TheSoulofLilith 10012159

T HE S O U L O F LILIT H
MAR I E C O R E L L I
AU T HO R O F
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A R O M A N CE O F T W O W O R L D S , T HE L M A,
‘V E N D E T T A ET C .
N ot a d ro p o f blo o d was h u m an
h er ,
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D AN T E G . RO SS E T T I
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T H E S O U L O F L I L IT H
C H APT E R I .
HE re mained qu i te still standin g near the

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tall vase that h e ld t h e clustered roses — i n ,
his hand he grasped u nconsciously the stalk

O f the one h e had p ulled to p i eces H e was
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a w are of his own strange p assiveness ,
was a sort O f inex p l icable i nertia w hich like

temporary paralysis seemed to incapacitate
hi m from any act i on I t would have ap
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ar e d well and natural to him that he should

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sta y there so dreami l y w ith t h e scented rose

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sta l k in his hand for any len g th of time A

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noise i n the outer street roused h i m a little ,
— the wh istling hooting and laughin g o f

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2 TH E SO UL OF L I L I T H
d run k en men reelin g home w ards

and liftin g ,
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his eyes from their studious O bservation of

the floor he sighed deeply
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That is the w ay the great maj or i ty O f men

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amuse themselves — h e mused
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Dri nk .
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stu p id it y brutality sensuality all b l atan t

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p roofs O f m iserable u nresisted w eakness ,
can it be possi b l e that God can care for such 9
Could even the pity O f Christ pardon such

w il fu l wor k ers O f their o w n ruin T h e p i ty
O f C h rist sa i d I
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p it i less D id H e not curse a fi g tree because

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i t was b arren thoug h tru l y we are not to l d

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the cause O f its barrenness O f course the .
lesson is t h at L i fe the fi g tree has no

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right to be barren O f results but w hy cu rse ,

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it if i t is
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? Wha t i s the use O f a curse at any
ti me P And w h at may equally be asked i s
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the use of a blessing ? N either are heard ;

th e curse is seldom if e v er w r e aked and ,
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the blessing so the sorro wful say is never

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granted .
The noise and the laughter outside died

a way ,
and a deep silence ensued He .
caugh t sight O f himself i n the mirror and ,

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noted h is own reflecti v e attitude his brood ,

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in g v isage ; and studied h imself critica l ly a s

h e would have studied a picture .
You are no A ntinous my friend — he

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said aloud addressin g his o w n reflection wit h

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some b i tterness — “
A mere sun tan ned O r i -
e ntal w i th a p air of eyes i n w hich the light is
more O f hell than heav e n W h at should you

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do with yourse l f frown in g at Fate ? You

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are a su p erb Eg oist no more,

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A s he s p oke the roses i n the vase besid e

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him swayed lightly to and fro as thou g h a ,
faint w ind h ad fan ned th e m and their p er ,
fume stole upon the a i r l ike the delicate

b rea t h of summer wa fted from some distant
g arden.
There was no window O pen and E l R a mi

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had not stirred so that no movement on

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his p art could have shaken the vase ,
and yet the r oses q u ivered on their stalks

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as if b rus h ed by a bird s wing H e watched .
t h e m w i th a faint sense O f curiosity but —
with no desire to disco v er why they th us

nodded their fair h eads to a n apparently
cause l ess vibrat i on H e was strugglin g w i th
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an emotion that threatened to over whelm

h im — h e k new that h e w as not master O f
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h i mself and i nst i nctively h e ke p t h is face

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turned a w ay from the tranced Lilit h .
I must not look u p on her I dare not ; —
h e wh i spered to the s i lence N ot yet not —
y et .
There w as a lo w cha i r close by and he ,
d ro pp ed i nto it w earily coverin g h i s eyes ,
w it h one h and H e tried to control his

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t h oughts but they were rebellious and ran

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r i ot i n s p i te O f h im The w ords O f Z ar o b a
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ran g i n h i s ears For you w ere t h e days of

Ashtaroth T h e days O f As h tarot h
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w hat had they been reno w ned ? For love

and the feasts O f love for m irt h and son g ,
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and dance for cro w ns O f flo wers for shout

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ing O f choruses and tin k ling O f cymbals for ,
exquisite l uxury and voluptuous pleasures ,
for men and w omen who w ere not ashamed

O f love and took de l i g h t i n lov i ng w ere —
t h ere not better warmer ways of li fe in those

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o ld times than now now when cautious and

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t i m id souls m ake schemes for marriage as

they scheme for wealth w hen they sni gger ,
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T H E s o U L OF L I L I T H 5
at love as thoug h i t w ere some l ud i crous

defect in mortal compos i tion and when real ,
passion O f any kind is d eemed downr i ght

improper and not to b e spoken of before cold
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and punctilious society

Aye but the pass i on i s there all the
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same ; thou g ht E l R a mi
— U nder the ice-
burns the fir e all the fi e r c e r and t h e more

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dan g erous for its repression .
And he still k ept his hand over his eyes ,
th in k ing .
The Ch rist claims al l had said Z ar o b a —

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N ay what has Christ done that H e should

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c laim al l ? H e died for us ! cry the

preachers Well others can die also
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H e was D ivine ! proclaim the churches .
We are all D ivine if w e will but let t h e ,
D i vinity i n us have way A nd moved b y .
these ideas E l R a mi rose up and crossed to

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a niche i n the pur p le pav i lioned wa l ls O f the

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room b efore w h i ch hung a loose breadth O f

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velvet frin g ed with gold th is he dre w aside

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and disclosed a p icture very finely painted ,
O f Ch rist stand ing near the s e a surrou nded ,
by his disci pl es underneath it were i n

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scribed the words Whom say ye that I
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am
The d i gnity and beauty O f t he Face and
F i g ure were truly marve l lous the expressi o n ,
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O f the eyes had somet h i n g of pride as wel l as

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sweetness and E l R a m i confronted i t as he

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had con fronted i t many times before w it h a ,
restless i nquis i tiveness .
Whom say ye that I am

The pai nted Christ seemed to audibly ask
the q uestion .
O noble Mystery O f a M an I cannot ,
tell ! exclaimed E l R a mi suddenly and -
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a l oud — I cannot say who you are or who ,
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you were . A riddle for all the w orld to

w onder at — a w h ite S ph inx w i th a smile
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inscruta b le a l l t h e sec r ets O f E gypt are as

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noth i n g to your secret O sim pl e pure sou l ed , ,

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N azarene ! You born in m isera b le plight in

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m iserable B ethlehem chan g ed the as p ect O f ,
the world altered and p urified the modes O f

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c i v i l ization and thrilled all l i fe w i th h i gher

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moti v es for work than it had ever been

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dowered w i t h before All this i n three years.
wo k e ndi ng i n a cri minal s death

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i f t h ere was not something D i vine i n you ,
then God H imself is an E rror

The grand Face seemed to smi l e upo n
h i m with a dee p a nd so l e m n p ity and ,
W h om say ye t h at I am ? sounded i n
his c ar s as though it were s p oken by some
one i n the room .
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I must be gettin g nervous ; h e m uttered
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dra w ing t h e curtain so ft l y over the p i cture

ag ain and l ooking uneasi l y round about him
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I thin k I can not be m uc h more than t h e
w eakest O f men after a l l
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A faint tremor seized h i m as he turned

s l owly b u t reso l utely round to w a rds t h e
couch O f Lilit h and let h is eyes rest on
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her enc h antin g loveliness S te p by ste p he

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drew nearer and nearer till he b e nt c l osely

over her but he d i d not call her by n ame
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A loose mass of her hair lay close to his arm ,
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with an impetuous suddenness he gathered
it i n h i s hands and kissed i t .
A s heaf O f sunbeams ! h e w h i spered

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his li p s b urn in g as t h ey caressed t h e shin i ng

w eal th O f s i lken curls “
— A go l den w eb i n
w h i ch kisses m ight be caught and ki l l ed !
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Ah H ea v en ha v e pity on me ! and he sank

by the couc h sti fl ing h is w ords b eneath
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his b reath I f I love th i s girl i f a l l t h is —
mad tumult in my soul i s Love let her —
never k now it O mercifu l Fates

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O r she i s —
l ost and so am I
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her be free let me fi g h t down my w e a k

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ness but l et her never kno w that I am w e ak

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or I shall l ose her lo ng o b ed i ence N O no ! .

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I w i l l not su m mon h er to me now i t is b est —
s he s h ou l d b e absent this b ody O f hers ,

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t h is fa i r fine cas k et O f her spirit is but a

dead t h in g w h en that sp i r i t I S else w here .
S he cannot hear me sh e does not see me ,

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no no t e v e n when I lay th is hand t h is

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shadow O f a hand as she once called i t , ,
h ere to que ll my foo l ish murm urings

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And lift i ng Li l i t h s h a nd as he spo k e he
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p ressed its roseate pal m aga i nst his l i p s ,
then on h i s forehead A stra nge sense O f .
rel ief and peace came u p on him w ith the

touch O f t h ose delicate fi ng e r s i t w as as —
thou g h a coo l w i nd ble w brin g in g fresh ,
ness from some qu iet mountain la k e or river .
S ilently he knelt — and p resently somewhat

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cal med l ifted h is eyes ag ain to look at

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L i lith s h e smiled in h er deep trance she

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w as the v ery p icture O f some h appy an g e l

s l eep i ng .H is arm sank i n the soft sat i n
coverl i d as h e laid b ack the l ittle h and he
h eld upon h er breast and with eager ,
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scrutiny he noted e v ery t i nt and every l i ne

in her exquisite face the lo v ely l ong lashes
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t h at swept the blush rose O f her ch e eks the

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ro u nded chin d impled in its cur v e the full

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w h ite throat the p erfect out l ine O f the w hole

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fa i r figure as it rested l i k e a branched l i l y i n

a bed O f sno w and as he l ooked he realized
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that all th i s b eauty w as h is h i s if he chose —

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to take Love and l et Wisdom go I f h e

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chose to resi g n the chance of i ncreas i ng h is

k no w ledge O f the supernatural i f h e were ,
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conten t to accept earth for what it is and ,
h eaven for w h at it may be Lilith the bodi l y , ,
incarnation O f l ovel i ness purity and perfect ,
w oman h ood was his h i s only H e g re w

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dizzy at the thou g h t then by an effort ,

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conquered the l on g i ng O f h i s h eart He .
remembered what h e had s w orn to do to ,

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disco v er the one great secret b e fore he seized

to T H E S O U L OF L I L I T H
the j oy that tem p ted h im to p r ove t h e ,

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actual i ndividua l conscious existence O f the

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B e ing that is said to occu p y a temporary

ha b i tation i n flesh H e k new and he s a w .
the Body O f Lilith h e must know and h e ,

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must s ee h er S oul A nd w hile he l eaned

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above her couch entra n ced a sudden strain ,
of music echoed th rou g h the stillness m us i c ,

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solem n and sweet that stirred the a i r i nto ,
rhythmic vibrations as O f slo w and sacred

psalmody H e listened perplexed but not
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a fraid h e was not afraid O f anyth i n g i n

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earth or heaven save himself H e k ne w —

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t hat man h as h is w orst enemy i n his o w n
E go b eyond that t h ere is very l ittle in l ife

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that need give cause for a l arm H e had t i ll .

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no w b een able to p ractise the stoica l p h i lo

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sop h y o f an E p ictetus wh i l e en g aged i n

researches that w ould have p uzzl e d the bra i n
o f a P lat O but his ph iloso p h y w as j ust no w
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at fault and h i s sel f possess i on gone to the -
four w inds o f hea v en and why ? H e kne w —
not but he w as certain the fau l t lay i n h im

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sel f and not in others

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O f an arrogant .
temper and a self reliant hau g hty d i sposition

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he had none of that lo w coward i ce which

people are gui l ty o f w ho fi nd i ng t h emselves
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i n a dilemma cast the b l ame at once on

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others or on circumstances wh i ch after
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all were most p roba bl y o f their o w n creating

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And the stran g e music that e b bed a nd fl o we d

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i n sonorous p ulsations through the air around

him troubled h i m not at al l h e attri b uted
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it at once to somet h in g or ot h er that was out

o f order i n his o w n m e ntal perce p t i o ns H e .
kne w h o w in certa i n conditions of th e brain ,
some infinites i mal trifle g o ne w ro ng in t h e

au ral nerves w i ll persuade one that trumpets
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are blowin g violins pla y i ng birds si ngi ng or

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bells rin g ing in the d istanc e j ust as a little ,

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d i sorder of t h e visual or g ans w i ll help to

conv i nce one o f a p paritions H e kne w h o w .
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to cast a glamou r b et ter than any s o
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called Theosoph i s t in full p ractice of h i s
trickery and be i ng th us p erfect l y aware
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ho w the h uman sense can be decei v ed ,
listened to the h armonious sounds he h e ard

w it h specu l ative i nterest w o ndering how ,
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lo ng t h is fancy of h i s would la s t M uch .
more start l ed was he w h en am i d t h e rising

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and fal l in g o f the mysterious me l ody he

heard the vo i ce of Li l i t h sa y in g soft l y i n
her usual man ner
I am here
H is heart beat rap i dly and h e rose slo w ly
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from his k nee l ing posit i on by her side I .
d i d n o t call you Lilit h h e said tremblingly

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N o ! and her sweet li p s smi l ed you
did not call , I came !
Why d i d y o u come h e as k ed st i ll ,
faintly
F or my o w n j oy and yours she an
s we r e d
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in thrilling tones S weeter than
a ll the heavens is Love and Love i s ,
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h ere !
An i cy cold crept t h rough h i m as he heard
the r aptu re i n her accents such rapture ,
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l i k e that o f a l ar k sing i ng i n the sunl i ght on a

fresh morn i ng of M ay And l i k e t h e d im
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sound of a funeral b e l l came the w ords o f t h e

m onk tol l ing solem nly across his memory i n
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s p ite of h i s efforts to forg et them W i th
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Li l i t h s love c omes Li l ith s freedom
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N o no he muttered w i th i n himse l f
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I t cannot b e i t sha l l not be — she is mine

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mine only H er fate is i n my hands ; if there

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be j ustice i n H eaven w ho else has so much ,
ri g h t to her body or her soul as I

And he stood g azin g irresolutely at the
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girl who stirred rest l ess l y and flung her wh ite

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arms upward o n her pi l lows while the music ,
he had heard suddenly ceased H e dared .
not speak h e w as afraid to ex p ress any

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desire or i m p ose any command u p on this

fine s p rite which had for six years obeyed
h i m b ut w hich m i ght no w for all he could
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tell be fl u ttering vagrantly on the glittering

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confines of real ms far beyond his ken .
H er l i p s mo v ed — and p resently she spo k e

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again .
Wonderful are the w ays of D iv i ne Law !

s h e murmured softly and infinite are the
changes it works amon g its creatures ! An
old man des p ised and poor b y friends re
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e c t e d perplexed i n m ind but pure i n soul ;

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s uch Was the S pirit that now I s Passin g .
me flame like on its s w ift w ay heaven ward

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saved and uplifted not by Wisdom but by , ,
Love .
E l R a mi listened awed and p uzzled

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words surely seemed to bear some reference

to K rem l i n
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O f the k now l ed g e of the stars and the
measuring of l i ght there i s more than enough
i n t h e U niverse w ent on Lil i th dreamily
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but of fait h ful lo v e such as k eeps an Angel

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forever by one s side there is little there fore

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the Angels on earth are few .
H e could no lon g er restrai n h i s c uriosity .
Do you speak of one who i s dead Lilith ?

he asked O ne whom I knew
I speak of one who is l i v ing she r e ,
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plied and one w hom you én ow For none .
are dead ; and K now l edge has no Past but ,
is all Presen t .
H er voice san k into si l ence E l R a mi .

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bent abo v e her studyin g her countenance

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earnestly her lashes trembled as thou g h the

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eyelids were about to open but t h e tremor

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pass ed and they remained shut H ow lovely .
she looked - how more than love l y

Lil ith ! he wh ispered sudden l y o b l ivious
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of all h is former forebodings and u nconscious ,
of the eager passion vi b rating i n h is tone

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S weet Li l ith !
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for whic h he constantly searched the next ,

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h e rallied h imself on h i s folly and weakness .
H e dared not trust himsel f to ans w er her so ,
he was silent but she soon spoke again

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w ith such convincing earnestness o f tone that

almost almost he belie v ed but not
quite .
To l ove the S eemin g and not the Real ,
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she said is the curse o f al l sad H uman ity .
I t i s the g lamou r o f t h e air the barrier ,

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bet w ee n E arth and H eaven The Bo dy is .
the S hadow the S oul is the S u b s tance

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The Reflect i on I cast on E arth s surface fo r
a litt l e space is but a Reflection only i t is
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not M e I am beyond it
F or a moment E l R a mi stood irresolute
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then g athering u p h i s scattered tho u g h ts he ,
b e gan to t r y and resolve them into order and

connection S ure l y t h e time was ripe for h i s
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g reat E xperiment and as he considered

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th i s his nerves g re w more steady his se l f

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rel iance returned all h is devotion to s e ien

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t i fic research pressed back its claim upon h i s
mind if he were to fa i l no w he thou ght

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after all h is patience and study fail to o b ta i n ,

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any true insight i nto the s p i ritual side of

humanity wou l d he not be a s h amed aye
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and degraded i n h i s o w n eyes H e resolved

to end a l l his torture of p ain an d doubt and
disquietude — and sitting on t he edge o f
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L i l ith s couch he dre w her delicate hands

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down from their uplifted position and laid ,
them one above the ot her cross wise on h is -
o w n breast .
Then you m ust teach me Li l ith he ,
said softly and w ith tender persuasiveness -
you must t each me to know you I f I see .
b ut your Reflection here let me behold ,

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you r Reality Let me love you as you are

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if n o w I only love you as you seem S how .
yourse l f to me i n all your spiritual loveliness ,
Lilit h i t may be I shall die of t h e gl ory

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o r — i f there is no death as you say I shall ,

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not die but simply pass a w ay into the l i ght

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wh ich gives you life Lift the ve i l that i s .
between us Lil ith and let me see you face

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to face I f th is that s eems you

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pressed the l ittle hands he held is nau ght ,
l et me realize the nothin g ness of so much

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genders it Come to me as you a r e Lilith

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come !
As h e spoke his heart beat fast with a
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nervous thrill of expectancy ; what would

sh e answer ? w hat w ould she do ? He
could not ta k e h i s eyes from her face h e —
half fanc i ed he s h ou l d see some change

there ; for the moment he even thought it
possible that she m i g ht transform h ersel f
i nto some surpassing B ein g w h ich li k e the , ,
g ods of the Greek mythology should con ,
sume by its flame l ike splendour whatever of

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mortality dared to look upon it B ut she .
remained u naltered and sculpturally calm

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onl y her b reathin g seemed a little quic k er ,
and the hands that he held trembled a gainst

h is b reast
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H er next w ords however startled him

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I will come she said and a faint s i g h
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escaped her lips Be ready for me Pray ! .
— pray for the blessing of C h rist for if ,

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Christ be with us all is w ell

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A t this his bro w c l ouded h is eyes

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d roo p ed g loom ily .
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Christ ! he muttered more to h imsel f
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than to her What is H e to me
— Who
is H e that H e shou l d be w ith us
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T his wor l d s Rescue and all worlds
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Glory
The an s w er ran g out l i k e a silver clarion ,
wi th something full and triumphant i n the

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sound as though not only Lil ith s voice had
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uttered it bu t other vo i ces had joined in a

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chorus At the same moment her h ands

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moved as i f in an effort to escape from h i s

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h old. B ut he held them closely i n a jealous

and masterful grasp .
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When wil l you c ome to me L i lith ? he ,
demanded i n lo w but eager accents When

shall I see you and know you as Lilith
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my L ilith my o wn forever
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God s L i lith God s own forever ! mur

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mured Li l ith dream ily and then was silent , .
An angry sense of rebe l lion began to burn

i n E l R a mi s mind S ummoning up a l l the
-
’
.
force of h is i ron w ill he unclasped her hands ,
and l aid the m back on each side of her and ,
pla c ed h is o w n hand on her breast j ust where ,
the ruby ta l isman s h one and glowed .
”
Ans w er me L i l i th I he said with some
, ,
20 THE S O UL OF L I L I T H
thing O f the old sternness w h i ch he had used

to em pl oy w ith her on former occas i ons
When wi l l you come to me
H er l imbs trem b led v i olent l y as thou g h
some i n w ard cold convulsed her and h er ,
answer came slow l y thoug h clearly ,
!
When y o u are ready .
”
I am ready now ! he cried recklessly .
No —
no ' ”
she m urmured h er vo i ce ,
growing fainter and fainter N ot yet

not yet ! Love is nOt strong enough h i gh ,
enou g h pure enou g h

, Wait watch and .
,
pray . When the hour has come a sign ,
will be given but O my B eloved if you

—
,
would kno w me love M e love M e ! not my

,
—
”
S hadow l
A pale h ue fell on her face robbing it of ,
its del i cate tint E l R a mi knew what that

—
,
-
pallor indicated .
“
Lilith ! Lil i th ! he exclaimed Why ,
leave me thus if you love me ? S tay w ith

me yet a little
B ut Li l ith o r rather the stran g e S pirit that
—
made the body of L ilith speak was gone ,

— .
And all that night not anot h er sound either ,

of mus i c or speech stirred the s i lence o f the

,
room . D a vVn came m i st y and g ray a n d

, ,
found the p roud El R a m i k neeling before

-
the unveiled p i cture of the Christ — not ,
praying for he c o uld not b ring himself do w n

,
to the necessary hu miliation for prayer but ,

—
s i mply wondering vague l y as to w hat c ou ld

be and what m ég fi t be the one positive reply
to that Q uestion p ro p ounded of old
Whom S ay Ye That I Am
C H A PT E R I I .
OF w hat avai l is it to pro p ound questions

t h at no one can ans w er ? O f what use is it
to attem p t to solve the mystery of l i fe which
must for ever remain mysterious ? Thus
m a y t h e intelli g ent critic ask and i n asking
, ,
may declare t h at t h e experiments researches , ,
and anxieties of E l Rami toget h er with E l

-
,
R a mi h imse l f are mistaken conceptions all

,
round But it is necessary to remind the

.
i ntell ige nt cr i tic that the ea g er d e s i re of E l

,
R a mi to prove w hat appears unprovable i s ,
by no means an uncom mon p h ase of h uman

nature i t is in fact t h e very key note and
,
-
,
-
p ulse of the present t i me E v ery l i v ing crea

.
ture who is not too stu nned by misery for

thoug ht craves to k no w positi v ely w hether
,
THE S O UL OF L I L I T H
M i l an and thin k of the b rain t h at first devised

and planned its majestic proport i ons and ask ,
o urselves — I s it possible that this the creation , ,
shou l d be H ere and its creator N o w h ere ?

