TWENTY ONE RESURGAM RESURGAM HAD HIS SENSES DECEIVED HIM THEY MUST HAVE DECEIVED HIM AND YET THAT MUSIC AT LEAST HAD SEEMED STARTLINGLY NEAR SUDDEN AND SWEET AS THOUGH ONE SHOULD TREAD UPON A HARP IN THE GRASS FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO ANTONY COULD NOT GET IT OUT OF HIS EARS AND OFTEN LIKE A SWEET WAIL THROUGH THE WOOD HE SEEMED TO HEAR THE WORDSARGAM WAS SELAGO A LIVING SPIRIT AFTER ALL NO MERE ILLUSION BUT ONE OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL DEMONS OF EVIL THAT DO POSSESS THE SOULS OF MEN
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