. Dream days . sgun ; a smoke from out of which at last she saw,as through a riven pall, the radiant spirit of theVictor, crowned with the coronal of a perfectdeath, leap in full assurance up into the ether thatImmortals breathe. The dusk was gloomingtowards darkness when she rose and movedslowly down towards the beckoning fire ; some-thing of the priestess in her stride, some- 12 DREAM DAYS thing of the devotee in the set purpose of hereye. The leaves were well alight by this time, andHarold had just added an old furze bush, whichflamed and crackled stirringly. Go n get some more sticks, orde
. Dream days . sgun ; a smoke from out of which at last she saw,as through a riven pall, the radiant spirit of theVictor, crowned with the coronal of a perfectdeath, leap in full assurance up into the ether thatImmortals breathe. The dusk was gloomingtowards darkness when she rose and movedslowly down towards the beckoning fire ; some-thing of the priestess in her stride, some- 12 DREAM DAYS thing of the devotee in the set purpose of hereye. The leaves were well alight by this time, andHarold had just added an old furze bush, whichflamed and crackled stirringly. Go n get some more sticks, ordered Selina,** and shavings, n chunks of wood, n anythingyou can find. Look here—in the kitchen-gardentheres a pile of old pea-sticks. Fetch as many asyou can carry, and then go back and bring somemore ! But I say began Harold, amazedly, scarce knowing his sister, and with a vision of a frenziedgardener, pea-stickless and threatening retribution. Go and fetch em quick ! shouted Selina,stamping with THE TWENTY-FIRST OF OCTOBER 13 Harold ran off at once, true to the stern systemof discipline in which he had been nurtured. Buthis eyes were like round Os, andas he ran he talked fast to himself,in evident disorder of mind. The pea-sticks made a rare blaze, and the fire, no longer smouldering sullenly, leapt up and began to assume the appearance of a genuine V bonfire. Harold, awed into silence
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