,
Wo u ld such an arrangement be reasonable or

j ust ? And so it ha p pens that w h en the
w ielders of the pen essay to te l l u s of w ars ,
of sh ip w recks of h air bread th esca p es from

,
-
dan g er of love and po l itics and society w e

, ,
read the i r pages with merely transitory plea

sure an d frequent indi fference b ut w hen they ,
touch u pon subjects b eyond earthly e x p e r i

ence when they attempt however feebly
,
—
, ,
to lift our inspirations to the possibi l i ties of

the U nseen then w e g ive them ou r eager
,
attent i on and almost passionate i ntere st .
Crit i cs loo k upon this tendency as morbid ,
u nwholesome and pernicious ; b ut n e v e r t h e

less the tendency is there t h e demand for ,
-
Light ! more l ight ! is in the very blood

and brain of the people I t would seem as .
though th i s w orld h as gro w n too narro w for

the aspiration s of its inhabitants — and some
of us i nstinctively feel that we are on the
brink of strange discoveries respecting the
powers u nearthly w het h er for good or ev i l

,
w e dare not p resume to guess The non .
“
sensical tenets of Theoso p hy w ould not
gain grou nd with a sin g le i ndiv i dual man or
woman were not th i s fee l in g very strong
“
among many the tricky mediums and
,
—
”
spiritualists would not ha v e a chance of
earn i ng a subs i ste nce out O f the gullib i l i ty o f
their d upes and the preachers of ne w creed s
,
and ne w forms w ou l d obta i n no vestige o f

attentio nif it were not for the fact th at there
is a very general impression a l l over the
world t h at the t i me i s ripe for a c l earer reve
lation of God and the thin g s of God than we
have e v er had before Give us somethi n g
.
that w i ll endure i s the excl a mation O f weary

humanity The th i ng s we have pass ; and ,
by reason of the i r ephemeral nature are ,
worthless Gi v e us wh at w e can keep and

.
c all ou r o w n for ever ! This is w hy w e t r y

and test all things that app ea r to g i v e p roo f
of the super sens u a l element i n m am and
- —
w hen we find ou rselves deceived by i m

o s t o r s and conj urers ou r dis g ust and d i s
p ,
appointment are too bitter to ever find vent

26 THE SO U L OF L I L I T H
in w ords The h ap p iest are those w ho in

.
,
the shift i ng up and down of faiths and for

mulas ever clin g stedfastly to the one pure
,
E xample of embodied D ivinity i n M anhood

as seen i n C h rist W h en we reject Christ
.
,
w e reject the Gospe l of Love and U niversal

Brotherhood w i thout which the ultimate per
,
fe c t io n and progress of the wor l d m ust ever

r emai n i mposs i b l e .
A fe w rando m thoughts suc h as these

occurred t o E I R a m i n o w and then as he
-
l i ved h is li fe from day to day i n perpetua l

expectation of the si g n promised by Lil i th ,
w h ic h as yet w as not forthcom i n g H e b e .
li e v e d she w ould keep h er w ord and that t h e ,
si g n w h ate v er i t w as w ould be u n mis

takable ; a n d as before stated t h is was
,
— —
the nearest a pp roach to actual faith he had

e v er kno w n H is was a nature w hich was
.
originally disposed to faith b ut w hich had,
pers i stently fought w it h its o w n i ncli nat i on t i ll

-
t h at inc l i nation had b een conquered H e had .
been able to pro v e as p urely natural much ,
that had s eem ed supernatural a nd he no w ,
V i e w ed everyth in g from two points Poss i —

THE SO U L OF L I L I T H 2 7
b ili t y and I mpossi b i l i ty H i s various con

‘
fusions and p erplexities however g enerally ,
arose from the frequent d i scovery he made ,
that what he had once though t the I m po s

sible suddenly became throug h some small
,
c h ance clue the Possible S o many times

,
.
had this occurred that h e often caught him

self wondering w h ether anyt h ing in v ery
truth could be strictly declared as i m po s
sible . And yet ,
with the body of
Lilith under h is observation for s i x years ,
and an a b solute ignorance as to How her

i ntelli g ence had developed or wé er e she ,
obtained the po w er to d iscourse with h im as

she did he always h ad t h e lurk i n g dread that
,
her utterances mi g ht be the r e s u lt of ms c u m

67 mi n u n con s c i ou s /y won émg u on b er s
p and ,
that there w as no soul or s p irit i n the

matter This too i n s p i te of the fact that
.
,
she had actually given h im a concise de s c r ip

tion of certain planets their laws their , ,
g overnment and their i nhabitants concern

, ,
fi
i ng whic h e c ould know nothing — and that ,
she s p oke with a sure conviction of the

existence of a p ersona l God an idea t h at was ,
entire l y unacceptable to ms nature H e was .
at a loss to explain her se p arated consc i ous

n ess in any scientific w ay and a fraid o f ,
h imself lest he should be l ieve too e asi l y he ,
encouraged the p resen ce o f e ery dou b t i n v
h is mind rather t h an give e ntr a nce to more

,
than t h e palest gl immer O f fa i t h .
An d so time went on and M ay passed ,
into J un e and J une deepened i nto i ts meri

,
d ian g low of b l oom and sunlig h t and he r e

-
,
mained shut u p w ith i n the four w a l ls of his

house seein g no one and d i s p lay i ng a total
, ,
i ndifference to the fac t that t h e “ season

with all its bitter froth an d frivo l ity was
seething on i n London in its usual monoto
nous man ner U nli k e pretenders to s p ir i t
.
u ali s t i c p owers he had no incl i nation for

,
the society of t h e r i ch and g reat titled ,
people had no attraction for h im save i n so

far as they were cultured witty or amia bl e, , ,
position i n th e world was a very miser ,
able trifle i n h is opinion and though man y

,
a gorgeous fl u nk ie d carriage at th i s time

found i ts way i nto the unfashionable squar e
w here he had h is dom icile no visitors were ,
“
admitted to see h i m and too busy to r e
,
—
c e i v e anyone was t h e formula w ith w h ic h

young F e raz dismi ssed any would b e i ntruder -
.
Yet F éraz himself w ondered a l l t h e w h ile ho w

it w as that as a matter of fact E l R a m i seemed
,
-
to be j ust no w less absor b ed i n actua l study

than h e h ad e v er been in h is w ho l e l i fe H e .
read no books save the old Ara b ic vellum

b ou nd v olume w h ich h e l d t h e explanatory
k ey to so m uch c u r io u s p h e n o m e n a p al med
”
o ff as spiritual m irac l es b y the T h e o s o
p h i sts
, a n d h e w rote a good dea l but h e ,
—
answered no letters accepted n o inv i tat i ons

, ,
manifested no wish to l eave the h o u s e eve n

for an h our s s t r o ll and seemed mental l y
’
engrossed by some great secret su bject of

meditatio n H e w as u niformly kind to F ér az
.
,
exacting no duties from him save those

p rom p ted by interest and a ffection h e was ,
—
marvellously gent l e too w ith Z a r o b a who , ,
ag i tated restless and perp l exed as to his u l ti

,
mate intentions with respect to the b eau t i ful

Lilith w as vaguely uneasy and melancholy
, ,
t h ough she deemed i t w i sest to p erform all

his commands w i th exactitude and for the , ,
present to ho l d her peace S he had ex p ected .
something though s h e kn ew n o t w hat from

— —
h is last intervie w with her beautiful charge

~
but all was unc h anged L i l i th slept on and —
, ,
the cherished wish of Z ar o b a s h eart that ’
she shou l d wake seemed as far off rea l i zat i on

,
-
as ever D ay after day passed and E l R a m i

.
,
-
l ived like a herm it amidst the roar and traffi c

of mighty London w atch ing Li l it h for long ,
—
and a n xious hours but n ever v enturing to ,
call her do w n to him from wherever she

mi ght b e wait i ng waitin g for Her s u mmons
,
-
, ,
a n d content for once to sink himself i n the
though t of lzer identity All his ambitions .
were now centred on the one great o bj ect ,
to see the S oul a s i t is if i t i s indeed , ,
existent conscious and individual For as

, .
,
”
he argued w hat is t h e use o f a S ou l whose
,
capacities w e are not p ermitted to understa nd ?
-
a n d i f it be n o more to us than the l n t e lli
'
gent Faculty of B ra i n ? T h e chief proof of

a p o s sible S ometh in g behind M an s i nner ’
consciousness was h e considered the quality

, , ,
of D iscontent and primaril y because Dis

, , ,
content i s so u niversal N o one is contented .

32 THE SO UL OF L I L I T H
Positivist h ad it not b een for the fact that

,
the fu rt h er his researches led him the more

he beca m e aware that there was noth i ng
p ositive that is to say nothin g so appar
,
-
,
ently fixed and unalterable that it m i g ht not ,
under different condit i ons p rove ca p ab l e of ,
change . Per h a p s there is no better test

example of th is truth than the ordinary sub
stance kno w n as iron We use in common.
parlance u n th i nkingly t h e phrase as hard as

iron — wh i le to the s m ith and engi neer w ho
mould and t w ist it i n every form i t p roves ,
i tself soft and malleable as w ax Agai n to .

,
t h e surface observer it m i g ht and does seem

-
,
an incombustible metal the chem i st kno w s

,
—
i t will burn wit h the u tmost fury H o w then .
form a u n i ver s a l decision as to i ts various

capabilit ies w hen it has so many variations of
use all i n such contrary directions ? The
same example modified or enlarged will b e
, ,
found to a p ply to all things wherefore the ,
“
w ord Positi v ism seems out of place in
merely mortal lan g uag e God m ay be .
”
positive but w e and our surroundings have
,
no such absolute qual ity .

TH E S O UL OF L I L I T H 33
D uring t h is period of E l R a m i s se lf -
’
elected seclusion and meditation h i s youn g ,
b rother F éraz was very ha p py H e was i n .
the midst of writing a p oem wh i c h he fondly

fancied m ight perhaps only perhaps fi nd a
— —
publ isher to t ak e i t and launch it on its own

'
merits i t is the p riv i le g e of youth to b e

,
—
over sanguine Then too h is b rain w as fi l led

-
.
,
with ne w musical ideas au d many an e ven ,

-
’
in g s hour he beguiled away by delicious i m
r o v i s at i o n s on the piano or e xqu i site songs
p ,
to the mandol ine E l R a mi when he w as

.
-
,
not upstai rs k ee p ing anxio u s vigil by the

’
tranced L i lit h s side would sit i n his chair
, ,
lean ing back with h alf closed eyes listening -

,
to the entrancin g melod i es li k e another S aul

to a new David soothed by t h e sweetnes s
,
of the sou nds he heard yet conscious that he ,
took too deep and ardent a pleasure in

hearing when the son g s F e raz c hose were
,
of love O n e night F e raz elected to sin g

.
“
the w i ld and beaut i ful Canticle of Love
written by the lat e Lord Lytton whe n as ,
”
O w en M ered i t h he promised to be one of
the greatest poets of ou r century and who ,
VO L . 111.
34 THE S O U L OF LI LI TH
w ould have fulfilled more than that pro m ise

i f diplomacy had not clai med his brilliant
i ntellectual g ifts for the s ervice of his country ,
—
a country which yet deplores h is untimely
l oss B ut no fatal ity had as yet threatened

.
that gallant and noble l ife in the days w h en

F e raz smote the chords of his mandoline and
san g
I onc e h ea r d an a n g e l by n i g ht i n th e sky
S i ng i n g s of tl y a s on g to a de ep g o l d en l u te
T h e p o l e - s ar , t h e s e v e n l i l e p l an e
t tt t dI s an
T o t h e s o ng a h e s an g , l i s e n e
th t t dm t u e,
F or t h e s ong th t ha g e s an w t g d
a s s o s ra n e an so s w ee t ,
An d so t d th t
en er e o n es o f hi l t g ld ts u e s
’
o e n s r ng si
T h t th
a e s er a ph f h
s o t h eav e n s a ush
’
d at h i s fe e t
And fo l d d th i h d i th i
e e r ea s n e r w i ng s .
An d t h e s on g th t h a g t th
e s an o e s e r ap h s up th er e
Is ca ll e d Lov e B ut t h e w o rds I h ad h ear d

th m e e se l w h er e .
F or wh n e I wa s l ast in th e ne th er m o s t H e ll ,
On a r oc l p h u r o u s s u rg e s I h ear d
k m id t h e
’
su
A p al e s p i r i t s i ng t o a w i l d h o ll o w s h e ll
An d h i s s on g wa s t h e s am e ev er y w or d , ,
An d s o s a d was h i s s i ng i ng all H ell t o t h e s o u n d

,
M o a n e d a n d w a i l i n g c o mp l a i n e d l i k e a m o n s t e r
, ,
p ai n
W h i le t h e fi en ds h ov er e d n ear o er t h e d i s m al p r ofou n d
’
W i th th e i r b l a c k w i ng s w e i g h e d do w n b y t h e s t rai n
An d t h e s ong th t w
a as s u ng t o t h e t
Los O ne s d o wn th er e
Is call e d L ov e B ut th e i
sp r i t th t a s an g was
D e s p ai r
The str i ngs of the mandol ine quivered

mournfully in tune with the passionate beauty
’
of the verse and from E l R a mi s l i p s there
,
-
came involu ntar i ly a dee p a nd bitter s i gh .
F e raz ceased playing and loo k ed at h im :
What is it he asked anxiously .
N othing ! replied h is b rother in a tran

“
quil voice What shou l d there be O nly
the poem is very b eautiful and out of the ,
common thoug h to me terribly su ggestive

,
—
,
of —
a m istake so me w here i n creation Love .
to the S a v ed Love to the Lost l naturally

— —
it wou l d hav e different as p ects but i t is an ,

—
anomaly Love to be true to its name

, ,
‘ ”
should have no lost ones i n its chron icle .
F e raz w as s ilent .
Do you believe continued E l Ra m i -
that there is a nethermost H ell a

p lace or a state of mind resembl ing that rock
’
mid the sulph u r ous surg es
I should imag ine repl ied F éraz with
,
“
some diffi de nc e that there must be a condi
,
t i on in w hich w e a r e bound to loo k back and

see where we w ere wrong a condition too ,
—
, ,
in which we have time to b e sorry

U nfair and u nreasonable exclaimed his

brother hotly For suppose w e d id not Amow
.
,
’
?
w e w ere wron g We are left absol utely w ith
out guidan c e in th is w orl d to do as w e l ike .
I do not thi n k you can quite say t h at

remonstrated F e raz gently We do kno w
w hen w e are w ron g generally some instinct
-
t ells u s s o and wh i l e we have the book of

—
N ature we are not left without gu idance

, .
As for looking back and seeing our former

mista k es I thin k that is u nquestiona b le
, ,
for as I grow o l de r I beg in to see w here I

,
fa i led in my former life and h o w I deserved

to lose my star ki n gdom -
.
E I R a mi l ooked impat i ent

- .
You are a dreamer h e said dec i s i ve l y

-
and your star k i ngdom is a dream also

-
.
You cannot te l l me trut h fully t h at y o u t e

member anyt h ing o f a former existence
I am b egin ni n g to remember said F e raz ,
stead il y .
M y dear b oy anybody but mysel f hear

,
i ng you would say you were mad

,
—
hopeless l y
”
m ad !
They would be at perfect l iberty to say
— and F e raz smiled a l i ttle E ve ryone

is free to have h is o w n opinion — I have
mine M y star exists ; and I once existed in
.
i t s o d i d you
— .
We l l I know nothing a b out it then de

,
~ ,
“
c lar e d E l R am t
- I have for g otten it utterly
—
.
O h no ! You th ink y o u have forgotten

“
said F e raz mildly B ut the tru t h is you r ,
very know l edge of science and other th ings is

only m emory
—m
.
E l R a mi moved i n his chair impatiently

- .
“
Let us not argue he sa i d W e shall
never agree S i n g to me again
.
F e raz thou g ht a moment and then laid ,
aside h is mandoline and went to t h e p iano ,
where he played a rush i n g rapid ac c o m pan i

ment like the sound of the w ind among trees ,
and sang the follo w in g

W inds of th e m ou n t i
a n, m i ng l e with my i
c r y ng ,
C loud s of th e t e m p es t ,
fl ee as I am fl y i ng ,
Go d s of t h e c l ou dl a n d, C h r i stus an d Ap o ll o ,
F o ll o w , 0 foll o w
T h r oug h th e da r k va ll ey s ,
up th e m i s y m o u n ai n s ,
t t
O v er t h e b l ac k w a s t es p as t t h e
, g l e a m i n g fo u n a i n s ,
t
P r ay i n g n o t, h op i ng n ot r e s t i ng
,
n o r ab i d i ng ,
Lo , I am r i d i n g !
C l an g o u r a n d an g er o f e e m e n s a r e r o u nl t dm e,
T or t ur e h as l
c as p e d m e, c r ue l ty h as c r o wn d m e ’
,
S or r o w a w ai t s m e, D e a th i s w a i t i n g w i th h e r
F as t s p ee d I th i th er .
a
s -
x -
x -
X
Go d s th t m l d d i ft i g d k l y y d
of . e s or -c o u
,
r n ar on e r,
P i t fi y h
o n d dm km
er I w d ;
an s an oc e as an er
t g l imm m
'
G d o f th f
s o t p e or e s e r ou u on e,
S h i k b ck d h m r n a an s un e .
G d l t th m f ll w
o s, e g d f I d fy th m
e o o —
o s, or e e
Th y ll m m k m b t I g ll p b y th m
e ca e, oc e, u a o e
If th y w ld fi d m t
e h m wh i p t m
ou n e, ou c e, s er o e
L t th m p m e e ur s u e e
H e was i nterru p ted i n th e song by a

smothered cry from E l R a mi and loo k ing -
,
round startled he saw h is brother standing

, ,
u p and starin g at him w ith someth i ng o f

mingled fear and horror H e came to an .
abrupt stop his hand s resting on the p iano

,
keys .
Go on go on ! cried E l R a mi irritab l y
,
- .
What w i ld chant o f the gods and men have

you there ? I s i t your own
“ ”
l
M ine echoed F e raz N o indeed I —
w ish it were I t is by a living poet of the .
day Robert B uchana n

, .
Robert B uchanan ' and E l R a mi tried — -
to recover h is self p ossession Ah — Well -

,
Fas t er , O fas t er D ar k e r an d m or e dr ear y

G r o w e th t h e p a th w a y, y e t I a m not w e ar y
G o d s , I de fy th em g o d s , I c an u n m a ke th em ,
B ru i s e th e m an d b r ea k th em
“
W h i t t d f w d w i th th y f t f th n d e
e s ee o on er ee o u r,
Fi dn t th i t m p l e
ou t e d th i h i g h p i t n d
e r e s, r a e r - r es s u er
L v th m b h i d th
ea e ei f th i g d
e p e d f
nt ee — e r o s s e a e r,
M k th m w i th l g ht oc e au er .
S h a ll a g od g ev e
r i me ? s h a ll a p h nta om wi n m e ?
N ay b y th e
-
w i l d w i n d a r o u n an o d d ’
e r and i n m e
B e h is n am e V i s h n u C h r i s t u s o r Ap o ll o
,
L e t t h e g o d fo ll o w
C l an g o u r a n d an g e r o f e e l m en t s a r e r ou n d m e,
T or t ur e h as l
c as p e d m e, c r ue l ty h a s c r o wn d m e ’
,
S o rr o w awai ts m e , D ea th i s w ai t i ng w i th h er ,
F as t s p ee d I th i th er 1”
The music ceased abru p tly with a quick

clash as o f j an g ling bells and F e raz ro s e ,
—
from the piano .
El R a m i w as sittin g qu i te still
-
.
“
A fine outburst ! he remarked present l y ,
seein g th at his youn g brother waited for him

to spea k A nd you rendered it finely I n .
it the voice of the stron g man spea k s — D o

'
y ou ael zeoe i f
Believe what asked F ér az ,
a l i tt l e
surprised .
and El -
R a mi quoted slo w ly
S h a ll a g od i v e m e ? s h all a p h an t o m wi n m e ?
r
g e
b y t h e w i l d w i n d a r o un d a nd o e r a n d i n m e
’
N ay —
B e h is n a m e V i s h n u C h r i s t u s o r Ap o ll o
,
L e t t h e g o d fo ll o w
“
D O yo u think he continued that i n ,
‘ ’ ’
the matter of life s leade r sh i p the g od ,
shou l d follow or we the g od ,
F e raz lifted his delicately marked eye

bro w s i h amazement .
“
What an odd quest i on ! he sa i d T he
song is on ly a son g part of a p oem entitled ,
—
,
‘ ’
The City o f D ream which none of the ,
press cr i tics ha v e ever done just i ce to I f

- .
‘
Lord Tennyson had w ritten the City o f
!
’
D ream w h at columns and columns of p ra i se
would have b een pou red out upon it What
I san g to you is the chant or l yrical sol i loquy ,
‘
of the O utcast E sau w ho i n t h e poem is ,
’
‘
evidently outcast from all cr eed s and it i s
’
altogether a cha r acter w h ich if I read it ,
ri g h t l y re p resents the strong doubter almost

, ,
unbe l iever who defies Fate,

B ut w e do
not re c eive a mere poem no matter h o w ,
beautiful as a gospel A nd if you speak of

, .
’
l i fe s l eadership it is de v outly to be h oped
,
t h at God not only l eads but r ules us ,
a ll .
Why should you hope it ? asked E l

“
R a mi gloomi l y M ysel f I fear it ! ,
F ér az came to h is side and rested one hand

affectionately on his arm .
You are w orried and out o f sorts my ,
brother h e sa i d gently
,
— Why do you not
see k some change from so m uch i ndoor life
You do not even g et t h e advantag es I have
o f going to and fro on t h e household busi
ness I breathe the fresh air e v ery day
.
,
sur e ly it is necessary for you a l so

M y dear boy I am perfectly well ,
and —
“
E l R a m i regar ded him
- stead i l y é Why - —
3
should you doubt it I am only a little
—
tired Poor hu man nature can not al w ays

.
escape fatigue .
F e raz said no more but there was a cer ,

-
tain stran g eness in h i s b rother s man ner that ’
filled h i m wit h an i nde fi nab le u neasi ness I n .
his own quiet fash ion he strove to distract E l

R a mi s m ind from the persiste n t fi x it y of
’
whatever u n k no w n p u rpose seemed to so

myster i ously engross h i m and w henever ,

—
they w ere together at mea l s or at ot h er hours

of the day he talked in as lig h t and desu l tory
,
a way as possi bl e on all sorts of d i fferent

’
topics i n the hope of a w akenin g h is brother s
interest more k eenly i n external affairs H e .
read muc h and t h ou g ht more and w as a ,
real l y b rill i ant conversational ist w hen he

chose i n s p ite of h is d reamy fancies but he
,
—
w as obli g ed to adm it to h i mself that h is

affectionate e ndeavours met w i th v ery sl i g ht
success . T rue E l R a m i appea r ed to g i v e
,
-
h is attention to all that w as said but it was ,
only an a p pearance and F ér az s a w p lainly

