e could it be to me?"

"Well, well!" she said after a thoughtful pause. "Then be it as you
wish, and--and I thank you."

* * * * *

The sun, as he rose and ascended towards the blue of the firmament, was
spreading over the earth a braggart, peacock-like tail of beams. And as
he did so, I winked at him, for by experience I knew that some two
hours later his smiles would be scorching me with fire. Yet for the
time being he and I had no fault to find with one another. Wherefore, I
set myself to search for a bank whence I might sing to him, as to the
Lord of Life:

Oh Thou of intangible substance,
Reveal now that substance to me!
Enwrap me within the great vestment
Of light which encompasseth Thee!
That with Thy uprising, my substance
May Come all-prevailing to be!

* * * * *

"Let us live our lives unto ourselves. Let theirs be theirs, and ours,
ours."

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