,
—
enoug h t h at he was not real l y moved to any

sort of fee l i ng respecting the w ays and doings
of the outer w orld A nd w he n one morn ing
.
, ,
F ér az read alo u d the account of the marriage

of S ir Frederick Vaughan B art with I dina , .
, ,
only dau g hter of J a b ez Chester of N e w

York he only sm i l ed ind ifferent l y and said
,
nothin g .
“
We were invited to t h at w edding ;
commented F e raz .
”
Were w e ? E l R a m i shrugg ed h is
-
shoulders and seemed totally oblivious O f the

fa c t
.
Why of course we w ere went o n

F e raz cheerfully And at your bidding I
,
opened and read the letter S ir F rederic k

wrote you which said that as y o u had
,
p ro p hesied t h e marr i age he would take it

,
very kindly if you wou l d attend i n person t h e

form al fulfilment of your p rophecy And all .
you did in re p ly w as to send a curt refusal on

plea of other engag ements Do you thin k .
”
that w as qu ite amia b le on your part P
Fortunately for me I am not cal l ed u pon
to be am iable ; sa i d E l R a mi begin ning to
— -
,
p ace slow l y up and do w n th e room I

want no favours from society so I need not ,
smile to order That i s one of the chief

.
pri v i leges of complete independence Fancy .
havin g to g rin and lie and skul k and

'
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p rop i tiate p eo pl e all one s days I could not —
endu re i t b ut most men can and do

,
— —
“
Besides he added after a pause I —
can not loo k on with p atience at the marriage

of fools . Vaughan is a fool and his ,
baroneta g e will scar c ely pass for w isdom ,

the l ittle Chester g i rl i s also a fool and I ,

—
can see exactly w hat they wil l become i n the

cou rse of a fe w years .
‘
Describe them i n f u l u r o,
laughed
F e raz .
‘
We l l — the man w ill b e turfy ; the ’
w oman a b l i nd slave to her dressmaker

, .
That is all . There can be nothing more .
T h ey will never do any good or any harm

t h ey are s i m p ly nonentit i es T hese are the
—
.
sort of folk tha t make me dou bt the i mmorta l

’
soul for Vau g h an is l ess s p iritual than a
,
—
w e l l bred dog , and little Chester less mentally

-
g ifted than a w ell instructed mouse

-
.
S evere l commented F e raz sm iling

—
B ut man or woman mouse or dog I

, ,
-
,
suppose they are quite happy j ust no w

”
H appy ! echoed E l R a mi satirically -
Well I daresay they are with the only

—
,
—
sort of ha p piness their i ntelligences can

gras p . S he is hap p y because she is now
my l ady and because she was able to wear
a wedd ing go w n of marvellous make and
-
cost to trail and rustle and sweep after her

,
’
little person u p to God s altar with as though ,
sh e sought to aston ish the Almighty before

whom she took her v ows w i t h the exuberance ,
of her m illi nery H e i s happy because h i s

.
’
debts are p a i d out of old jabez Chester s
‘
m illions
. There the happiness ends A ’
cou p le of months is su fficient to rub the

”
bloom off such w edlock .
And you really prophesied the mar

r ia e
g queried F e raz .
I t was easy e nough replied h is brother

carelessly G iven t wo un instructed u n ,
thin k in g bipeds of O p p osite sexes the male —
w ith debts the female w ith dollars and an

, ,
urbanel y obstinate schemer to pull them

together like Lord M e lt h o r pe and the th ing ,
is done . H alf t h e marriag es in London

are made up like t h at and of the after lives
,
— -
‘
of those so w edded there needs no g h ost
,
’
from the grave to tel l us the d ivorce —
courts gi v e every in formation .
Ah ! exclai med F e raz qui c kly — “

That
reminds me do you know I s aw something
'
-
,
in the evening paper : last night that mig h t

-
”
have i nterested y o u ?
”
Really l You surprise me ! and E l
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48 T H E S O U L OF L I L I T H
“
gestu re I kno w all a b out him and to l d
—
,
h i m what I knew when h e came h ere But .
’
he l l d o very w ell yet he ll get on ca p itally
’
—
in spite of his d is g race .
?
H ow is t h at poss i b le excla i med F e raz .
‘ ’
E asily ! H e can boom h imself as a
‘ ’
ne w General Booth or he can b ecome a ,
‘ ’ ’
Colonel u nder Booth s orders — as l on g as
there are fools to su p port Booth with m oney .
O r he can go to Amer i ca or A u stralia and

’
start a new creed he s su re to fall on his —
feet and ma k e h is fortune p i ous h ypocrites —
al w ays do O ne would a l most fancy there

.
m u st be a spec i al Deity to protect the pro

fe s s o r s of H umbu g I t is only the sincerely
.
honest folk w ho get w ronged in t h i s adm i r

ab l y ordered world
-
H e spoke w i th bitterness ; and F e raz

glanced at h i m anxious l y .
I do not qu i te ag ree w ith you he said

S u rely honest fo l k al ways have their r e
w ard thou g h perha p s superficial observers
—
may not be able to perceive where it c omes

‘ ’
in I bel ieve in wa l king upri g htly as the
.
B ible says i t seems to me easier to keep

—
TH E SO UL OF L I L I T H 49
alon g a straight open road than to tak e dar k ,
bye -wa y s and dubious short c uts .
What do you mean by your straight

”
open road ? demanded E l R a mi looking at -
,
him .
N ature repl ied F e raz promptly

,
—
N ature leads us up to God .
E l R a m i broke into a harsh laugh

- .
O credulous beautiful lad he ex c laimed ;

You know not w hat y o u say ! N ature !
Conside r her methods of work her dark —
and cunning and cruel methods ! E very

l iving thing preys o n some other livi ng
t h i ng creatures wo nderful innocent simple
—
, ,
or complex l ive apparently but to devou r and

,
be devoured every i nch of g round we step

—
upon is the dust of something dead I n the .
h orrible depths of th e earth N ature this , ,

—
generous kindly N ature l h ides her dread —
volcanic fi r es her streams of lava her,

—
,
boili ng founts of sulphur and molten lead ,
which at any u nexpected moment may

destroy w hole conti nents crowded with u n
suspecting h umanity This is N A T U R E .
,
— not h in g but N ature ' S he h ides he r trea

V OL . 1 11 .
4 0
sures of gold o f silver of diamonds and

, ,
rubies in t h e deepest and most dangerous

,
recesses w h ere h uman beings are lo s t i n

,
toiling for them buried in dark ness and

—
,
s l ain by thousands in the diffi cult search ;

d i v ing for pearls t h e unwary explorer is met
,
by the remorseless monsters of the deep ,
i n fact i n all his efforts towards d iscovery

,
and progress M an the most naturally de

, ,
fencel ess creature upon earth is met by death ,
or bl ank discouragement S uppose he were .
to trust to N atu re alone what would N ature ,
do for h im ? H e is sent into the world

naked and h elpless and all the resources -
of his body and bra i n have to be educated

and brought i nto active requ isition to enable
him to l ive at all — lio n s whelps bears c ubs
,
’
,
’
‘ ’
h ave a better natural chance than he — and
then w h en he has learned ho w to m ake the
,
b est of h is surrou ndings he is turned out of ,
the world ag ai n nak e d and he l pless as he

,
came in wit h all his k nowledge of no more

,
use to him than if he had never attained it .
This is N A T U R E i f N ature be thus reck

,
—
‘
less and unre asonable as th e reflex of God ’
TH E SO U L OF L I L I T H 5 1
—
ho w reckless and u nreasonable must be
”
God H imself I
The beautiful stag l i ke eyes of F e raz -
darkened slowly and his slim h a nd i nv olu n

,
t a r ily clenc h ed .
Ay if God were so
, h e said the ,
veriest pigmy among men might boast of

n obler qual it i es than H e l B ut God is not
so E l R a m i ! O f course y o u can argue any
,
-
and every w ay and I can not confute your

,
reasoning B ecause you reason with the

.
m erely morta l intelligence ; to ans w er you

rightly I should have to reply as a S pirit ,
I should need to be out of the body before I

c ould tell y o u where you ar e wrong .
”
Well ! said h is brother curiously
The n w hy do you not do so ? Why do
you not come to me out of the body and ,
enlighten me as to what you know

F e raz looked troubled .
” “
I cannot I he said sadly When I go —
—
away yonder I seem to h ave so little
—
remembrance of earthly things I am separ

—
ated from the worl d by thousands of air

spaces . I am a l ways co nscious that you
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exist on earth but it is al w ays as of some

,
—
one who w ill j oin m p resently not of one

e —
w hom I am com p elled to j oin There is the .
strangeness of it That is why I have very

.
l ittle bel ief i n th e notion of ghosts and spirits

appearing to men because I kno w positively—
that no detached soul will i n g ly returns to or

remains on earth There is al w ays the u p
.
w ard yearning I f it returns it does so

.
,
sim p ly because it i s for some reason com

m a u aea not because of its own desire
’ ’
,
.
And who do you suppose commands it

asked E l R a mi -
.
The H ighest of all Powers replied ,
F éraz reverently whom we all whether

'
”
spirit or mortal obey , .
I do not o b ey said E l R a m i com

,
— -
p o s e d ly I enforce obedience .
”
F rom who m ? cried F e raz with ag ita
tion “
O my brother fro m who m ? F rom
,
mortals p erhaps yes s o long as it is per

—
,
—
m i t t e d to you — but from H eaven no ! No —

,
not from H eaven can you w in obedien c e .
For God s sa ke do not b oast O f s u e/z

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power
THE SO UL OF L I L I T H 53
H e s p o k e p assionately and in anxious ,
earnest .
E l R a m i smiled
- .
“
M y good fellow why exc i te yourself ?
,
‘
I do not boast l a m simply stron g ! I f
’
—
I am immortal God H imself can not slay

,
me if I am mortal only I can but die I

,
—
, .
am indifferent either way O nly I will not .
s h ri nk before an imagi nary D ivine T error

till I p rove what ri g ht it has to m y sub
mission . E nough we have talked too
—
much on t h is subj ect and I have work to ,
H e t u rned to h is writing table as he spoke -
and was soon busy there F e raz took up a .
boo k and tried to read but his heart beat ,
quickly and he was overwhelmed by a deep

,
sense of fear The daring O f h is brother s

.
’
words smote him with a chill horror from ,

—
time immemorial had not the F or c es D ivine

,
p un ished p ride as the deadliest of sins ?
H is thou g hts travelled over the great plain

of H i story on w h ich so many spectres of
,
dead nation s stand in ou r sight as pale

warnin g s of ou r own p ossible fate and ,
re membered how surely i t came to pass that

w hen men became too p roud and defiant and
absolute rejecting God and servin g them
,
—
se l ves only then they we re swept away into

,
desolation and obl i v ion As w ith nations so .

,
w ith individuals the L a w of Compensation

—
i s j ust and as evenly balanced as the sym

,
metrical motion o f the U niverse A nd the .
wo rds E xcept ye become as little children

ye shal l not enter the K ingdom of H eaven ,
rang through his ears as he sat heavily ,
s i l ent and wonderi n g wondering zo/zer e the

, ,
researches of his brother would end and ,
b ozo ?
himself mean w hile was scann i ng
E l-R a mi
’
th e last pages of his dead friend K remli n s
private J ourna l This was a strange boo k
.
,
—
kept with exceeding care and w ritten in ,
the form of letters which w ere all addressed

“
To the B eloved M ar o u s s ia in H eaven
and am p ly proved that in spite of the
separated seclusion and eccentricity of his
life K remli n had not only been faith ful to
,
the love of h is early days the girl who had ,
died self slain in her Russian p rison but he

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56 TH E SO UL OF L I LI T H
— be the time long or short —

we shall
meet .
H ere the j ournal ended .
And have they met thoug h t E l R a mi ,
as c losing the book b e locked it away i n h is
desk And do t h ey remember they w ere

ever mortal ? And méa t ar e they and
wlzer e are they
C H A PT E R III .
IN the midst of t h e s t ra nge sum mer

weather w h ich frequently falls to the lot of
E ngland weather alternatin g between hot
,
—
and cold wet and dry sun and cloud w it h

, ,
t h e most distractin g rapidity and irre g ular i ty ,
—
there came at l a st one p erfect n i ght to w ards
the end of J une a night wh ich could ha v e
,
—
,
m e t w ith no rival even in th e su nn i est cl imes

of the sun n iest south A soft tranqu i llity
.
hovered dove l ike in t h e air a se n se of

-
,
—
p erfect p eace seemed to permeate all visi b le

and created th i ngs The sky was densely
.
blue and th ickly stre w n with stars though ,
these g limmered but faintly their l i g ht bein g

,
put to shame by the sp l endid brilliancy of

t h e full m oon which swam aloft airily like a
great golden bubble E l Ra m i s w indo ws

’
-
.
w ere all s e t open ; a b i g bunc h of he l iotrope

adorned the table and the subtle fra g rance
,
of it stole out delicately to m in gle w ith the

fai ntly stirrin g eveni ng b reeze F e raz was .
sitt i n g a l one his brot h er had just l eft the

,
—
room and he was i ndul g i ng himself i n th e

,
—
a olee
f as only the S outhern or
’
’
ar n zen t e
E astern tem p erament can do H is hands .
were clasped l i g htly b eh i nd h is hea d and h is ,
eyes were fixed on the s h a b by litt l e trees i n

the square w h ic h had done their best to look
g reen among the wh i rlin g smuts o f the
metropo l is and had fai l ed ignom i n iously i n
the attem p t but w h i c h no w in t h e ethereal
, ,
l i g ht of the moon presented a soft outline of

,
g ray and silver l i ke olive b ou g hs seen i n t h e

-
distance H e w as thinkin g with a certai n ,
serious satisfact i on of an odd circu mstance

,
that had occurred to himself that day I t .
had hap p ened i n th is w ise : S i nce th e time

Z ar o b a had taken h i m to loo k upon the
“
beautiful creature who was the subj ect of
’
his brother s experiments he had always ,
k ept the memory o f her in his mind witho u t

speaking of her save that w hene v er he said

,
a prayer or offered u p a thanksgiving he ,
“
had invariably used the phrase God defend —
“
her ! H e cou l d only expl a i n H er to
himself b y the simple pronou n because as , ,
E I R a mi had wi l led he had utterly and

-
,
hopeless l y forgotten her name B ut no w .

,
strange to say he remem b ered it l i t had —
flas h ed across his m i nd like a beam of l i g ht

or a heaven sent S i g nal h e w as at w or k
-
,
—
,
w r i ting at his poem w he n some sudden i n

,
expl icable 1 ns t 1 nc t had p rompted h i m to lift

his eyes and murm ur devoutly God defend
Lilit h ! Lilit h h o w soft the sound of i t
- '
— how infinitely bew i tch ing ! A fter havin g

lost it for so l ong it had come back to hi m
,
i n a moment é ho w or why he could not

- —
,
imag ine H e could only account for it i n

.
one way namely that E l R a m i s will forces

—
,
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were so concentrated on some particularly

absorbing obj ect that h is daily in fl uence o n
’
h i s brot h er s young l ife was thereby material l y
lessened A nd F e raz was by no means sorry
.
that this shou l d be so .
Why should it matter th at I remember

her nam e he m use d I s h all never s p eak

of her for I have sworn I wi l l not B ut I
—
.
’
can thin k of her to my heart s c ontent the ,
—
beautiful Lilith !
Then he fel l to consider i ng the old l egend
o f that L i lith who it is sa i d w as Adam s first ’
w ife and he smiled as he thought what a

,
—
name of evil omen it was to t h e J ews who ,
had charms and talisman s wherewith to exor

cise th e sup p osed evi l i nfl uence con ne c ted
w ith i t while to h im F e raz it w as a name
,
—
, ,
sweeter than honey s w eet sin g ing Then

- .
there came to his m ind stray snatches of

poesy delicate rhymes from the rich and
,
—
v aried stores of one of his favo u rite poets

Dante Gabriel Rossetti r h ymes that sounded ,
-
i n his ears j ust now l ike the strophes of a

s i bylli ne ch ant or spell
I t was Li l i th t h e w i fe of Adam
( S i ng E den B ower I )
N ot a dr o p o f h e r b l oo d was h u m an,
s h e was m a de l i k e a s o ft s w e e t w o m an
”
B ut .
And that is su rely true ! said F éraz to

himsel f a little start l ed
,
For i f she is ,
—
dead as E l R a m i asserts and her seeming

,
-
,
li fe is but t h e result of h is art then indeed ,
‘
in the case of this Lilith not a drop of her
’
blood is human .
A nd the poem ran o n in his m ind

Li l i ht t
s o od o n th e sk irts of E de n
( A l as , t il e fl ou r ! )
S h e was t h e fi r s t th t th a en c e was d r i v en
W i th h er was h e ll , an d w i th E v e wa s h eav e n .
N ay I Should transpose that

, mu r ,
—
m ured the young man dro w si l y staring out ,
“ ‘
on the moon l it street I should say With
H OW
’
E ve was h ell and w ith Lil ith heaven
, .
strange it is I should never have thought of th is ’
poem b efore and I have often turned over

—
’
the pages of Rossetti s book since since I ,
— —
saw her — I must have actua l ly seen the

name of Lilith printed t h ere and yet it never ,
suggested itself to me as being familiar or

offer i ng any sort of clue .
H e sighed perplexedly the heliotro p e ,

—
odours floated around him and the g l eam o f ,
the lam p i n the room seemed to pale in the

wide splendour of t h e moon rays p ouring -
th rou g h the w i ndo w — and still the delicate ,
S p rite of P oes y continued to remind h i m o f

fam i l iar lines and verses he loved though ,
all the w hile he thought o f Lil i t h and kept ,
on wonderin g vaguely and vainly what

w ould be wh at could be the end of h is
, ,
bro t her s experimen t ( whatever that was for

’
he F e raz did not know ) on the lovely

, , ,
apparently l ivi ng girl who yet was dead .
I t was very strange and surely it was also —

,
very terri b le I
T h e day i s dar k a n d t h e n i g ht
T o h im th t
a wou l d s ear c h th e i h r e ar t
No l i ps o f l d th t w i ll p t
c ou a ar ,
N or m o r n i g
n g i n t h l i g ht
s on e
O n l y , g az i ng l
a on e
T o h im w i l d h ds a o ws are s h o wn ,
D ee p d d p nk w
un er ee u no n
An d h i g ht b v
e nk a w h i g ht
o e u no n e .
S t i ll w y w e sa
g as e o,
‘S t n t th
ra i k b t how n e a
g ey y ,
W h tev ath i t kn w
er er e s o o ,
T h t h ll w k
a s wa d y e no o ne a .
This passage of rhym e sang i tself out with

a monotonous musical gentleness in his brain ,
—
h e c losed his e y es restfully —and then ,
lying ba c k thus i n his chair by the open

window with the moonl i ght casting a wide ha l o
,
round h im and giving a pale spiritual beauty

64 TH E SO U L OF LILI TH
assem bl y They sang blithe songs they

.
,
-
scattered fl o we rs they talked with each

,
-
other in hap p y toned voices and h e stood

- —
,
aside gazing at them wistfully while they

went on rejoicin g .
O land where life never gro w s old and

where l ove i s eternal ! he mused Why
am I exiled from thy glory ? W h y have I
lost thy joy
H e sighed he longed to know what had
brought together so bri g ht a multitude of ,
these lovely and j oyous b e i ngs h i s o wn ,

—
“
dear people as h e felt they w ere ; and
yet yet h e hesitated to as k one of them the
—
least question feelin g h imself u nworthy At

,
.
last he saw a g irl approaching she w as ,

—
singing to herself and tyin g flo w ers i n a

garlan d as she ca m e h er loose gold ha i r ,
streamed behind her every g listenin g tress ,
seeming to flash light as she mo ved As she .
dre w near h im she g l anced at him kindly

and paused as though w a iting to be a d
d ressed seeing th i s he muste red u p h is
,
—
,
courage and spoke .
”
Wh ither are y o u all going ? h e asked ,
“
w i th a sad gentl e ness I may not fo l lo w —
you I kno w but w i l l you tell me w h y in

, ,
—
,
th i s kingdom o f jo y so much fresh j oy seems ,
added
S he pointed up wards and as his eyes “
obeyed h er gesture he saw i n the o p al ,
coloured s k y that bent above them a dazzl i ng ,
blaze of gold and crimson glory towards the

south .
An Angel p asses ! she replied Belo w

t h at line o f li g ht t h e E art h s w ings round in
i ts litt l e orbit and from the E arth S he
,
comes ! We g o to w atch her flight heaven

ward and w i n the benedict i on that her
,
passing p resence g i ves F or look you .
a l l that s p lendour in the s k y is not l ight ,
”
b ut wings !
Wings ! echoed F e raz dreamily yet ,
nothin g doubtin g what she said .
“
W i ngs or rays of glory whic h you ,
—
w ill said the maiden turnin g her o w n

-
,
beautiful eyes towards t h e flas h ing br i lliancy

Th ey are wa i ting t h ere those who come ,
—
from the furthest D i v ine worl d they are —

,
the friends of L ilith .
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;
.
S he b ent her head serenel y and passed ,
on w ard and up w ard and F e raz stood stil l

, ,
his gaze fixed in the direction of that

southern l i g ht w h ich h e no w perce i v ed w as
never still but qu ivered as w i th a million
,
sh a fts of v ari ~coloured fire .
“
T he fr i ends of Lilith ! he re p eated to
h i msel f An g els then for she is an ,
—
Angel .
Angels ange ls w aiting for Li l ith i n th e

—
glory of the S outh ! H o w l on g h o w lon g —
w ou l d they w ait w hen would Lilith herse l f

—
a pp ear — and w ould the very h eavens open

to rece i ve her soaring upward ? He
,
trembled h e tried to real ize the u n i m ag i n

,
—
able scene — and then,

then he seemed
,
to be seized and hurried awa y some w here

a gainst his will a nd all that w as ligh t
g rew dark H e shuddered as w ith icy cold

.
,
and felt that earth a g ai n encompassed him ,
and p resently he woke to find his brother —
lookin g at h im .
“
Why in the w orld do you g o to sleep
with the window wide open
. .
? as k ed E l
R a mi H ere I find you literally bathed ,
in the moonli g ht and moonlig h t d r i ves men

—
mad they say s o fast too i n th e land of

—
,
N od that I could hard l y w aken you S hut .
the wi ndow my dear boy if you m u s t sleep

, , .
F e raz sprang up quickly h is eyes felt ,

-
dazzled sti l l w i th the remembrance of that

”
glory of the an g els i n t h e S outh .
“
I was not asleep — h e said B ut ,
”
certa i nly I w as not here .
Ah I n your S tar a g a i n of course !

—
m urmured E l R a mi w it h t h e fa i ntest trace

-
of moc k ery i n h is tone But F e raz too k no .
offence his one anxiety was to p revent the

—
“
name of L i l it h spr i nging to his li p s i n
spite of h imse l f .
Yes I was there

—
he answered slowly ,
And do y o u k no w all the peo p le i n the -
land are gathering tog ether by thousands to

see an Ang e l p as s h ea v en w ard ? And there
is a glory of h er sister ange l s a w ay i n the -
,
S outhern horizon l i k e the splend i d circ l e

descri b ed by D ante in his ' ‘Parad i so .
’
Thus
T h ere is l i g ht i n h e av e n wh o s e
a
g oo d ly h is ne
M ak e s t h e C r e at or v i s i b l e t o all
C r e at ed th at i n s ee i ng H i m al o n e
,
H a v e p e ac e . An d i n a c i r c l e s pr e ad s s o fa r
T h at t h e c i r c u mfe r e n c e w e r e t o o l oos e a z o n e
T o g i r d l e i n t h e s un
H e quoted the l ines w i th strange eag erness

and fervour and E l R a mi looked at him
,
— -
c u riously .
What odd dreams you have ! h e sa i d ,
“
not u n k indly A l ways fantast i c and i m
p ossible b ut b eautiful i n t h eir way You
,
.
should set them down i n blac k and Wh ite ,
’
and see how earth s critics w ill bes patter your
heaven w ith the in k o f their o ffice pens !
Poor boy ! ho w l i mply you w ould fall
—
’
from Paradise w ith w hat damp dejected
-
w ings !
F e raz smi l ed .
I do not agree w ith you he sa i d If

y o u speak of i magination only i n t h i ,
—
s c as e .
I am not imag ining no one can sh u t out

,
—
that Paradise from me at any time neither —
p ope nor king nor critic T hough t is free

, .
,
thank God !
Yes perhaps it is the only thin g we
—
have to be really thankful for — returned ,

El - Ra m i We l l I w i l l l eave you to
—
‘ ’ ’
r esume you r dreams on l y don t slee p —
w i t h the windows o p en S ummer evenin g s .
are treacherous I should adv i se you to g et

,
—
”
to bed .
”
And you ? asked F e raz m oved by a ,
sudden anxiety w hich he cou l d not exp l a i n .
“ ”
I sha l l not sleep to night — said his -
,
“
brother m ood ily S omething has occurred
—
to me a suggest i on an idea wh ich I am

— —
,
i m p atient to work o u t w ithout loss of time .
And F e raz i f I succeed in i t vo u sha l l

, ,
— —
know t h e result to morro w -

.
This promise w hich impl i ed such a ne w

,
departure from E l R a m i s c u stomary r eticence

—
’
concern i ng h i s wor k really a l armed F e raz ,
more than g ratified h i m .
’
For H eaven s sake be care ful ! he ex
c l aimed You attem p t so much you wan t ,
—
so muc h perha p s more than can in l aw and

,
—
j ustice be given E l R a mi my brother l eave

.
-
, ,
somethin g to God you can not you dare not —

,
”
take all !
M y dear visionary rep l ied E l R a mi ,
-
“
g ently — You alarm yourself needlessly I ,
assure you I do not want to take anything

.
;
except what is my own and as for leaving ,

-
something to God why H e is welcome to,
what H e makes of me i n the end a p inch —
of d ust '
T h ere is more than d ust i n your com

“
p os i tion cried F ér az impetuously There —
is d i v i n ity ! An d the divi nity b elongs to

God and to God you must render it up
, ,
pure and perfect H e claims i t from you

.
,
and you are bound to give it .
’
A tremor passed throug h E l R a mi s frame
‘
-
,
and he g rew paler .
I f t h at be true F éraz he said s l o wly

, ,
and with em p hasis if i t indeed be true

that there i s D i v inity i n me w h i ch I dou b t ! ,
—
—
why then let God c l aim a nd ta k e H is o w n
p article of fire when H e w i ll and as H e will ! ,
Good ni g ht !
-
F e raz cau g ht h is hands and pressed them

tenderly in h is own .
Good night he mu rm ured

- God does
all th ings w ell and to H i s care I commend
,
you my dearest brother

,
.
And as E l R a mi tu rned awa y and left t h e

-
sinking her harsh voice to a soft almost

musical cadence And as the multitude O f
t h e stars i n hea v en so are the countless
,
heart thro b s that pulsate in the w orld at th i s

-
hour to t h e silver sway of the moon All .
over t h e wo r ld l—
al l over the w orld !
and she swun g her arms to and fro w i th a

s l o w rhythmical mo v ement so that the silver
,
b an g les on them clashed softly like the su b

dued tinkl ing of b e ll s ; then fixin g her ,
bl ack eyes upon F e raz wit h a m ou rnful yet

k indly g aze she added N ot for you no t —
for y o u g entlest o f dreamers ! not for you !

,
I t is dest i ned that you shou l d dream and — .

,
for you dream ing i s best but for m e I

, ,
— —
w ould rather l i ve on e hou r t h an dream for a

ce ntu ry !
H er words were vague and wild as usual ,
— yet some h o w F e raz c h afe d u nder the

h idden sense of them and he g ave a slight
,
p etulant gestu re o f irritation Z ar o b a seei ng.

,
it broke into a low laugh

,
.
As God l iveth , sh e muttered The

poor lad fights bravely I H e hates the w orl d
w ithout ever having known i t and re c oils ,
—
from love without ever h aving tasted it !

H e chooses a thou g ht a r h yme a song an , , ,
art rather than a passion ! Poor lad p oor —

,
l ad ! D ream on ch i l d but pray that you

,
-
may never wake F o r to dream of love .
may be sweet b u t to w ake w ithout i t i s

,
”
b i tter !
Like a g lidin g w r aith she p assed h im and
d i s appeared F e ra z had a m i nd to follo w
.
her do w nstairs to the basement where sh e

had the so r t Of rou g h sleepin g accommoda
tion her half savag e nature p referred w hen
-
,
e ver she sle pt at all o ut of Lilith s room ’
w hich was b ut seldom yet on second ,

-
t h o u g hts he d ecided he would let her

a l one .
S he only worries me he said to him

self ha l f v exedly as he went to his o w n little
a p artment I t was she who first d i sobeyed
E l R a m i and made me disobey h im a l so
-
, ,
and though she did ta k e me to see the

wonderful Lilith what was the use of i t
,
?
H er match l ess beauty com p e l led my adora

tion my enthusiasm my reverence almost
, , ,
my love but who could dare to love such a

—
removed angel i c creature N ot even E l ?
R a mi himsel f for he must kno w even as I

—
,
feel that s h e is beyond all love save the

, ,
”
Love D ivine .
H e cast o ff his loose E astern dress and ,
p re p ared to l i e down when he was startled ,
by a faint far soun d of singin g H e l i stened .
attentively i t seemed to co me from out

—
side and h e quickly fl u ng open h is w i ndow

, ,
w hich only opened upon a l ittle narrow bac k

yard such as is common to London houses .
B ut the moonlight t r a n s fig u r e d its ugl iness ,
mak i n g it look li k e a square white court set

in wal l s of silver The soft rays fell caress
.
i ng ly too on the bare bronze ti nted shoulders -
of F e raz as hal f u ndressed he leaned out

, , ,
h i s eyes u p turned to the halcyon h eavens .
S ure l y surely there was singin g somewhere

,
—
w hy he could d istin g u ish words amid th e
,
sounds !
A w a y, aw ay
W h e r e t h e g l i tt e r i n g p l a ne t s w h i r l a n d s w i m
An d t h e g l o r y o f t h e s u n g r o w s di m
A w a y a w ay I
,
T o t h e r e g i o n s of l i g ht a n d fi r e a n d a i r
W h e r e t h e s p i r i t s o f li fe a r e e v e r y w h e r e
'
C om e O h c om e a w a y I
,
Trem b l i ng i n every l i mb F e raz cau g ht t h e ,
song d istinctly and h eld his breat h in fear

,
and w onder .
A way, a w ay
C o m e, Oh c o me ! we a v e w ai e d l o ng
h t
An d we s i ng e e n o w a s u mm o i g s o n g
th n n -
Aw ay , a w ay
T h o u ar t fr ee df rom th e wor l d of t h e d r e a m ng i d ad
e ,
An d t h e s pl e n d ou r s o f H ea v e n a r e r o un d th ee s p d
r ea
C om e a w ay l a way
—
T h e c horus grew fai nter and fainter yet -
still sounded l i k e a d istant musical h um o n

the a i r .
I t is my fancy — m urm ured F e raz at

l ast as h e dre w i n h is head and noiselessly
,
s h ut the windo w I t i s the w ork of my own

i magination or what is perhaps more
,
probable the work of E l Rami s will

, I -
’
.
have heard suc h m usic before at his ,
bidding no not s u ck music but something

—
, ,
”
v ery like it .
H e w aited a few mi nutes the n quiet l y ,
knelt do w n to pray but no words sug ,

-
g ested themselves save the phrase that once ,
before had risen to his lips that day God ,
”
defend L i lith !
H e uttered it alou d then sprang up con

,
—
fused and half a fraid for the name had rung

,
out so clearly that it seemed l ike a call or a

command .
”
We l l I h e sa i d trying to steady h i s
,
nerves What if I di d say i t ? There is

‘ ’
no harm in the words God defend her If .
she I S dead as E l R a mi sa y s she nee ds

,
-
,
no defence for her soul belo ngs to God

,
”
al ready .
H e p aused again t h e silence everywhere

,
—
w as now absolutel y u nbroken and intense ,
and repell in g the vague presentiments that

threatened to oppress h is mind he thre w ,
h imself on his bed a n d was soon sound

asleep.
C H APT E R I V .
AN D w hat o f t h e S ign p romised y Lilit h b ?
H ad it been g i ven ? N o b ut E l R a m i s
,
- -
’
im p atience w ould brook no longer de l ay and ,
h e had determ i ned to p u t an end to his per
p l e x i t i e s b y violent means if necessary and ,
take the r i sk of w h atever consequences m i g h t

ensue H e h ad bee n p ass i n g throug h the
'
strangest p hases of thou g ht and self analysis -
during these l atter w ee k s try i n g reluctantly

,
—
,
enou g h to bend h is h aughty s p i rit do w n t o

,
an attitude o f humility and p atience w hich

i l l suited h i m . H e w as essentially masculine
i n his complete b e l ief in h imself —
and more
,
than all things he resented any interference

w ith h i s proj ects wh e t h e r s u c h i nterference
,
w ere human or D ivin e W h en therefore the

.
tranced Lilith had bidde n h i m w ait watch ,
and pray s h e h ad laid upon h im t h e v ery

,
inj unctions he found most di fficult to follo w .
H e could wait and watch if he were certain

of re sults but w h ere there w as the s lightest
,
—
g l i m mer of u n certa i nty h e gre w very soon

,
tired of both waiting and w atching As for .
”
pra y ing — h e told h imsel f arro g antl y that
to ask for what he could surely obta i n by the
exerted strength of h is own w ill was not o nly
superfl uous b ut impl ied great w eaknes s of
,
c h aracter .
‘
I t w as then i n the full armed

,
-
sp i rit of p ride and assertive domi nance that

’
he went up that n i g h t to Lilith s chamber ,
and dismissin g Z ar o b a w ith more than usual

e n t le ne s s o f demeanour to w ards her sat
g ,
do w n beside the couch on w hich h is lovely

”
a n d mysterious subj ect lay to all ap p ear
,
a n c e s inan imate save for her quiet breath ing .
H is eyes were sombre yet gl i ttered w ith a

,
some what dan g ero u s lustre u nder thei r droo p

ing lids — h e was to b e duped no longer he ,
said to himsel f h e had kept fa i thful vi g il

,
—
night after ni g ht ho p ing against h O pe b e

, ,
l ieving against be l ief and not the smallest

,
w ondrous red fi e lds its rosy fo l iage and

,
—
fl o we r s its great jag g ed rocks ablaze w ith

,
-
amethystine s p ar its huge conical sh e lls

,
—
,
tal l an d light that rose up l ike fair y to w ers

, ,
fr i n g ed w i th flag s and garlands of marine

blossom out of oceans t h e colour of jasper
,
and p earl Certain l y too it was not from

.
,
the testimony of ms i nner consciousness t h at

he had e v o k ed t h e faith that seemed so
n atural to her ; H er be l ief in a D ivi ne Person
ality and my utter rejection of any such idea ,

,
w ere t w o t h i ngs w ider asunder than the

p oles and had no possible sort of connection
, .
N evertheless w hat he could not account for ,
w earied him out and irritated h im by its

e l usiveness and u n p ro v able ch aracter and ,
—
finally his l on g frequent and p r o fi t le s s r e

, , ,
fl e c t i o ns on the matter had brou g h t hi m th is

n i ght up to a p oint of deter m i nation w h i c h
b u t a fe w mont h s back w ou l d have seemed
to h im i mpossib l e H e lza d r es olv ed t o wa éen
.
'
L i l zl u . What sort of a b ein g s h e w ou l d

seem w hen once awakened he could n ot ,
quite imagine H e knew she had died in

.
h is arms as a ch i ld and that her seem i n g

—
,
life no w and her gro wth i nto the love l i ness

,
of womanhood was the result of artificial

means evol v ed from the wonders of chem istry ,
— but he persuaded h i mself t h at thoug h her

ex i stence w as t h e work o f sc i ence and not
nature i t was better t h an n atural and would
, ,
l ast as long H e determined he would break

.
that mysterious trance of body i n whic h the

departing I ntelligence had been by h i s skill , ,
detained and held i n connection with its

earthly hab i tat i on h e would transform the
,
—
slee p ing visionary into a l iving woman for ,
he l oved h er H e cou l d no lon g er disg u ise

.
fro m h i mself that her fair face w it h its

h ea v enly s mile framed i n the golden hai r
,
that circled it like a halo h au nted him i n ,
every minute of t i me h e could not and ,

-
w ou l d not deny that h is w hole b eing ached

’
to clasp with a lover s embrace that exquis i te
b eauty wh ich had so lon g been passively
surrendered to h is e xp e r i me nt ing s and ,
-
with the daring of a proud and u n restra i ned

nature he frankly avowed his feel ing to h i m
,
se l f and made no pretence of h id i ng i t any

lon g er. B ut it was a far deeper mystery
VOL . 1 11 .
“
tha n h is search for the S oul of Lilith to ,
find out w hen and how th is passion had first

ar i sen in h im H e could not analyse h i mself
.
so thoroughly as to discover its vague b e

ginnin g s . Perha p s it was germinated by
.
’
Z a r o b a s wild promptings perhaps by the ,
—
fact that a certa in unreasonable j ealousy had

ch a fed his spirit w h en he knew that his
brother F ér az had wo n a smi l e of atten tion
and res p onse from the tranced girl perhap s
—
,
it was o w ing to the i rritation he h ad felt at .
t h e idea that h is visitor the monk from ,
Cyprus Seemed to know more of h er t h an he

,
himself did at any rate whatever the cause

,
—
, ,
h e who had been sternly im p assive once to

’
the su btle attraction of Lilith s out w ard
beauty madly adored that out ward beauty
,
now And as is usu al with very sel f reliant

.
-
and proud d ispositions he al most began to ,
gl ory i n a sentiment which but a short time

ago he would have repelled and scorned .
What was f or himself and of h imself was

good i n his si g ht — Hi s knowledge b i s ,
'
proved things lz zs tested discoveries all

, ,
these were excellent i n his opinion and the ,

THE S O UL OF L I L I T H 83
E go of his own abil i ty was the p ivot on

which all his actions turned H e had l a i d .
his plans carefully for the a w akenin g o f

Lilith but in one little trifle they had been
,
-
put out b y t h e absence from town of M adam e

.
I rene V as s iliu s S he of all women he had

.
,
ever met was the one he would have trusted

,
with h is secret because he kne w that her

,
l i fe though l ived in the w orld w as as stain

, ,
l ess as though i t w ere lived i n heaven H e .
had meant to place Lilith in h er care i n —

,
order that with her fine perce p tions lo fty ,
ideals and delicate sense of all things b eauti

,
ful and artistic she might accustom the g irl

,
to look u pon the fairest and nob l est side of

life so that she mi g ht not regret the
,
“
visions -yes he w ou l d call them visions
,
—
she had lost B ut I rene was among the
.
mountains of the A ustrian Tyrol enj oying a ,
h oliday i n the intimate society of the fairest
Q ueen i n the world M argherita,

of I taly ,
one of the few l iving S overeigns w ho .
really strive to bestow on inte l lectua l worth

its true ap p reciation and reward A nd her .
house in London was shut up and under the ,

sole charg e of the happy K arl former ser v an t ,
to D r K reml in w ho had now found w ith the

.
,
fair and famous authoress a situation that

suited him exact l y Wild horses w ould
.
’
not tear him from his lady s service h e w as
w ont to say and he guarded her househo l d
,
”
i nterests j ealously and sa i d N ot at home to
,
u nd esired visitors l i ke Roy Ainswort h for

example w ith a gru ffness t h at w ould have
,
done credit to a Russian bear To I rene .
V as s ili u s therefore E l R a m i could not turn

, ,
-
for the help he had mean t to as k and he ,
w as sorry and disappo i nted for h e had ,
“
p articularly w ished to remove h is sleeper
a w akened out of the com p anionshi p of both
Z a r o b a and F e raz and there was no ot h er
,
—
woman like I rene — at once so pure and

,
proud so brilliant l y gifted and so far r e

, ,
moved from the touc h and taint of modern

social vulgarity H owever h er aid w as now
.
,
unattaina bl e and he h ad to m ake up h i s

,
mi nd to do w ithou t i t And so he reso l utely

.
put away t h e thought o f the after results o f -
Lilith s awaken ing h e who was genera l ly

’
,
—
,
so careful to calculate consequences instinct ,

i v e lya v oided the consideration of them i n

the present instance .
The litt l e silver timepiece ticked w ith an

aggressive loudness as he sat no w at h is
usual post his b l ac k eyes fixed half tenderly
,
-
,
half fi e rc e ly on Lilith s wh i te beauty beauty

- —
’
which w as as h e told h imself all h is o w n

, ,
.
H er arms were folded across her breast ,
h er features were pall i d as marble and her ,
breathin g was very l i g h t and low The .
g olden lamp burned d i mly as it s w u ng from

the purple pavilioned ceiling the scent of
- —
the roses that were a l ways set fresh in the i r

v ase every day filled the room and though
, ,
the windo w s were closed ag ainst the n ight ,
a dainty moonbeam strayed i n through a

chi n k w h ere the dra p eries were not quite
d ra w n and m in g led its e merald g litte r with
,
t h e yellow lustre shed by the l amp on the

dark l y carpeted floor
-
.
I w i l l risk it — said E l R a mi in a
,
-
wh isper a whisper that sounded loud i n

,
-
the deep stillness I w ill risk it why not —
I h ave pro v ed myself capable of arresting

l i fe or the soul for life i s the soul i n its
,
— —
fl i ght from hence i nto the N o w here I m ust ,

—
needs also have the power to kee p it i n

d efinitely here for m y self i n whatever form
I please These are the rewards of science
.
,
rewards which I am free to claim and w hat ,

-
I have done t h at I have a ri g ht to do again

, .
N o w l et me ask myself the question plain l y ;

— Do I believe in the supernatu ral
H e paused th i nking earnestly h is eyes
, ,
still fixed on Lilith .
N o I do not
,
he ans w ered himself at
,
last F rankly and honestly I do not I , .
h ave no proofs I am it is true puzz l ed by

.
, ,
’
Lil i th s languag e but w hen I kno w h er as
,
—
she i s a woman sentient and consciou s of

, ,
my presence I m ay find out the seem ing

,
mystery T h e d reams o f F e raz are on l y

.
d reams the vision I sa w on that one

,
—
oc c asion and a faint tremor came over

h im as h e remembered the sweet yet solem n
l oo k of the shi ning O ne he had seen standing
bet ween him and h i s visitor the monk -
the
'
vision was of course lzzs work t h e work of -
that mystic master of a no less mystic

b rotherhood N o I have no proofs of t h e
.
—
ordinarily h id it from V iew S lowly his ?
eyes travel l ed to it and dwelt u p on i t slo w ly —
they fol l owed the letters of the inscription

beneath .
WH OM S AY Y E T H AT 1 AM
The question seemed to h im for the

moment all paramount ; he could not shake
-
off the sense of pertinacious demand with

whic h it impressed him .
A good M an he said aloud starin g

, ,
fixedly at the divine F ace and F i g ure w it h ,
its eloquent express i o n of exalted p atience ,
grandeur and sweetness A g ood M a n .

,
m isled by noble enthusiasm and unse l fish

desire to benefit the poor A man with a .
w ise knowled g e o f h uman mag netism and

the methods o f heal in g i n w h ich it can be
employed a man too some w hat sk i lled i n
,
-
,
the art of o p tical illusion Yet when all is .
said and done a g ood M an too good and

,
—
wise and pure for the peace of the rulers of

the world to o honest and clear sighted to
,
— -
d eserve any other reward but deat h Divine ? .
— No I save i n so far as in our highes t

—
T HE S O UL OF L I L I T H 89
moments w e are all

divine E x i stin g now .
?
— a Prince of H eaven a Pleader a g ainst ,
P unishment ? N ay nay no more existin g —

,
than th e S oul of Lilith t h at soul for w hich

,
—
I search b u t -w h i ch I feel I shal l never

,
find !
And he drew nearer to the ivory satin -
couch on W hich lay the lovely sleeping

w onder and puzzle of h is amb i tious dreams .
Leaning to w ards her he touched her h an ds ,
they were cold but as he laid h is o w n upon

,
t h em t h ey gre w w arm and trembled Closer .
still he leaned his eyes drinking i n e v ery

,
detail of her beauty w it h eager proud and ,
m asterful eyes .
Li li t h l my Lilith !
— h e murmured
After all w hy should we put off ha p pine s s
,
for the sake of everlastingness w hen happ i ,
ness can be had at any rate for a few,
years O ne can b ut live and d ie and th e re

.
an end And Love comes but once

.
, .
Love — how I have sco ffed at it and made a

j est of i t as if it were a p lay th in g And even .
now wh i l e my whole heart craves fo r it I ,
question whether i t is worth havin g ! Poor

Lilith —
only a woma n after al l a woman ,
—
Whose beauty wi l l soon pass whose days —
will soon be don e only a woman not an

— -
immortal S oul there is there can be no

,
—
, ,
such th in g as an immortal S oul .
Bending down over h er he resolutely u n ,
c l asped the fair crossed arms and seized t h e ,
delicate small hands i n a close g rip .
Lilith Li l it h h e called i m perious l y .
A l on g and heavy pause ensued then the ,

—
’
g irl s limbs quivered v iolent l y as though
moved by a sudden convulsion and her l i ps ,
parted i n the utterance of the usua l formula

I am here .
H ere at last but you h ave been absent

,
long sa i d E l R a mi with some reproac h

-
,
Too l ong A nd you have forg otten your

.
”
prom ise .
“
Forgot ten ! she echoed O doubtin g
spirit ! D o such as I am ever forget ,
H er t h rilling accents awed him a lit t le ,
but he pursued h i s o w n way with her u n ,
dau n t e dly .
Then why have you no t fu l fil l ed it he

demanded The strongest patien ce may tire .
I have waited and watched as y o u bade ,
me but now now I am weary of w aiting

— —
.
O h W hat a sigh broke from her lips !

,
“
I am weary too she said The angels -
are w eary God is w eary All Creation is

. .
weary o f Doubt — .
For a moment he was abashed bu t only ,

-
for a moment ; i n h i mself he considered

Doubt to be the strongest part of h is nature ,
a pos i tive s h ield and buckler against pos

—
sible error .
You cannot w ait went on Lilith , ,
speaking slo w ly and w ith evident sadness

“
N either can we We have hoped i n .
,
—
vain ! We have watched i n vam ! T h e —
’
strong man s pride w i l l not bend nor ,
the stubborn spirit turn i n prayer to its

Creator T h erefore w hat is not b ent must
.
be b roken and what voluntarily refuses

,
—
Light mu st accept Darkness I am h idde n .
to come to you my be l oved to come to , ,

—
you as I am and as I ever shall b e I will

, ,
-
come but how W ill you receive me

—
With ecstasy with love with welcome , ,
”
beyond all word s or thou g hts ! cried E l
9 2 THE SO U L OF L I L I T H
“
R a mi in passionate exc i tement O Lilith .
,
Lilith ! you who read the stars can not you ,
read my heart ? Do you not see that I I —
w ho have recoiled from the very thought of

lovin g I who h ave striven to make of
,
-
,
myself a man o f stone and iron rather than

flesh and blood am conquered by your spells
, ,
v ictorious Lilith l conquered in every fibre

—
of my being b y some subtle w itchcraft known

to you rself alone Am I weak . am I false —
to my own bel i efs I kno w not I am only ,

—
conscio u s of the sovereignty of beauty which

has mastered many a stronger man than I .
W hat is the fiercest fire compared to this

fever i n my veins ? I worship you L i lith l
,
I love you more t h an the world life time

—
, ,
and hope of h eaven I l ove you ,
F lus h ed with e agerness and trembl ing w ith

his ow n emotion he rained kisses on the
,
hands he held but Lil i th strove to withdraw

,
them from his clas p Pale as alabaster she .
lay as usual with fast closed eyes and ag ain a-

,
deep sigh heaved her breast .
“ ”
You love my S hado w she said mourn ,
—
”
fully not M yself .
But E l R a mi s rapture was not to be chilled

-
’
by these words H e gathered up a gl itterin g

.
mass of t h e rich hair that lay scattered on the

p i llo w and pressed it to h is lips .
‘
O Li l ith m ine is th i s S hadow he ’
“
asked All this g old i n which I net m y
heart l ike a w i ll in g ly caught bird and mak e ,
an end of my boasted w isdom Are

these s w eet lip s t h e s e fair features t h is ex
,
.
‘ ? ’
u i s i t e body all shadow T hen b l essed
q ,
must be the li g ht that casts so gracious a

reflection ! J ud g e me not har s hly my Sw eet , ,
— for if inde e d you are D ivi ne and th is ,
Beauty I behold i s the mere reflex o f D ivinity ,
let me see the Div i ne Form of y o u for once ,
and have a g uarantee for faith through love !

I f there is an other and a fairer Lilith tha n
the o ne w ho m I now behold deny me not ,
t h e grace of so mar v e l lous a vision ! I am

ready —
I fear nothing to n i g h t I could face
— -
God H imself u ndismayed

H e p aused abruptly h e k new not w h y
—
.
S omething in the chill and solemn loo k of

’
Lilit h s face checked his speech .
Lil i th Lilith he began agai n w hisper

—
‘
94 THE S O U L OE L I LI TH
in l
g y Do I ask too much S urely not I ?
— not if you love me I And you do love me

”
I feel I kno w you do !,
There w as a long pause Lilith might

—
,
h ave b een made of marble for all the move

ment she gave H er breath in g w as so light
.
as to be scarcely percepti b le and when she ,
ans w e r ed him at last her voice sounded ,
strangely faint and far removed Yes I -

.
,
“
love you she said I love you as I ha v e
—
lo v ed you for a thousand ages and as you ,
have never l oved me To W i n your love has

been my task to repel my love has been
“
—
y ou r s .
H e listened smitten by a vag ue sense of

,
compunct i on and reg ret .
B ut you have conquered Li l ith he ,

-
“
answered yours is the v i ctory A nd h ave .
I not surrendered w i llin gly joyful l y ? O

, ,
my beautiful D reamer w hat would you have ,
me do
Pray ! said Lilith with a sudden pas ,
s io n at e thrill i n h e r v o ic e P ra y ! Repent
.
E l R a mi drew h imself backward from her

-
c o u c h i m a t i e n t and angered
'
p ,
.
T H E S O U L OF L I L I T H
'
9 6
fam ished h eart bro k en human beings that

,
-
H e exists that H e is aware o f t h eir misery

,
—
,
—
that H e cares for them that it is all well ,
-
for them that th ere i s E ternal J oy hiding

,
—
itse l f some w here amid the great star th ickets -
of this monstrous u niverse that we are not —
deso l ate atoms W hirled by a blind fierce Force

into l i fe a gainst our w il l and out of it a g a i n
,
W ithout a shado w of reason or a g l i m mer of

h ope. Re p e nt for such thoug h ts as these ?
I w i l l not ! Pray to a God of such inexorable

silence I w i ll no t I N o Lil i t h m y Lilith
,
—
whom I snatched from greedy death even —
you may fail me at the last yo u may break ,

—
your promise the p romise that I should see

,
—
w ith mortal eyes your o wn I m mortal S elf

who can blame you for the p romise o f a
d ream poor c h ild ' You may prove yourself
,
nothing b ut w oman ; woman p oor frai l weak , , , ,
h el p less woman to be loved and cherished

,
and p itied and caressed in a l l the delicate

l i mbs and kissed i n a l l the dainty g olden
,
threads of hair and then then to be laid

,
— —
down l i ke a b roken flower in the tomb that

has grudged me your b eauty all t h is w hile ,
all t h i s m ay b e Lilith and yet I w i l l not

, ,
pray to an un p roved G o d nor repent of an ,
un prov e d sin !
H e uttered his words w i th extraord i nary
force and eloquence one would have thou g ht —
he was addr e s s m g a multitude of hearers

instead of t h at one tran ced g i rl W h o thoug h , ,
b eautiful as a sculptured saint on a sarco

p h ag u s a p,
peared almost as inanimate save ,
fo r the s l o w part i ng of h er l i p s w hen sh e

s p oke.
“
O superb An g el of the K ingdom ! she
mu rmured I t is n o marvel that yo u
fell
H e h eard her dimly perp l exed ; b ut ,
stren g then e d i n h is own convictions by w hat

he had said he w as conscious of po w er
, ,
p o w er to defy power to endure p o w er t o

, ,
command S uch a sense of exhilaration a nd

.
h i g h confidence had not possessed h i m for

m any a long day and h e was about to spea k
,
again when Lil ith s voice once more st o l e

,
’
musically on t h e silence .
’
You would reproach God for the world s
m isery Your complaint is unj ust
. There .
V OL . 1 11 .
‘
98 THE S O UL OE L I L I T H
is a Law a Law for the earth as for all

,
—
w orlds ; and God cannot alter one i ota o f

that L a w w i thout destroying H imself and
H is U n iverse S hall all Beauty a l l O rder
.
, ,
all Creation c Ome to an end because w il fu l

M an is wilfu ll y m iserable ? Your w orld
trespasses against the L a w i n almost every
t h i ng i t does h ence its suffer i ng
—
O ther .
w or l ds accept the Law and fulfi l i t and ,

—
”
w ith them a l l is well
,
.
“ ”
Who is to know th is La w ? demanded
E l R a mi impatien t l y
- And ho w can the
.
w orld trespass against what is not ex

p lained
I t is explained ; said Lilith The
explanation is in every sou l s i n most c onscious ’
ness You all know the Law and feel i t

.
but k nowing you ignore it,

M en were .
’
i ntended by Law God s Law to l ive in
— —
b rot h erhood but y ou r world i s divided into

nations all opposed to each other the resu l t —
is E vil There is a Law of H ealth which

. ,
men can s c arcely be forced to follow the —
majority disobey it ag a in the result is E vil ,

.
There is a Law of E nough men grasp —

my erring Beloved Watch l—

for neither my —
l ove nor my promise can fail B ut O remem .
ber that you are not ready that your will —

,
your passion your love forces me hither ere

, ,
the time that if I come it is but to depart

,
—
,
again foreve r
—
”
N o no ! cried E l R a m i desperately
,
-
N ot to depart but to rem ain to stay with

,
—
me my Lilith my own— b ody and soul

, , ,
forever !
T he last words sounded l i ke a defiance
flung at some i nvis i ble opponent He .
stopped trembling for a sudden and mys

,
—
t e r io u s w ave of sound fil l ed the room l ike a ,
great W ind among the trees or the last grand ,
chord of an org an symphony A chill fear -

.
assai l ed h i m h e ke p t his eyes fixed on th e

,
—
b eaut i ful form of Lilith with a strained eager

ness of attention that made h is temples ache .
S he grew paler and p aler and yet —

, ,
absorbed in h i s intent scrutiny he could not

move or speak H is tongue seemed tie d to
.
th e roof of his mouth h e fe l t as though he ,

—
could scarcely breath e All l i fe appeared to .
han g on one supreme moment of time whi c h ,

l i ke a point o f ligh t w avered bet w een earth

and heaven mortal i ty and infinity H e
,
.
,
one poor atom in the v ast U n iverse stood ,

—
,
audaciously w aiting for the declaration of

God s chiefest S ecret ! Would i t be revealed
’
at l ast— o r still W ithheld

CHAPTE R V .
AL L at once wh ile he th u s close l y watched

,
her Lilith w ith a vio l e nt effort sat u p stiffly

, ,
erect and turned her head slo w ly to w ards

h im H er features were rigidly statuesque
.
,
and wh i te as snow the strange g aunt look

,
—
of her face terrified him but he could not

,
cry out or utter a w ord h e was str i cken

—
dum b by an excess o f fear O nly his b lac k

.
eyes blazed w i th an an g u ish of expectat i on ,
and the tension of h is nerves seemed almost

g reater than he could endure .
I n the great N ame of God and by t h e

Passion of Christ , said L i lith solemnly i n ,
tones th at sounded far off and faint and

-
hollo w do not loo k at this S ha dow of M e !

Tu rn turn away from this dust of E art h
,
i nvented for the i r pleasure Why there .

,
—
”
w as nothin g there ; N oth in g there I
h e h alf m uttered w ith a b eatin g heart rub

- ~
,
bin g h is eyes and star i ng hard before hi m ,
noth i n g not h in g at all but t h e roses

—
,
themselves and , and y e s a Light —
b ehi nd them a l ight that w avered round

—
the m and beg an to stretch up w ard in w ide

circlin g rings !
E l R a mi gazed and gazed
- sayin g ,
over and o v er aga i n to h imsel f that i t

w as the reflection of t h e lamp ,
g l itter of that stray moonbea m there ,
or someth ing w rong w it h h is o w n facul ty of

v ision ,
and yet he gazed on as though ,
for t h e moment a l l h is bein g were made of

,
eyes The roses trembled and swayed to

.
and fro delicate l y as the stran g e Light

w idened and b r i ghtened behin d their blos
s om in
g cl usters a li g h t t,h at—
seemed to
pal p itate with a l l t h e wondrous l i v i n g t i nts o f
the rising sun w hen i t s h oots fort h its first
go l den rays from the foaming green hollows
o f t h e sea U pward u p ward and ever u p
.
,
w ard the deepening g lory extended till the ,

lamp pa l ed and grew d i m mer than t h e spark

of a feeble match struck as a r i va l to a flash
o f li g htn i n g and E l R a m i s breath came
— -
and w ent i n h ard p ant i ng gas p s as he stood

watc h ing i t in s p eech l e ss immobility .
S udden l y t w o broad sha fts of rainbow lum i

,
nance s p rang as it seemed from the ground

, ,
an d blaze d a g ainst the pur p le hangings of the

room with such a burning dazzle o f p rismatic
co l ourin g in every g l itterin g l ine that it was
,
w ell n i g h im p ossi b le for human sig h t to bear

-
it and yet E l R a mi w ould rather have been

,
-
str ic k en stone blind than move

-
H ad he
.
been capab l e of thought he m i g ht have

,
remembered the b eautiful old Greek myths

w hich so truth fully and frequently tau g h t the
lesson that to look u p on the purely divine ,
meant death to the purely h uman ; bu t he

could not th in k al l h is o w n mental facu l ties
,
—
were for the t i me rendered nu mb and useless .
H is eyes ached and smarted as though red

hot needles were bei ng plun g ed into them ,
but though he was conscious o f he was ,
i ndifferent to the pain . H is w ho l e m i nd was

con c entrated on watch ing the mysterious
radiance of those wing s h aped rays i n t h e-
room and no w ,
—
no w w h i le he gazed ,
he began to perceive an O utl i ne bet w een the

rays ,
a S hape becom ing every second
,
more and more d i stinct as thou g h some ,
i nv i sib l e heavenly artist were dra wi ng t h e

semblance of Beauty i n air w ith a penci l
d i pped i n mornin g glory -
0 w onder fu l
.
,
ineffable V is i on O marve l lous breakin g

—
forth of the buds of l ife that are h id i n the

l
qu iet ether where w here in the vast wealth
—
,
and reproduction of deathless and de l i cate

atoms is the Beginning of things
,
w h ere —
the E nd
P resently ap p eared soft cur v es and g l i m ,
mers of vapou ry w hite flushed w ith rose ,
su ggesti v e of fire se e n through mou ntain

mist then came a g litter i n g flash of gold
,
—
that w ent ri p pl i ng and ever rip pl i n g bac k

w ard like th e flo w i n g fall of lovely hair ;
,
and the di m S hape g rew still more clearl y

visible seem i ng to g ather substance and
,
sol id i ty from the very lig h t t h a t encircled i t .
H ad it any h uman l i k eness Yes yet the —
resemblance it b ore to h umanity was so far

1 08 THE SO UL OF L I L I T H
sense into a drear profound possessed h i m , ,
and hard l y k no w ing w hat he d id he turne d ,
desperately to the couch w h ere Li l ith th e ,
Li l ith h e k ne w best lay and lookin g , ,
”
Ah God ! he cried pierced to the heart ,
by the bitterest anguish he h ad e v er known ,
L i lith ms Lilit h w as w it h er i ng b efore his

—
v ery eyes ! The exquisite B o dy h e had

w atched and tended was sh run k en and ye l lo w
a s a fading l eaf t h e face no l on g er beaut i
,
—
,
ful w as gau nt and pinched and s k eleton like

,
-
t h e l i p s were dra w n i n and blue a nd ,

-
stran g e convu l s i ons shoo k t h e wrinklin g and

su n k en b reast !
I n one mad momen t he forgot everythin g ,
forg ot the imperishab l e S oul for the perish

ing Body forg ot h is long stud i es and high
,
—
a m bitions and cou l d t h in k of n oth ing exce p t

,
—
,
that th i s human creatu re he had saved from

’
death seemed no w to be passing into death s
lon g denie d possession and th rowing him
-
,
—
self o n the couch h e clutched at h is fading

treasure with the despe ration of frenzy .
”
Lilith Lil i th I he cried hoarse l y the
—
,
extrem i ty of h is terror cho k in g his voice to

THE SO UL OF L I L I T H 19 9
a smothered w i ld moan L i l i th ! M y love ,
my i dol my sp i rit
,
m y sa i,
nt ! Come back !
—
come bac k I
And clasping her i n his arms h e covered

w ith burning k isses the t h i n peaked face
the s h rinkin g flesh t h e tarnish ing lustre of
,
—
the once bri g h t ha i r .
Lil i t h Lil i th h e wa i led d ry eyed and ,

-
“
fevered with agony Lilith I love yp u ! ,
H as l o v e no force to keep you ? Li l ith ,
love Lilith ! You s h a l l not leave me you —

,
are m ine mine ! I stole you from death

—
I kept y o u from God from all the furies

—
of heaven and earth you s /za l l come back

—
to me I love y o u !
—
And 10 ! as h e spoke the b ody he

held to his heart g re w warm the flesh filled ,
—
up and regained its former softness and

roundness the features took back their
—
lovel iness the fading hai r bri g htened to its

—
wonted rich t i nt and rippled upon the p illo w s

in threads o f g old the li p s reddened the
—
,
—
eyelids quivered th e little hands tremb l ing

,
—
,
’
g ently like birds w in g s nestled rou nd h is ,
throat with a caress that thrilled his whole

being and cal med the tempest o f h is gr i ef as

suddenly as w hen of o l d the M aster w al k ed
upon t h e rag i n g sea of Gali l ee and said to
it Peace be sti l l ,
Yet this v ery calm ness oppressed h im

heavily l i k e a cold hand laid on a fevered
,
—
brow i t chilled h is blood e v en w hile it

soothed his pain H e was conscious of a
.
'
sense of irreparable los s and moreover he ,

—
felt h e had been a co w ard a co w ard ,

—
p h ysically and morally For instead of con

.
,
front i n g the S u p ernatural or w hat seemed ,
the S upernatu ral calmly and w ith the i n ,
u i s i t o r i al research of a scientist h e had

q ,
a l lo w ed himse l f to be overcome b y I t and ,
had fled back to the consideration of the

merely human w ith all the del irious speed
,
of a l over and fool N evertheless he had

.
his Lilith his own Lilit h and holding her

—
,
—
jealously t o his heart he presently turned

,
h i s head tremblingly and i n doubt to w here

the roses nodded d rowsily i n the i r crystal
vase — only the roses now were there ! T he
marve l lous Winged Brightness had fled and ,
the place it had illumined seemed by c ontrast

THE SO U L OF L I L I T H
‘
1 12
l ike w h ite leaves O pening to the s u n the ,
l ids upcurle d disclosing the glorious eyes

,
beneath eyes that had been closed to

,
—
earth l y things for six long years deep , ,
starry v i olet b l ue eyes that shone w ith the

-
cal m and holy lustre of unspeakab le purity

and peac e eyes that i n thei r l iquid softness
—
held a l l the appeal hope supplication and , ,
eloquent love he had seen ( or fancied he ,
had seen ) in the strange eyes of the only

half visible S oul ! The S oul indeed was
-
looking throu g h its earthly w indo w s for t h e

l ast time had he known i t b ut he did not
, ,
—
know it Raised to as g i ddy a pinnacle of

.
delight as suddenly as he h ad bee n l ately

pl unged into an abyss o f grief and terror ,
he gazed into those newly opened w ondrous -
w orlds of mute expression wit h all a l over s ’
pride p assio n tenderness and lon g ing

, , .
Fear noth ing L i l ith ! he said I t is I I

,
I W h ose voice you have ans w ered and

obeyed I you r lover and lord ! I t is I
,
—
,
W ho c l i m you my b eloved l I w ho bid y o u

’
a —
,
waken from death to life !

Oh what a smile of dazzling rapture
,
TH E S O UL OF L I L I T H 1 13
i l lumined her face it was as if the sun i n

—
all h is glory had suddenly broke n ou t of a

c l oud to br i g h ten her beauty w i th h is pu rest
b eams H er child l ike i nnocent wondering
.
-
, ,
eyes remained fixed upon E l R a mi l ifting -

,
—
her white arms languidly she closed them

round about h i m w ith a gentle fervou r that
seemed touched by compassion and he —
, ,
thrilled to the quick b y that si l ent expression

of tenderness strai g htway ascended to a
,
heaven of bl ind delirious ecstasy H e wanted

,
.
no word from her W hat use O f words

her silence was the perfect e l oquence o f love !
A ll her beauty was h is own his v ery o wn ! —
he had willed it s o and h is wil l had ,

—
w on its w ay the i ron Will of a stron g wise

,
—
man without a God to help him and a l l h e -
feared was t h at he m ight d i e of h is o w n

excess of tr i umph and j oy H ush
hush ! M usic ag ain that same o e e p -
sou nd as of the wind a mon g t rees or the ,
solemn organ -c h ord that closes the song of

departing choristers I t was strang e very .
—
stran g e but though he heard he scarcely

—
,
h eeded it u nearthly terrors could not shake

VOL . 111 .
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hi m no w not no w wh ile he h eld Lilith to

,
—
,
his heart and devoured her loveliness with

,
h is eyes cur v e by curve l i ne by line t i ll w ith

, , ,
throbbing p ulses and every nerve tingling in

,
his body he bent h is face do w

, n to hers and ,
p ressed upon h er li p s a long burning pas ,
s io nat e kiss !
B ut even as he d id so she was w renc h ed

, ,
fiercely out of his h old by a sudden and

awful convulsion her sli g h t frame w rit h ed
,
—
and tw i sted itself away from his cl a sp w ith

a shuddering recoil of muscular agony once —
her litt l e hands cl utched the a i r and ,
then , then t h e brief struggle over her

, ,
arms dro p ped rigidly at her sides and her ,
whole body swer v ed and fel l backward heavily

upon the pillows of the couch stark pa l lid , ,
and pulseless ! A nd he he gazing , ,
upon her th us with a vague and stupid stare ,
wondered dimly whether he were mad or

d reaming
What what was th is sudden ail
ment this this strange swoon
What bitter frost had stolen into leer
veins ? what insatiable hell fire was
T H E S O U L OF L I L I T H
!
1 16
’
upon the air and E l R a mi s d i storted mind
,
-
,
catching at t h e dread su ggestiveness of that

u nearthly harmony accepted it as a sort o f
,
i nvis i ble c h allenge .
What good D eath ! brother D eath are

, ,
you there he m uttered fiercely shaking h i s ,
“
c l enched fi st at vacan cy Are you h ere ,
and are you every w here ? N ay we h ave ,
crossed swords b efore n o w in desperate

com b at and I have won !
.
and I
will W i n again ! H ands off rival D e at h I
,
Lilith is m in e I
And snatch in g from his breast a phial of

,
the liqu i d with w h ich he had so long kept

Lilith livin g i n a trance he swiftly i njected it
,
i nto her veins and forced some dro p s bet w een

,
her l i ps in vain i n vain ! N O

b reath came bac k to stir that silent breast
no S i g n W hatever of return i n g an imation
evinced itself only , , at the expiration of
the fe w moments w h ich generally su ffi ced the
V ital fluid for its working there chanced a,
strange and terrible thin g Wherever the .
l iquid had made its w ay there the skin bl is ,
t e r e d and the flesh blackened as though the

, ,
THE S O UL OF L I L I T H 1 17
whole body were be i ng consumed by som e

fierce in w ard fi re ; and E l R a mi looking w i th
-
,
stra i ned w i ld eyes at this destructive result o f

h is eff ort to sa v e at last realized to the full
,
all the awful ness all the dire a g ony of h is

,
fate ! The S oul of Li l i th had departed fo r

ever ; even as the Cypr i an monk had
said it had out g rown its ear t hly tenement
, ,
its cord of communication w ith the body

had been m y steriously and fi nall y severed ,
and the Body itself w as crumbl in g into ashe s

before his v ery si g ht helped into s w ifter d i s
,
solution by the e l ectric potency of h i s own

“
vaunted life elixir - I t was horrible
horrible was there n o remedy
S tarin g himself a l most blind with despair ,
he dashed the phial on the ground and ,
stam p ed it u nder h i s heel i n an excess o f

i m p otent fury ,
the veins in h is forehead
swelled w ith a ful ness of ac h in g blood almost
to bursting ,
he could do noth ing ,
nothing ! H is science was of no avail his—
VVill,
—
his proud i nflexible Will w as as a reed
”
shaken in the wind ! Ha ! t h e old
stock ph rase ! it had been said before ,
1 18 TH E SO U L OF L I L I T H
in old times and i n ne w by cantin g creatures

,
w ho bel ieved in P ray er P ra y er ! wou l d i t

.
— ,
b ring back beauty and vitality to that blac k en

ing corpse before h im that d i sfi g ured ,
w i thering c l ay he had once called Lil i th

H o w g h astly I t looked I S hudder i ng
violently he turned a w ay turned to meet ,
—
,
—
the grave sweet eyes o f the p ictured Christ

on the wall ,
to read again t h e words ,
W H O M S AY Y E T H AT I AM T h e letters
danced before h i m i n c h aracters of flame ,
t h ere seemed a great noise every w here as of

clash i n g steam hammers and great church
-
bells the world w as reeling round hi m as

,
—
g iddily as a spu n w heel .
“
Robber of the S oul of Lil i th ! h e
“
m uttered bet w een h is set teeth W h oever
you be whether God or Devil I w ill find
, ,
you out ! I will pursue you to the uttermost

ends of vast i n fi n i t u de ! I w i l l contest her
w ith you yet for surely she is mine
,
What
right have you O For c e U nkno w n to stea l
, ,
my love from m e ? Answer me prove —
yourself God as I p rove myself M an ! De

,
clare somet h i ng O mute I nfl e xib e l D o some

,
l —
1 20 THE SO UL OF L I LI T H
absolute and po w erful a God of infinite

,
—
and inexorable J u s t ic e I O God I kno w ,
you I o w n you
—
I meet you ! I am p art
—
of you as the worm is and you can change —
me but you can not destroy me ! You have

,
done your w orst you have fought against

,
—
your own E ssence in m e till l i ght has turned ,
to darkness and love to bitterness you ,
h a v e left me no help no hope no comfort ; , ,
w hat m ore remains to do O terrible God ,
of a m illion U niverses ! w h at more ?
Gone gone 18 the S oul of Lilit h

— — b ut
Where ? Where i n the vast U nkno w able
shal l I find my love again ? Teach me
Ma t O God !
,
give me that one sma l l
clue thro u gh the m ill ion million intricate w ebs
of star systems and I too w i l l fall bl ind l y
-
,
do w n and adore an I maginary Good i n

visible and all p aramou nt E v i l !
- I too
w ill sacrifice reason pride w i sdom and po w e r
, ,
’
and beco m e as a fool for Love s sake !
I too w ill grovel before an u nproved S ymbo l
of D ivi n ity as a savage g rovels before his
stone fetish I will be weak not strong
, , ,
I will babb l e prayers w ith the ch i ldren ,

T HE SO U L OF L I L I T H 12 1
only take me w here L ilith is b ring

,
me to Lilith an g el Li l ith ! love

L ili t h I my Lilith ah God ! God I
H ave mercy mercy !
H is voice broke sudden l y in a sharp
jarrin g shriek of delirious laughter blood ,
—
s p ran g to h is mout h and with a bli nd

,
—
movement of his arms as of one in thick

,
darkness seek ing l i g ht he fell heavily face

,
forward insensible on the couch where t h e

,
Body he had loved deprived of its S oul

, ,
lay crumbling s w i ftl y a w ay into hideous dis

fi g u re m e n t and ashes
.
C HA P T E R V I .
A W AK E F er a z T 0 day dr ea m s ’
and
’
- en a ,
,
The w ords sou nded so dist i nct l y in his

ears that the half roused F e raz tu rned
-
dro w s i ly on his p i llo ws an d opened his eyes ,
fully expecting to see the speaker of them

in his room But there w as no one I t was
. .
early morning the b irds w ere t w itter i ng in

,
—
the outer yard and br i g ht suns h i ne poured

,
through the wi ndow H e had had a long

.
and refresh i ng sleep and s i tting up i n his

,
—
be d he stretched himse l f w ith a sense o f

refreshment and comfort t h e w hile he tried ,
to thi nk what had so m y steriously an d u n

pleasantly oppressed him with forebodings
on the p revious n ight B y and b y he r e
.
- -
124 T HE SO U L OF L I L I T H
because E l R a mi often slept there o n the

-
’
h ard soldier s couch that occupied one corner ,
but th is morn i ng all w as exactly as it had

,
been le ft at night the books and pa p ers

,
—
were u ndisturbed and cu riously enough

, , ,
the l ittle sanctum presented a vacant and

deserted appearance as though it w ould ,
dumbly express a fear that its maste r w as

gone from it for ever H ow such a notio n .
sug gested itself to F e raz he could not tell , ,
but h e was certainly conscious of a strange

S inking at t h e heart as he paused in the ac t
,
of thro w ing open one of the w indo w s and ,
l oo k ed round the qu i et room H ad anything .
been moved or d is p laced during the night

that he should rece i v e such a genera l i mpres
s i on of utter emptiness ? N oth ing s o far —
as he could j u dge there w as h is brother s

—
’
ebony chair W heel e d sl i ghtly aside from the

desk there were the g r eat globes terrestria l
,
—
,
and celestial there w ere the various vol umes

,
—
l ately used for r e feren ce and apart from ,

—
,
these on t h e table w as t h e old vellu m book

, ,
in Arabi c that F e raz had once before

attem p ted to read I t was open a cir c u m
.
,
-
s tance that struck F e raz with some surprise ,
for he could not recall havi ng seen it i n that

position last evening Perhaps E l R a mi had
.
’
come down i n the night to refer to it and had

l eft it th ere b y acc i dent F e ra z fel t he must
examine it more nearly and approachin g he , ,
rested his elbows o n the table and fixed h is

eyes on the Ara b i c pa g e before him w h ic h
was headed i n scrolled lettering The
”
M ystery of Deat h . A s he read the w ords ,
a beautifu l butterfly flew i n throu g h the open

window and circled joyously round h i s head ,
till presently espying the bunch of heliotro p e

i n the glass where F e raz had set it the
previous day it fluttered off to that and
, ,
settled on the s c ented purple bloom its ,
pretty wings quivering with ha pp iness .
M echanically F e raz watched i ts flight then ,

—
his eyes retu rned and dwelt once more on t h e

“
time stained lettering b efore him ; T he
”
M yste ry of Death ,
and following the close
—
l ines with his fore fi ng e r he soon made out

-
,
t h e ensuin g passages The M ystery o f

.
'
Death Whereas of this there is no mystery

.
,
at al l as the ignorant suppose but only a

, ,
1 26 TH E S O UL OF L I L I T H
clearin g u p of many intr i cate matters W h en .
the body dies o r to express it with more

,
—
p ertinacious exactitude w hen the body ,
resolves itself into the l iv i ng org an i sms of

w hich earth is com p osed it is because the ,
S oul has outgrown its mortal habitation and

can no lon g er endure the cram p ing narrow
ness of the same We speak unj ustly of
.
the a g ed because by their taciturnity and i n

,
aptitude for worldly business they seem to us ,
foolish and of a p eevish weakness ; it shoul d

,
however be remembered that it is a folly to

complain of the breakin g of the husk w hen
the corn is ripe I n old age the S oul is
.
weary of and i ndiffe r e n t to earthly things ,
an d makes of its tiresome tenement a

’
querulous reproach it has exhausted earth s
,
-
’
pleasures and sur p assed earth s needs and ,
p a l pitates for larg er m o v ement When this ,

.
is gained the hus k falls the grain sprouts forth

, ,
— the S oul is freed an d all N ature teaches

,
—
this lesson To call the process death and

.
a m y stery is to repeat the error of barbarian

ages — for o nce the S oul has no more use for the
,
Body youc annot detain i t you c annot com

, ,
-
‘
128 T H E S O U L OF L I L I T H
M y m ind m isgives me ; she said in low —
a we stricken tones
- My m ind misg i ves m e
,
I have had dr e am s s u eli dreams ! All night

m -
I have tossed and turne d m y head throbs —
”
here ,
— and she p ressed both hands upon her
brow ,
and my heart m y heart ac h es ! I —
have seen str a nge creatu res clad i n white ,
g hostly faces of the past have stared at me ,
m y dead c h ildr e n h ave caressed me my ,

—
dead husband has kissed me on the l ips a —
kiss of ice freezing m e to the marrow

, .
What does it bode N o good no good —
but ill Li k e th e sound of the flying feet of

the wh irlwi nd that brings death to the sons
of the desert there is a sound i n my brain
,
’
w hich says S orrow ! S orrow ! again and
’
e t again S orrow I
y
S i gh ing she c lasped her hand s about her
,
k nees and roc k ed herself to and fro as ,
though she were in pain F e raz stood .
gazing at her wistfully and with a some

w hat troubled air her words impressed h im
,
-
u ncomforta b ly her very attitude sugg ested

—
,
m isery .The sunlight beam in g a c ross her

bent figure flashed on the silver bangles
,
that cir c led her br own arms and touched ,
her rough gray hair to flecks of brightness ,
her black eyes almost h id themselves u nder

their tired drooping lids and when she ,
—
ceased speaking her lips still moved as

thou g h she in w ardly muttered some weird
i n c antation Growing impatient with her
.
,
he knew not why the youn g man paced ,
slo w ly up and do wn the room her deaf —
ness precluded h i m from speaking to her ,
and he j ust no w had no incli nation to com

m u nic at e with her i n the usual way b y
writin g A nd W hile he thus walked about
.
,
she conti nued her rocking movement a nd ,
peered at him dubiously from u nder her

b ushy gray brows .
I t is ill work m eddling w ith the gods

she be g an ag ain present l y I n old time
they were vengeful and have they chan ged ,
—
be c ause the times are new ? N ay nay ! ,
The nature of a man may alter with t h e

course of h is passions but the nature of a ,
—
god —who shall make it otherwise than

w hat it has b een from the begi nning ?
Cruel cruel are the ways of the gods when

,
VOL . 111 .
45
they are thwarted —

there is no mercy i n the
bli nd eyes of Fate ! To tem p t Destiny is to
ask the th underbolt to fall and sm ite you ,
to oppose~
the gods is as thou g h a ba b e s ’
hand should essay to l ift the U n iverse .
H ave I not p rayed the M aster the W ise ,
and the proud E l R a m i Z a r ano s to subm i t

-
,
and n o t contend ? As God l iveth I say let , ,
us su b mit while w e can like the slaves that

w e are for i n submission alone is safety !
,
F e raz heard her w ith i ncreasing irritat i on ,
why need she come to h i m w ith all this

melancholy j a b berin g h e thought angrily
, .
H e leaned far out of the open w indo w a nd

l ooked at the ugly houses o f t h e l i ttle square ,
at the sooty trees

—
the s p arro w s ho pp i n g
,
and quarrell i ng i n the road the t r a de s m e n s

,
’
c arts that every now and again dashed to

and from their various customers doors i n ’
the agg ravatingly mad fashion they affect ,
and tried to realize that he was actuall y in

busy p ractical London and not as seemed at
, ,
the moment more l i kely i n some cavern of

,
an E astern desert listening to an ancient

,
sybil croakin g m isfortune J ust then a

.
THE SO U L OF L I LI T H
resignation and gravity The voices that

cry to my heart S orrow ! S orrow ! and yet ’
‘
again S orrow I f g rief must come then ,
welcome g rief l one cannot gainsay the

,
—
F ates .I will go hence and prove the

message of t h e air for t h e air holds ,
—
i nvisible tongues that do not l ie .
W ith a slow step she moved a c ross the

room and o n a sudden im p ulse F e raz
,
—
“
sprang towards her exclaiming Z ar ob a ! ,
”
stay ! then recollectin g she could not hear
—
a word he checked h i mself and dre w aside

,
t o let her pass with an air of i ndifference

,
which h e was far from feel ing H e w as i n .
t r u th w retched and ill at ease the e x h ilara ,

—
tion with wh ich he had arisen from s l ee p had

g iven way to i ntense depress i on and h e ,
could not tell what ailed h im .
A wa ke, F er az T o day dr ea ms en d, a n d
’
-
”
l ife Oeg i nsThose were the strange words
.
he had heard the first th ing on awaking

that mornin g what could they mean he
—
,
w ondered rather sadly ? I f dreams were

i ndeed to end he would be sorry ,
— and if ,
l ife as mortals generally l ived i t were to

, ,
T HE SO U L OF L I L I T H 1 33
begin for him why then he would be sorrier

, ,
still Troubled and perplexed he began to

.
,
set the breakfast in order h O p i ng by occupa ,
tion to diver t his thoughts and combat th e

m i serable feel ing of vague d read wh ich
O ppressed him an d wh ich though he told
, ,
h imself how foolish and unreasonable it was ,
remained i ncreasingly persistent All at once .
such a cry rang through the house as almost

turned h is blood to ice a cry wild despair
,
-
,
ing and full of agony I t was repeated with

.
piercing vehemence an d F e raz h is heart

,
-
,
b eating furiously cleared the space of the

,
room w ith one breathless bound and rushed

‘
upstairs there to confront Z ar o b a tossi n g
,
h er arms distractedly and beating h er breast

li k e a creature demented .
”
Lilith ! she gasped Lilith has gone
,
gone ! and E l R a mi is dead !

-
C HAPTE R V II .
P U S H I N G t h e panic stricken woman aside

-
,
F e raz dashed back the velvet curtains and ,
for the second time i n h is life penetrated

the myster i ous chamber . O nce in the
beautiful room rich w i th its purple colour
,
and warm th he stopped as though he w ere

,
smitten w i th sudden paral ysis every artery

,
—
i n h is body pulsated with terror i t was ,

—
true ! true that Lilith w as no longer

there ! Th is was the first astou nding fact
that b ore itself in w ith awful conviction on
his dazed and b ewildered mi nd the next
—
thing h e saw w as the figure of his brother ,
k neelin g motionless by the vacant couch .
H ushing his steps and striving to calm h is

d ry eyed and desperate fi nd ing his o w n

-
,
strengt h not su ffi c ient bade her by a , ,
passionate gesture assist h im T remb l ing

, .
violently she obeyed and between them

, ,
both t h ey at last mana g ed to drag E l R a m i -
up from the groun d and get h i m to a c h ai r ,
w here F e raz chafed h is hands bathed h is ,
forehead and used every poss i ble means to

,
restore ani mation Did his heart still beat

.
?
Yes fee b ly and i rregularly ; and presently

,
one or two faint gasp i n g si g hs came from

the labouring b reast .
”
Thank God ! m uttered F ér az What
eve r has happened he lives Thank God he
,
—
lives ! W h en he recovers he wil l tell me ,
all there can be no se c rets now bet w een

—
hi m and me .
And he resumed his quick and careful

m inistration s while Z ar o b a still wailed and
,
wru ng her hands and stared m iserably at

,
th e e m pty couch whereon her beautiful

,
charge had lain slumbering away t h e hours

,
and days for six long years S he too saw .
the little heaps a nd trackings of gray dust

on the p illows and coverl i d and her feeble ,
l i m b s s h ook with such terror that she could

scarcely stand .
”
The gods have taken her ! she whispered
“
fa i ntly throu g h her pallid l ips The gods
are aven g ed ! When did they ever have
mercy ! They have claimed their own w ith
the breath and th e fire of lightnin g and the ,
’
dust o f a maiden s beauty is no more than
the dust of a flower ! The d readful terrible ,
gods are avenged at last

—
at last
And sinkin g down upon the floor she ,
huddled herself together and drew her

,
yellow draperies over her head after the ,
E astern manner of expressing inconsolable

gr i ef an d covered her aged feat u res from the
,
very l i g ht of day.
F e raz heeded her not at all h is sole ,
attention bein g occupied in the care of his

brother W hose large bla c k eyes now opened
,
suddenly and regarded h i m wi t h a vacant

'
ex p ression l i k e the eyes of a blind man A .
great s h udder ran through h is frame h e —

,
looked c uriously at his own h a nds as F e raz

gently pressed and rubbed them and he -
,
stared all round the room in vaguely i n

qu i rin g wonderme n t P resently h is w ander

.
in g g l ance came back to F e raz and the ,
vacancy of his expression softened into a

certain pl eased m ildness h is lips parted i n
—
,
a little smile b ut he sa i d noth ing

, .
You are better E l R a m i my brother

- ?
, ,
murmured F ér az caressingly trembling and ,
a l most weeping i n the excess o f his affe c

t io n at e anx i ety the w h ile he pla c ed his own
,
figure so that it m i g ht obstruct a too i m

mediate vie w o f Lilith s vacant couch and
’
the covered crouch i ng form of old Z ar o b a

b eside it You have no pai n you do
not suffer
E l R a mi made no a nswer for the moment
-
he w as looking at F e raz with a gentle bu t

puzzled inquisitiveness Presently his dark
.
b ro w s contracted sli g h tly as though he w ere

,
trying to con nect some perplexing chain of

ideas,
-
then h e gave a sl i ght gesture of
fat i gue and i nd ifference .
“
You w ill excu se me I h ope , he then ,
“
said w i th p l aintive courtesy I have for
—
gotten you r name . I bel i eve I met you

o nce b u t I cannot remember W h ere
, .
E l-R a m i opened his eyes and stared ;

then smiled .
”
N o thought ? he repeated O h you ,
mistake I I have thought very m uch

—
very ,
—
muc h indeed about m any t h ings N ot about

, .
you perha p s but then I do not know you

— .
You say your name is F e raz that i s very ,

—
stran g e ; it is not at a l l a common name I .
only knew one F ér az h e was my brother ,

—
,
or seemed so for a time but I found out ,

—
afterwards , hush ! come closer !

an d he lowered his voice to a whisper ,
that he was not a mortal but an angel , ,
the angel of a S tar The S tar knew h im

.
better than I did .
F ér az turned away his h ead the tears ,

—
were falling down h is cheeks h e could n o t —
speak H e realized the bitter truth the

.
,
—
deli c ate overstrained mechanism of h i s

’
brother s m ind had given way u nder ex
c e s s iv e pain and pressu re that brilliant , ,
proud astute cold and defiant intellect w as

, ,
all u nstrung and out of gear and rendered ,
use l ess perchance fo r ever

, .
E l R a mi however seemed to have some

-
’
g l immering perce p tion of F ér az s g rief for ,
h e put out a trembl in g hand and turned h is

’
brother s face towards h im with gentle concern .
Tears he said i n a surprised ton e

Why should you weep There is nothing
to wee p for God i s very good .
And w ith an effort he rose from the chair

,
in which he had sat and standing upright , ,
lo oked about h im H is eye at once l i g hted

.
o n the v ase of roses at the foot of the couch

and h e beg an to tremble violentl y F e raz .
caught him by t h e arm and then he seemed ,

—
startled and afraid .
S he p romised she p r o m is e d I he
,
began in an incoherent rambling way and

you must not i nterfere you must let ,
‘
me do her bidding Look for me wher e
.
th e roses are ; there will I stand and wait I ’
S he said that and she will w ait and I will

,
—
,
l ook for she is sure to keep her word no

,
—
angel ever forgets You must not hinder.

.
me — I have to watch and pray you must ,

—
help me not hi nder me I sha l l die if you

, .
will not let me do w hat she asks ; you

cannot tell how sweet her voice is she talks —
to me and tells me of suc h w onderful things ,
thin g s too beaut i fu l to be be l ie v ed yet ,
they are true I kno w so wel l my w ork

.
,
wor k that must be done you w i ll not h inder ,

-
”
me ?
N o no ! sa i d F e raz in anguish h imsel f

,
—
, ,
yet w i l l i ng to say anyth i ng to soothe h is

’ “
brother s tremb l in g excitement N o 11 0 ! —
,
You shall not be hindered — I w i l l h elp ,
you I w ill w atch w ith you I wi ll pray

,
-
,
-
and here ag a i n t h e poor fe llo w nearly bro k e

do wn i nto w oman i sh sob b in g .
Yes ! said E l R a m i eag e rly catchin g at

-
,
the w ord Pray ! You w i ll pray and so —
will I ; that i s g ood that i s w h at I need ,

—
,
p rayer they s a,y d ra w s al l,

H ea v en do w n
to earth I t is stran g e b ut so it i s You
.
,
—
.
k no w h e added with a fai nt gleam of,
i nt e ll igence l i g h ting up for a moment his

wandering eyes Lilit h i s not here ! N ot
”
here nor there
,
she is E very w here
,
I
A terrible p a l lor sto l e over his face g i v i ng

'
it a l most the l iv i d hue o f deat h and F e raz ,

—
,
alarmed th re w one arm strongly and reso

,
lu t e ly about him B ut E l R a mi crouched

.
-
are w eak rest on my ar m ; you must try

—
,
and recover you r strength remember you ,

—
,
”
have w ork to do .
True t r u e said E l R a mi rousin g hi m

I
,
-
,
self Yes you are right — there i s much to

, ,
be done N oth ing is so difficul t as patience

. .
T o be left all alon e and to be patient i s very ,
hard but I will come I will come

,
-
,
—
.
H e suffered h imsel f to be led towards t h e

door then all at once he came to a n a b rup t
,
-
,
stand still and looking round gazed full on

-
, ,
the empty couch where Lilith had so long

been royally enshrined A sudden passion .
seemed to se i ze him his eyes sparkled —
l uridly a sort O f i nward paroxysm convulsed

,
—
his features and he cl utched F e raz by the

,
shoulder with a grip as hard as steel .
”
Roses and l ilies and gold ! he m uttered
thickly They were all there those del i ,
—
cate treasures those airy nothings of which

,
God m akes wo m an I Roses for the features ,
lilies for the bosom gold for the h air I roses ,

—
,
lilies and gold ! They were mine — b ut I ,
have burned them all I have burned the —
roses an d lilies and melted th e g old D ust !

, .
-
dust and ashes ! B ut the dust is not Lilith .
N o ! it is on l y the dust of the roses the

—
,
dust o f lilie s t h e dust of g old Roses l il ies

, .
,
and g old ! S o s weet t h ey are a nd fa i r to the

s i gh t one wou l d almost take them for rea l
,
substance bu t they are S hado w s l shadows —
that pass as w e touch them shado w s that ,

-
always go w hen most we w ould ha v e them

,
”
stay !
H e fin ished w ith a deep shuddering si g h ,
and then loos en i n g h is g ras p of F e raz began

, ,
to stum b le h is way hurr i ed l y out o f the apart

ment w i t h the manner of one wh o is lost in a
,
dense fog and cannot see w h i th e r he is goin g .
F e raz h astened to a ss i st and s u pp ort him ,
w h ereu p on he l ooked u p with a pathet i c and

sm i l i ng g ratefulness ;
You are very go o d to me h e said , ,
w i th a g entle courtesy w hich i n his conditio n ,
w as pecu l i ar l y touch i n g I t h o u ght I should

never need any support ; but I was wrong —
—
qu i te w rong and i t i s k i nd of you t o h e l p
,
—
me M y e yes are rather d im there wa s

.
‘
,
—
too much l i g ht among the roses a nd I ,
find th is p lace extremely dark it ma k es ,
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4 6
1 46 TH E SO UL OF L I L I T H
me feel a l i ttle confused Her e ; and he passed

'
his ha n d across h i s forehead with a trou b led

g esture and looked anxious l y at F e raz as
, ,
though he would ask h i m for some explana

tion of h is symptoms .
Yes yes ! m urmured F e raz sooth ingly

,
You m ust be tired you w i l l rest and p re

—
,
s e n t ly y o u w ill feel stron g and well a g a i n .
”
Do not h urry lean on me ,
—
and he guided ,
—
’
his brother s trembl ing l imbs carefu l ly do w n
the stairs a step at a time thin k in g with in
, ,
himself in deep sorrow Could this be the —
p roud E l R a m i clin g ing to h im thus l ike a

-
,
weak old man afra i d to move ? O h w h at ,
a wreck w as e re h I — what a c h ange h ad

been w rou g ht i n t h e fe w hours of the past
ni g h t l and ever the fateful question r e
—
turned again and ag ain to trouble h im

What had become of L i lith That she w as
gone was self evident and he gathered
-
,
—
some inkling of the awful truth from h i s

’
brother s rambl in g words H e remembered .
that E l R a mi had previously declared Lilith

-
to be dea d so far as her body was concerned

, ,
and only kept app a r en t ly alive by artifi c ial

You w ill not leave me a l one I hope he

sa i d I am very old and feeble and I h ave ,
done you no w rong I do not see why you ,

—
should leave me to myself I should be g l ad .
if you would stay with m e a l ittle wh ile b e ,
cause everyth i ng i s at present so strange to

me ; I shal l no doubt g et more accustomed
to i t i n time You are perhaps not a w are
.
that I wished to l ive through a great many

centuries and my w ish w as g ranted
— I —
ha v e l i ved longer than any man espec i ally ,
since S he le ft me and n o w I am g row i n g ,

—
old and I am eas i ly tired I do not kno w

,
.
this pl ace at a ll is i t a World or a —
D ream
At th is quest i on it seemed t o F e raz t h at ,
he heard again l i k e a s i lver c l arion rin g i n g

,
through silence the mysterious voice that

,
h ad roused h im that morning sayi ng A wa k e

“
, ,
F er a z / T 0 day dr ea m s e n d, d l if e be
’
-
an
g i ns H e u nderstood a nd he bent h i s
!
,
head resignedly h e kne w no w W hat the ,

—
life t h us ind icated meant i t meant a —
sacrificing of a l l his po e t i c aspirations h i s ,
mus i c and h is fantastic happy visions

, ,
com pl ete i mmolation of himsel f and h i s o w n

desires for the sake o f h is brother H is
, .
brother w ho had once ruled h im a b solutely

, ,
w as n o w to be ruled oy him hel p less as a —
child the once self s u ffi c ie nt and h aught y

,
.
-
E l R a mi was to be dependent for everyth i n g

-
u p on the very creatu re w ho had lately b een

his slave and F e raz humbly readi ng i n
,
—
,
these reversed c i rcumsta nces the D ivine ,
’
Law of Com p ensation answered h is brother s ,
p l a i ntive que ry I s i t a World or a

D ream with manful tenderness .
I t is a W orld h e said “
not a D ream
,
—
,
b e loved E l Ram i b u t a Reality

- fi
I t is a fair .
garden belongin g to God and the th ings o f

Go d —
h e paus e d seeing that E l R a m i
,
-
smiled placid l y and nodded h i s head as

though he h e ard pleasa n t music then he
’
-
,
went on stead ily a garden in w h i ch i m

morta l sp i rits wander for a time se l f exiled -
,
till they fully realize the w orth and l ovel i ness

of the H igher Lands they have forsa k en .
Do you u nderstand me O dear and honoured ,
one -
do you u nderstand N one love the i r
home so cl e arly as those who have le ft it for
a time and i t is on l y for a ti me a short

— -
,
short t i me and F e raz deeply moved by

,
—
,
his m ingled sorro w and affection k issed and ,
clasped his brother s hands and all th e ’
beauty we see here in th is beaut i ful sma l l

world is made to remind us of the greater
,
beauty yonder We look as it were i nto a .

, ,
l ittle m irror w hich reflects i n exqu isite m inia

,
”
ture the face of H eaven ! S ee ! and he
,
pointed to the bri l liant b laze of su nsh ine that

streamed throu g h the w indow and illumined
the whole room There is the tiny copy of
the larger Light above and i n that little ,
—
light the flo w ers gro w the harvests r i p en the , ,
trees bud the b i rds sing an d every l ivi ng

,
creature rej o i ce s but i n t h e other Greater —
Light God lives and ange l s love and have

, ,
their being h ere F ér az broke off a b ruptly ,
wondering if he m i g h t ris k the utterance of

the w ords that next rose in vo l untarily to his
l ips wh i le E l R a m i gazed at him w it h great
,
-
w ide open eager eyes li k e those o f a ch i l d

-
listening to a fa i ry story .
Yes yes what next

, he demanded -
“
i mpatie nt l y — This is g ood news you g ive
g reat pa l lor l oo k ed as t h ou g h it were carved

i n b ronze — and h i s bl ac k p iteous w anderin g
, , ,
eyes A butterfly danced to w ards h i m in

.
the sparklin g sho w er of su nbeams the same ,
that had flo w n in an hour before and ali g hted

on the heliotrope that adorned the centre of
the table E l R a mi s attent i on w as attracted
.
-
’
by i t and he watched i ts a i ry fl u t t e r i ng s
—
w ith a p leased yet vacan t smi l e T hen he

, .
stretched out h i s hands i n the g olden light ,
and lifti n g t h em up w ard clas p ed them to ,
gether and closed h is eyes .
“
O ur Father he m urmured ; wh ich
art in H e av e n I H allo w ed be Thy
N ame !
F ér az bend i n g h eedfully over hi m cau g ht
, ,
the w ord s as they were fa i nt l y w h is p ered ,
caught the hands as they drop p ed i nert from

their suppl i cat i ng p osture and l a i d them
g ently b ack then listened a g ain w i th
strained attention the pity i ng tears gatherin g
,
t h ick upon h i s l ashes .
”
O ur Father I once more that
fam i l iar appeal o f k inship to the D i v ine stole ,
upon the air l i k e a far off s i gh then came -

,
—
the sound of regular and quiet breathing

N ature had shed upon the over taxed brain -
her balm of blessed unc o nsciousness and ,

—
l ike a tired child the proud Rl R a mi slept

,
-
.
C H APTE R VI II .
U P S T AI R S mean w hile i n the room th at had

,
been Lilith s there reigned the silence of a

’
dee p desolation The woman Z a r o b a still

.
crouched there huddled on t h e floor a mere

, ,
heap of amber draperies her head covered ,

-
,
h er features hidden N o w and t h en a violent

.
shuddering seized her but otherwise she ,

—
gave no sign of life H ours passed .she -
kne w noth ing she thought of nothin g ; she

,
w as s t u p e fi e d with m isery and a great i n

extinguishable fear To her bew i ldered
.
,
darkly superstitious more than pagan m ind

, ,
i t seemed as if some terrib l e avenging angel

had descended i n the night and torn away
her beau t i ful charg e out of sheer spite and
j ealousy lest she should awake to the j oys of
TH E S O UL OF L I L I T H
w rong M ore than fo r anyth i ng i n the

world had s h e lon g ed that E l R a mi th e -
,
w ise m an w ho scoffed at p assion with a

’
l i g h t cont e mpt shou l d love w i t h a lover s
,
w i ld idolatry t h e beautiful creature who was

so com p le t ely in his power i n h er dul l —
,
ha l f sav age stupid w ay she had thought that

-
, ,
“
such a result of t h e long six years e xp e r i ’
ment co u l d but bring happiness to b oth

man and maid ; and she spared no pai ns to
try and foster the spark of mere interest
“
w hich E l R a m i h ad for his subj ect into
-
’
t h e flame of a lover s ardour For this cause .
she had brou g h t F e raz to look u p on the

tranced girl i n order that E l R a m i kno w i ng
,
-
of it m ight feel the subtle prick of that

,
p erpetua l motor j ealousy for th i s she had

, ,
—
s aid all s h e dared say concern ing l ove and

,
i ts unconquerable nature ; and now j ust ,
when h er l on g cherished wish seeme d on the

-
point of bein g granted som e d readful I n ,
v isible Po w er had rushed i n between the t w o ,
and destroyed Lilith with the fi re of wr at h

a n d revenge a t any rate that was h o w she
—
regarded it The sleeping girl had grown

.
dear to her it was impossible not to lo v e

,
—
such a picture of i nnocent entrancin g idea l , ,
beauty an d she felt as though her heart

,
-
had b een torn open and its very core wrenc h ed

out b y a crue l and hasty hand S he knew .
noth i ng as yet of the fate that had overtaken

E l R a mi himself
- for as she co u ld not hear
,
-
a sound o f the hu man voice s h e h ad only ,
d im l y seen that he w as led from t h e room by

h is young brother and that he looked i ll, ,
feeble and distraught What s h e realized .
most positively and w ith t h e g re atest bitter

ness was th e fact Of Lil i th s loss Lilith s
,
’
,
—
’
evident destruction This was undeniable ,
this was i rremediable and she t h ought o f

i t ti l l her a g ed brai n burned as w i th some
i nward consu min g fire and her t h in blood ,
seemed turnin g to i c e .
Who has done it she muttered Who

has cla i med her ? I t m ust be the Chr i st ,
the cold quiet pa l lid Ch rist w i t h H i s bleed

, , ,
ing H ands and beckon ing E yes ! H e is a

ne w god H e has ca l led and she Li l it h has
,
-
, ,
obeyed ! Wit h ou t love without l i fe w ithout , ,
aught i n the world save the l i ly g arb of u m -

1 5 8 TH E SO UL OF L I L I T H
touched hol iness i t is what the pale Christ

,
—
seeks a nd H e has found it here here w ith

, ,
—
,
the ch i l d w h o sle p t the slee p of i nnocent

i g noranc e h ere where no thought of passion
—
ever entered u nless breathed i t o r per ,

—
chance h e E l R a mi thou g ht it unkno w

— - —
,
i ng ly O w hat a w h i te flo w er for the Christ

.
i n H eaven is L i l i th I What a branch of bud

,
—
and blossom ! A h cruel cold ne w gods , ,
of the E arth I ho w long shall their sorro w ful

—
reign endure I Who w i l l b rin g back the wise

old g ods — the g ods of t h e ancient days
, ,
t h e g ods w ho loved and w ere not ashamed ,
the gods of mirth and life and health they ,

—
w ould have left me L i lith they would have ,

—
said Lo no w t h is w oman is O ld and poor

—
!
, ,
—
she hath lost all t h at she ever had let us ,
—
leave her the ch i ld sh e loves albeit i t is not ,
her own but ours we are great gods but -

,
w e are merc i ful I O h L i lith Lilith ! child , ,
of the su n and ai r and daughter of S leep ! ,
w ould I had p er i shed instead of thee — Would

I had passed away into darkness and thou ,
been spared to t h e li ght !

Thus she wailed and moaned her fa c e ,
TH E S O UL OF L IL I T H
to be for the H i g h est Goo d But for h is .
former life E l Ra m i exists no more the

,
- —
,
m i nd that guided h is actions then is ,
g one .
S lowly and with pained ach i ng eyes

, ,
Z ar o b a read these w ords she gras p ed thei r

,
—
p ur p ort and meaning thorou g hly and yet , ,
she said not a w ord S he w as not su rprised

.
,
—
she was scarcely a ffected her feelin g s —
seemed blu nted or paralysed E l R a mi was .

-
m ad ? To her he h ad always seemed mad

, ,
-
with a madness born of terrible know
l ed g e and pow e r To b e mad no w w as
.
noth i n g ; the lo s s of Lili t h wa s am p ly s u ffi

c i ent cau se for h i s loss o f w it N othin g .
cou l d be w orse i n her m i nd than to h a v e

l o v ed L i lith and lost her w hat w as the use
,
—
of uttering fresh cri e s and ej aculations of

wo e I I t w as al l over e v erything was ,
—
en ded s o far as she Z ar o b a w as con

,
—
, ,
c e rned S o she sate s p eechless her grand

.
,
—
o l d face r i g id as bronze w ith an expression

,
u pon it of stern submiss i on as of one who ,
w aits i mmovably for more onslaughts fro m

t h e thu nderbolts of destiny .
THE S O UL OF LI L I T H 1 61
F ér az l ooked at her very compass i ona t e l y ,
a nd wrote agai n
Good Z ar o b a I know your grief Rest, .
try to s l eep D o not see E l R a m i to day

.
- -
.
I t is better I s h ould be alone with h im .
H e is quite peaceful and happ y happier —

,
i ndeed than h e has ever been H e has so .
muc h to l earn he says and he is qu ite satis

, ,
fi ed. For to d ay we must be alone with our

s orro w s to morrow w e s h a l l be able to see
,
— -
more clearly what we must do .
S till Z ar o b a said nothin g P resently .
h o w ever she arose and wal k ed totteringly t o

, ,
t h e side of Lilith s couch there w ith

’
, ,
an e l oquently tragic gesture of s u premest

despair she p ointed to t h e gray w h ite ashes
,
-
t h at were s p read i n that dreadfu l ly suggestive -
out l i ne on the satin coverlet and pil l ows .
F e raz shudderin g sh ut h is eyes for a

, ,
moment then as he O pened them again

—
, ,
he saw confronting him th e u ncurtained

, ,
“
p ictu re of the C h rist and H is D iscipl es .
H e remembered it well E l R a mi had ,

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b oug h t it lon g ag o from among the despoiled

t reasures of an old d ismantled monastery ,
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and besides bein g a picture it w as also a

reliquary H e stepped hast i l y u p to it and
.
fe l t for the secret spring w h ich used he ,
k new to be t h ere H e found and pressed i t

, .
,
the w hole of the p icture fle w back l i k e a

door on a h in g e and sho w ed the i nterior to
,
be a Gothic shaped casket lined with gold at

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, ,
the back of w h ich was i nserted a s mall piece

of w ood supposed to have been a fragment
,
“
of the True Cross There was nothing .
else in th e casket and F e raz l eav i ng it ,

—
,
open turned to Z ar o b a who had w atched

,
h i m w ith dull scarcely comprehendin g e yes

,
.
Gather together these sacred as h es ,
he w rote again on t h e slate and p l ace ,
them i n this g ol den recess — i t is a h oly ,
place fit for such holy relics E l R a m i w ould .

-
w i sh it I k no w if he cou l d understand or
, ,
w i sh for an y thing and w herever we g o the

,
-
,
p icture w il l g o with us for one day perhaps ,
h e w ill remember and ask , ,
H e could trust himse l f to write no more ,
and stood sadly enrapt and struggling w ith ,
his own emotion .
”
T he Christ c laims all ! muttered Z ar o b a
Z ar o b a stoo p ed yearnin g ly starin g at it t ill ,
her tears the slow bitter scald i ng tears o f

, ,
a g e fell upon it w here it lay S he lon g ed to .
ta k e it for herself to w ear i t agai nst her ,

—
own heart t o kiss and cherish it as though

—
,
it were a li v ing sentient th ing — b ut thin k ing

, ,
of E l R a mi her loya l ty prevai l ed and she

-
, ,
tenderly l ifted the c l inging sh in ing soft , ,
silken curl and laid it b y with the ashes i n

,
the antique shrine All was no w done and .

,
—
s h e sh ut to the picture wh i ch w hen once ,
closed s h owed no si g n of any opening

, .
Lilith w as g one indeed ; there was now no —
p erce p tible evidence to show that she had ever

existe d A nd to the grief stricken Z ar o b a
.
,
-
,
the Face and F i g ure of the C h rist as p ainted ,
on the reliquary at which s h e gazed seemed ,
to assume a sudden triumph and maj esty

wh ich appalled while it i mpressed her S he .
“
read the w ords Whom S ay Ye That I
Am and shuddered this new god with
H is tranquil smile and sorrowful dignity had
more terrors for her than any of the old
pagan deities .
”
I cannot ! I c annot ! she whispered feebly ;
I cannot take y ou to my heart cold w hite ,
Chr i st I cannot th i nk it is good to w ea r

,
—
t h e thorns of per p etua l sorrow ! You o ffer
n o j oy to the sad and w eary wor l d one —

,
’
must sacrifice one s dearest ho p es one m ust ,
—
bear the cross and w eep for the sins of all

men to be at all acceptable to You ! I
,
am old b ut I kee p the memor i es of j oy ;

—
I would not have all ha p piness reft out o f

the p oor lives of men I would have them . .
full of m irth I would have them love

,
—
where they l i st drink p ure wine and rej oice

, ,
i n the breath of N ature I w o uld have ,

—
t hem feast i n the sunlight and dance i n the
moonbeams and crown themselves with the

,
flowers of the wood l and and meadow and ,
gro w ruddy and stron g and manful and

g enerous and free
, free as the ai r I
— I
would ha v e their h earts b ound h i g h for the
p leasure of li fe not break i n a search for
-
things they can never wi n Ah no cold .

,
C h r is t I I cannot love you — at the touch

of your b leed i ng H and the world freezes
like a starv i ng bird i n a storm of snow
t h e hearts of men g ro w weak and weary ,
TH E SO UL OF L I L I T H
and of what avail is it O Prince of Grie f to , ,
’
l i ve in sad ness all one s days for the ho p e of
a H eaven that comes not ? O Lil i th ch i ld —
of t h e sun w here art thou

, VVhere N ever —
to have kno w n the joys of love never to—

,
h ave felt the rea l p u ls e of l iving ne v er to ,

—
’
h a v e thrilled in a lover s embrace ah L i l i th ,
-
, ,
Li l ith ! Will H eaven compensate thee for

such loss ? N ever never n ever ! N o , ,
God were H e a ll the w orlds gods in O ne

, ,
can give a u ght b ut a desolate E den to the

l oveless and lone l y S oul
I n such wise as this she muttered and ,
moaned a l l day lon g never st i rrin g from the

,
’
room that was called Lilith s N o w and .
then she moved u p and do w n w ith slo w

restlessness ,
sometimes fixin g eag er eyes
—
upon the vacan t couch with the va g ue idea ,
that per h a p s Lilith m i ght come bac k to i t as

sudden l y as she had fled ; and sometimes
pausing by the vase of roses and touchin g ,
their stil l fragrant but fast fadin g blossoms

,
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.
T ime went on and she never thou g h t o f

,
breaking her fast or goin g to see how her

,
master E l R a mi fared H is m ind w as g one

,
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, . ,
THE SO U L OF L I L I T H
her brain there were strange noises in h e r

,
—
ears and she only dim l y remembered E l

,
—
R a mi as though h e w ere someone she had

,
heard of long ago in a dream Pausin g on , .
the st ai r head she tried to col l ect he r

-
,
scattered senses — bu t s h e felt s i c k and ,
giddy and her first instinct was to seek t h e

,
air Clin g in g to the banisters she tottered

.
,
do w n the stairs slowly and reached the ,
front door a nd fumb l i ng c a utiously with the

-
,
handle a l ittle w h ile succeeded in turn ing i t , ,
and letting herself out into t h e street The .
door had a self acting s p ring and shu t to -

,
instan t ly and almost noiseless l y behind her

, , ,
— but F e raz sitting i n t h e study with his

,
brother fancied he heard a slight sound and

, ,
came into the hall to see w hat it was F ind .
in g ever y thing quiet he concluded he w as

m istaken a n d went back to his post b eside
,
E l R a m i who had bee n dozing nearly all

-
,
day only w aking u p n o w and agai n to

,
m i l dly ac c ept t h e nou rishment of soup and

w ine which F e raz prepared and g ave him to
keep u p his stren g th H e was perfectly .
tranquil and talked at times quite coherently

,
TH E SO UL OF L I L I T H 1 69
of simple t h in g s su c h as the flowers on the

,
table the lam p the books and other ordinary

, , ,
t r ifl es H e only seemed a little troub l ed b y

.
his own p hysical weakness but w hen F e raz ,

—
assured h i m he would soon be strong he ,
smiled and with every appearance of content

, ,
dozed off again peacefu l ly I n the evening .

,
howe v er he g re w a little restless and then

, ,
—
F e raz tried w hat e ffect m usic w ould have

u p on him Going to the piano he play e d
.
soft and d reamy melodies but as h e ,
did so a strange sense of loss sto l e over

,
him h e had the mechanism of the art b u t

,
—
,
the marvellous l y del i cate attunement o f h i s

imaginat i on had fled ! Tears rose i n h is
eyes , h e knew w hat w as m iss i ng
—
the —
guiding p ro p of h i s b rother s wondrous i n

-
’
fl u e nc e had fallen and with a faint terror ,

—
h e realized that much o f his poetic faculty

would p erish also H e had to remember .
that he was not n a t u r a l ly born a p oet or

musician poesy and music had been E l
,
-
’
R a mi s fairy gi fts to h im the exqu i sitely —
happy poise of his mind h ad been due to his

’
b rother s daily influence and contro l He .
w o u ld sti l l reta i n t h e hab i t and the memory

of art but w hat h ad b een Genius w o u l d
,
-
,
now be s i mp l e Talent no more y e t w hat ,

—
,
—
a difference bet w een t h e t w o I N evertheless

h i s touch on the fam il i ar ivory k eys w as very
tender and delicate and when d i strusting h is
, ,
o w n p o w ers of composition he played one ,
o f the softest and qua i ntest of G r ie g s N or ’
we g ia n folk songs he was more than com

-
,
forted b y the ex p ression of p leasure that

i l lumined E l R a mi s feat u res and by the
’
-
,
look o f enra p tured peace that softened the

p i teous dark ey e s .
I t is qu i te beauti fu l that music ! h e ,

—
m urm ured I t i s the p retty sound the

da i sies make i n gro w i ng .
A nd he leaned bac k in h i s chair and com

p osed h i mself to r e st w h i l e F e raz p l ayed ,
—
on softly t h inkin g anx i ous l y t h e while

, .
T rue most true t h at for h i m dreams had

, ,
ended and life had be g u n ! What w as he to

,
do ? how was h e to meet the daily n eed s

o f living h ow was h e to kee p himsel f and
,
—
h i s brother ? H is idea w as to go at once

to the monaste ry i n C y prus w here he had ,
ac c red ited with being able to acquire

i nformation w hen he chose by swift and ,
su p ernatural means That he had done so .
in the present case seemed evident and ,
F e raz stood still with the telegram i n his

hand stricken by a vag ue sense o f a w e as
,
well as g ratitude th inking also of the g litter

,
“
ing V isio n he had had of that glory of the
A ngels i n the S outh angels who w ere —
w aitin g for Lilith the night she d isappeared .
E l R a mi suddenly opened h is w eary eye s

-
a n d looked at him .
“
What i s it he asked faintly Why
has the music ceased
F ér az went up to h i s cha i r and knel t down
beside it .
You shall hear i t ag a i n he said gent l y ,
B ut you must sleep no w and g et stron g , ,
—
because w e are soon going away on a
j ourney a far b eaut i ful journey
—
,
? “
To H ea v en i nquired E l R a mi Yes -
,
I know— i t is very far .
F ér az sighed .
N o not to H eaven
— h e answered ,
—
N ot yet We shall find out the way there

.
,
a fte r wards B ut i n the meantime we are

.
,
going to a place where there are fru its

a nd fl o we r s — and where t h e sun is very
,
b ri g ht and warm You w i ll come with me .

,
w ill you not E l R a mi t h ere are friend s

—
,
-
,
”
there who wi l l be g l ad to see you .
I h ave no friends — said E l R a m i ,

-
“
p laintively unless you are one I do not
, .
know if you are I hope so but I am not ,

-
,
’
sure You h ave an angel s fa c e and the
.
,
-
angels have not always been ki nd to me .
But I w ill go w i th you wherever you wish ,
i s it a plac e i n this world or i n some other

'
I n this world replied F e raz A quiet

,
-
”
little corner of th is w orl d .
Ab ! and E l R a mi sighed profoundly -
I w i sh it had been in another There are .
so many m illions and m illions of worlds — it

seems foolish w aste of t i me to stay too long
”
i n th is
.
H e closed his eyes again and F e raz l et ,
hi m rest till when the hour g rew late b e

,
-
, ,
persuaded hi m to l ie dow n on h is own bed ,
whi c h he d id with the amiable docility of

1 74 TH E S O UL OF LI LI T H
a ch ild F e raz himself half sittin g half

.
, ,
recl ining in a cha i r beside him watched him,
all night long like a faithful dog guarding

,
its master and so fu l l was he of anxious

—
,
thought and tender care for h is brother that ,
he scarcely remembered Z ar o b a and w hen ,
he did he felt sure that she too was resting

, ,
and striving to forget i n sleep the sorrows of

the day .
not realized w hat she w as doing when sh e

l et herself out that n i g h t only w hen t h e ,
—
street door shut n oiselessly u pon her she was

-
v aguely startle d and a sudden sense o f

—
g reat l oneliness o p presse d her Y et the .
fresh a i r blow i n g against her face w as s w eet

and ba l my i t hel p ed to relieve the s i ckness
,
—
at her h eart the d izz i ness i n her bra i n and

, ,
—
she began to stroll along neither knowin g ,
nor caring w hither she was go i ng c h ie fl y

—
,
i mpelled by the strong necessity she felt for

movement space l iberty I t had seemed
,
-
,
— .
to her that s h e wa s being suffocated and

b u r i ed al ive i n the darkness and desolation
t h at had fal l en on t h e chamber of L i lith
here out i n the O p en she was free she
, , ,
—
could breathe more easily An d so s h e went .
on al most u nseein g ly the people she met

, ,
—
l oo k ed to her l i k e th e merest shadows H er .
quaint garb attracted occasional attenti on

from some of the passers b y — but her dar k -
,
fierce face and gl i ttering eyes repelled all

t h ose who might have been inquisitive enou g h
to stop and question h er S he drifted errantly .

,
yet sa fely through the j ostl in g crowds l i k e a

,
withered l eaf on the ed g e of a storm her ,

-
mind was dazed with g rief and fear and lon g

fast i n g but now and then as she went she
, ,
smiled and seemed hap p y A ffl iction had .
su nk so dee p withi n her t h at it had reached ,
the very core and centre of imag ination an d

touched it to vag ue issues of discordant joy ;
— w herefore persuaded by the mag ic music of
,
del usion she b el ieved herself to be at home

,
aga i n in h er nati v e Egy p t S he fancied .
s h e was w a l k in g i n the desert t h e pave -
ment seemed hot to her feet and s h e took it

for the burn ing sand and w hen after lon g ,
—
and apparently interm inab l e w anderings she ,
’
found herself oppos i te N e l son s column i n
T rafal g ar S quare she stared at the fou r
,
g reat l i ons w i th s t u pe fi e d dismay .
!
I t i s the gate o f a city she muttered ,
—
and at this hour the w atchmen are aslee p .
I will go o u o u still further there m ust b e

—
,
—
water c l ose by else there w ould be no c i ty

,
bu i lt
.
S h e had recovered a certai n am o u nt l of

physica l stren g th in the restorative in fluence
of the fresh air and wa l ked w ith a less fee b le
,
VOL . 111 .
4 8
tread — she became dimly conscious too of

there being a nu mber of people about and ,
she dre w her amber coloured draperies more

-
closely over her head I t was a beautifu l .
n i g ht the moon was full and br i lliant and

—
,
hu ndred s of p l easure seekers w ere moving -
h it h er and thither there w as the usual rattle

,
—
and roar of the vehicular tra ffi c of the to w n

w hich it must be reme mbered Z ar o b a did
, ,
not hear N eit h e r did she clearly see any

.
th i ng that w as takin g place around her for ,

—
her sigh t was blurred and the dull confusion

,
in her brain continued S he w alked as i n a .
d ream s h e felt hersel f to be in a dream

,
—
the i m ages of E l R a mi of the lost Lilith o f

-
, ,
the beautifu l you n g F e ra z had faded away ,
from her recollection and she w as l i v i ng i n

,
—
the early memories of days long past days ,

—
of youth and h o p e and love and promise N o .
one molested her ; p eople in London are so

a ccustomed to the s i g h t of foreigners and
foreign c ostumes that so long as they are
,
seen wal k ing on their apparent way p eace

ab l y they may do so i n any g arb that
,
pleases them provided it be decent w ithout

, ,
— and again she continued on her a i mless

w ay T he road w idened out before her
.
,
the b uildings grew taller statel ier and more

,
i mposin g —
and suddenly she caught s i g ht of
w hat she had longed for the g l im mering ,
—
of w ater silverin g itsel f i n the li g ht of the

moon .
S he had reached the E mbankment ; and

a s i g h of satisfaction escaped her as she felt ,
the damp ch i llness of the wind from the

r i v er blowi ng a g ainst her burning forehead .
The fresh coo l ness and silence soothed h e r ,
—
t here were few people about and she ,
—
slac k ened her pace unconsciously and smiled ,
as she lifted her dark face to the c lear and

qu iet sky S he was faint and we ary light
.
,
—
headed from want of food but she was not ,

—
conscious of t h is any m ore than a fever

patient is consciou s of his own de l irium .
S he walked q u ite steadily no w i n no haste ,

—
,
but with the gra v e majestic step that belongs

,
peculiarly to women of her ty p e and race ,
h e r fe at u r es w ere perfectly composed an d

f
her eyes very bright And now sh e looked

.
always at the river and saw nothing else for

,
a time but its rippl i n g surface l it u p b y the

moon .
T h ey have cut down the reeds she -
“
said softly under her breath
,
and the tall ,
pa l ms are gone but the r i ver is always t h e

,
—
same t h ey ca nnot c h ange t h at N othin g

,
—
.
can dethrone t h e N ile god or disturb h i s -

,
s l eep amon g the l i l i es down to w ards t h e ,
pat h o f the sunset H ere I shall meet my .
be l o v ed again h ere b y the ban k s of the

,
—
N i le ; yet it is strange and cruel t h at they

,
should have cut do wn the reeds I remember .
how softly they rustled w i th th e movements

o f the little snakes that lived in the go l den
sand ye s
,
— and the pa l m trees w ere high
— -
so high that t h eir feathery cro w ns seemed

to touch the stars I t w as E gy p t then and
.
,
—
is it not E gypt now ? Yes su rely surely

— —
it i s E g ypt but it is chan g ed chan g ed

— —
,
all is changed except love ! Love is t h e

same for ever and the heart beats true to
,
the one sweet tune Yes we shall meet .

, ,
my beloved and I and we shall tell one ,

—
another how lon g t h e time has seemed since

we parted yesterday O nly yesterday — and
.
i t seems a century a lo ng lon g century of ,

—
pai n and fear but t h e hours have p assed,

—
,
and the w ait i ng is o v er ,
S he bro k e off abruptly and stood suddenly ,
still the O bel isk faced he r Cut sharp and

—
.
dark a g ainst the brilliant sky the huge

” ’
Cleo p atra s N eedle towered solemnly
aloft ,
its a p ex seeming to p o i nt directly at
the p lanet M ars wh i c h glittered w ith a fain t
redness immediate l y above i t S ometh i n g .
t h ere was in its weird and frowning aspect ,
t h at appealed stran g ely to Z ar o b a s w ander i n g ’
i ntelli g ence she gaz ed at i t with eag er

,
—
,
d i lated eyes .
”
To the memory of heroes I she said
w his p erin g ly w i th a slight p roud g esture o f
,
h er hand To the glory of the D ead !

,
S alutation to the g reat g ods and crowned

K ings S al utation and w itness to th e w orld
of what H ath B een ! The river shall find a
tongu e the sh i fting sands shall up h old the
—
record so t h at none shall forget the th ings

,
that Were ! For t h e th i ngs that A re bein g ,
w eak shall perish

,
— but t h e th ings that ,
Were bein g stron g shal l endure for ever !

, ,
about her that gave any h i nt as to her pos

sible home or friends her statuesque o l d face ,
g rander than ever in the serene p allo r o f death '
some w hat awed th e t w o bu rly policemen w ho

lift ed h er stark body and turned her features
to the uncertain light of early d a w n but it to l d ,
them no h istory save that of a g e and sorro w .
S o i n the sad ch ronicles entitled

, Found
Dead she was described as a w oman u n
,
kno w n o f forei g n appearance and costume

, ,
seeming l y of E astern orig in and after a

, ,
day or t w o b eing u nrecognised and n u

,
c l aimed she w as buried i n the usual way

,
common to all who p eris h W i thout name and

k i ndred in the d reary w ilderness of a g reat
city . F e raz miss i ng h er o n the m orning
,
a fter h er d i sa pp earance searched for her

,
everywhere as w e l l as he knew h o w but as ,

—
,
he se l dom read the newspapers and p robably ,
w ould not have recognised the brief account

of her t h ere i f he h ad — and as m oreo v er he , ,
k new not h ing a b out certain dreary bu ild

i ngs in London called mortuaries w here the ,
b odies of the d rowned and murdered and u n

, ,
i dentified l ie for a l i ttle whi l e a w aitin g recog

,
n i t i o n,
he rema i ned in complete and b e
wildered ignorance of her fate H e could .
not i magine w hat had become of her and ,
he almost began to belie v e t h at she must

’
have taken sh ip back to her nat i v e land

and that perha p s he mi g h t hear of her
agai n some day An d tru l y she had gone
.
,
back to her nati v e land i n fancy ,

and
— -
tru l y it w as also p ossi b le she m i g h t be met

,
w ith again some day i n another w orl d than

,
—
this B ut i n t h e meant i me she had d ied

.
,
as best b e fi t t e d a servant of the old gods ,
alone and i n uncom p laini n g silen c e

, .
C H APTE R X .
T H E h ai r b readth balance of a Thought

s -
,
the w ron g or right control of Will — o u these
things han g the world l i fe time and a l l , , ,
E tern ity . S uc h sli g h t t h r e ads I im p er

c e t i b le un g raspable and yet w ithal
— strong
p , , ,
— stron g enou g h to weave the everlastin g

w eb of good or evil j oy or w oe O n some
,
.
suc h poise as fine as subtly del i cate th e

, , ,
w hole maj estic U n i v erse s w ings roun d i n i ts

’
appointed course never a p i n s point a w ry
,
—
,
ne v er halt i n g in its wor k never hesitatin g i n ,
the fulfilment o f its la w s carry i ng out the ,
D ivine Command w it h faithful exactitude

an d punctuality I t is strang e mou rnfully
. .
—
strange that we n ever seem able to learn

,
—
t h e g rand lessons t h at are taught us by th i s
u n v arying routine of N atural Forces S ub ,

—
no w and see for thou art strong enoug h

,
—
’
to bear the Li g ht .
Alas ! w e w i l l not wait hence our l ife i n ,

-
t h ese latter days of analysis is a mere ,
queru l ous Compla i nt instead of what i t ,
should be a perpetual Thanksg iving

,
.
Four seasons have passed a w ay since the

S oul o f Lil i t h w as cau g ht u p into its native
g lory , fou r seasons summer autumn ,
—
, ,
w int e r and spring and now it is su m mer —
again sum mer i n the I sle of Cyprus t h at

,
—
,
once most sacred s p ot dear to h i storic and ,
poetic lore U p among t h e lo w ol ive

.
crowned h i l ls of Baffo or Paphos there i s ,
more shade and coolness than in other parts

of the is l and and the retreat believed to h ave
,
been the favourite h aunt of Venus is sti l l fu l l ,
o f someth ing l ike t h e mystica l g l amou r that
hallowed it of old As the si nger of Love .
Letters of a Viol inist w rites !
T h er e is a g l am our a ll a b o u t th e b ay
As if t h e ny m p h s of G r eec e h ad t i
ar r e dh e re .
The d s an s ar e g o l de n a n d t h e r oc k s a pp ear
C t d w i th
r es e s i lv e r an d t h e b r e e z e s p l ay
Sn t h th h um m d w h en w ay ,
’
a c f es o s on g ey far a
An d th n ”
’
e ar e h us h d as i f fr om s u dde n fea r .
Flowers bloom luxuriantly as though the ,
wh i te blue veined feet of t h e goddess had

,
-
b ut lately passed b y there is a su ggestive

,
—
harmony i n t h e subdued lo w w h i spering of

the trees accompanied by the gentle m urmur
,
“ ”
of the w aves and H ieros K ipos or the
S acred Grove still bends its th ick old b oughs
,
caressingly toward s the greensward as thou g h

to remind the dream i ng earth of the b ygone
glories here b uried deep i n its silent bosom .
The poor frag men t of the ruined Temple

”
of Venus once gorgeous With the g old and
precious stones sil k s and embroideries and
, ,
other offerin g s broug h t from luxury loving -
Tyre stands i n its desolation among the

,
quiet woods and no sou nd of rejoic i ng comes

,
forth from its broke n wa l l to st i r the heated

air Yet there is music not far o ff the
.
,
—
sweet and solem n music of an org an chan t ,
accompanyi ng a c h orus of mild and mello w

“ ”
voices singing the Agnus Dei H ere i n .
this p art of t h e country the native inhabit ,
ants are divided in t h ei r notions of rel i gious

w orship — they talk Gree k albeit modern
, ,
Greek with impurities w hich w ere u nknown

,
to the sonorous anc i ent tongue an d they are ,
h eroes no more as the heroic Byron has told

,
us in his su p er b poesy but simply slaves , .
They but dimly com p rehend Christianity ,
the joyous pag anism of the p ast is not yet

exti nct and th e Virgi n M other of Christ is
,
here adored as Aph r o di t is s a Per h aps i n .
dirty F a m ag o u s t a they may be more ortho

do x , but among these sea frontin g h ills
— -
w here the sou nd of the “

Agnus De i
solemnly rises and fa l ls i n soft su rg es of
h ar m ony it i s still the old home of the Q ueen
,
of B eauty and stil l the birth p lace of A don is

, ,
son of a Cyprian K ing Commercial E nglan d.
i s now t h e possessor of th i s bo w er of sweet

fancies th i s l ittle corner of t h e w orld
,
h au nted by a thousand p oetic memories ,
and in t h ese p rosy days but fe w p ilgrimag es

are made to a sh rine that was once the glory
of a glorious age To the native Cypriotes
.
themselves t h e gods have simply changed

their names and become a little sadder and
less p l ayful that i s all and to make up for
, ,
—
“
the lost Temple of Venus there is hidden ,
deep among the foliage a small monastic ,

w ith the glamour of O ld creeds and the wider

g lory of the new yet though i t is an inter
,
—
estin g enough noo k of the earth i t is seldom ,
that travellers e l ect to go thither either to

ad m i re or ex p lore Therefore the sight of
.
a travelling carriag e a tumble do w n sort of

-
,
-
ve h icle yet one o f the best to b e o b tained

,
thereabouts making its way slo w ly up the

,
ascent w ith p eople i n modern fashionab l e

,
dress sitting therein w as a rare and w onderful

,
spectacle to t h e ra gged Cypriote youth of

b oth sexes w ho either stood by the road w ay
, ,
push ing the i r tangled locks from their dark

eyes and starin g at i t or else ran swiftly ,
alon g side its wheels to b e g for coppers from

its occu p ants There w ere four of these
.
,
two ladies and two g entlemen S i r Frederic k ,

-
Vaug h an and Lady Vaughan (n ee I dina

Ch ester ) the fair and famous authoress I rene ,
V as s ili us and a distin g u i shed looking hand

,
-
some man o f a b out forty or thereabouts the ,
D u k e of S trathlea a friend of t h e Vaughans

, ,
W h o had entertained the m ro y ally durin g the
previous autum n at h is grand old h istoric

house in S cotland By a mere chance during
.
the season he had made the acqua i ntance of

,
M adame V as s ili us w it h w hom he had fa l len

,
sud den l y dee p ly and ardent l y in love S he

, .
,
h o we v er was the same unresponsive far

,
gaz i ng dreamy si b yl as ever and thou g h not ,
entirely ind i fferen t to the g e ntle reverent i al

homage paid to h er by t h is chivalrous and
honourab l e gentleman s h e could not make,
up h er m ind to give h i m any deci ded e n

c ou r a e m e nt H e a p peared to ma k e no pro
g .
g ress w i t h her whatever and of course h is

-
,
—
d iscou ragement increased h is ardour He .
devised every sort o f p l an he could th ink of

for O bta i nin g as much of her soc i ety as p os
si b le and fina l ly b e had entreated t h e
,
—
,
Va u g h ans to persuade her to j oin them i n a

trip to the Mediterranean in his yacht At .
first she had refuse d then with a sudde n

—
,
chan g e of humour she had consented to go

, ,
provided t h e I sland of Cyprus w ere one of

the places to be visited S trathlea eag erly .
caught at and agreed to this suggestion — the ,
j ourney had been u ndertaken and had so ,
far proved most e nj oyable N ow the y had .
reached the spot I rene most wished to see ,
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1 94 TH E S O U L OF LI LI TH
it w as to pl ease her that they were making

“
the present excu rsion to th e Tem p le o f
”
Venus or r at h er to the small and obscure
, ,
monastery among the h ills which she had

expressed a strong desire to vis i t and ,
—
S trat h lea look i n g w istfully at her fair

,
thou g htful face w ondered w het h er a fter all

,
these pleasant days p assed together between

spark l i n g sea and radiant sky she had any ,
kinder thou g hts of h i m w h e ther s h e w ould

,
—
a lw ays be so quiet so i mpass i ve so ind i fferent

, ,
to the l ove of a true man s heart ’
T h e carr i a g e went slowly the vie w ,

—
widened w ith every up w ard yard o f the w ay ,
—
and they were all silent gazin g at the ,
glitterin g expanse of blue ocean below

them .
H o w very warm it is I said Lady

Vaug h an at last breakin g the dumb s p ell ,
and twirling her sunshade rou nd and round

to d i s p erse a cloud of gnats and small flies
F red you look absolute l y b r o ile d
,
I You
are so dreadfu l ly sunburnt I
Am I and S ir Frederick smiled blandly ,
— h e was as much i n love with his pretty

of your vexin g anybody I You l ook irritably

’
c ool i n this tremendous heat that s al l ,
—
.
”
I love the sun sa i d I rene dreamily
,
—
To me it is always the visible sig n of God

i n the world I n London we h ave so l ittle
.
sunsh i ne and one m i ght add so little of

,
—
, ,
God also ! I was j ust t h en watching that

golde n blaze of lig h t upon the sea .
S trathlea l oo k ed at her interrogatively .
And w hat does it suggest to you ,
M adame he as k ed T h e glory of a great

fam e or the sp l endou r of a great lo v e
,
N either she repl i ed tranqu i lly

S imply the reflex of H eaven on E arth .
Love might be designated thus ,
S trathlea i n a low tone .
S he coloured a little but offered no r e ,
ns e
s
p o .
I t w as odd that you alone should have

been told the news of poor E l R a mi s m is -
’
”
fortune said S ir F rederick abruptly ad
,
—
,
dressing her N one of us not even my

, ,
cousin M e lt h o r pe who knew hi m before you

,
”
did had the least idea of it
, .
H is brother wrote to me repl ied I rene ; -

F e raz that b eautifu l youth wh o a ecom

,
M
’
an i e d h i nt to Lady e lt h o r e s reception
p p
last year B ut he g ave me no detai l s h e
.
,
—
s i m p ly expla i ned that E l R a m i through p ro

-
,
l onged over study had lost the balance of

-
his mind The letter was very short and

.
,
i n i t he stated he was about to enter a

religious fraternity w ho had their abode near
Baffo i n Cy p rus and that the brethren had
,
consented to receive h i s brother als o and

ta k e charge of him i n h is great helpless
ness .
And their place is what w e are going to

”
see n o w finished Lady Vaughan I
dare say it w i ll be i mmensely interesting .
Poor E l R a m i ! Who w ould ever have

-
thou ght i t possible for h im to lose his wits !

I sha l l never forget the fi rst time I s aw him
at the theatre H amlet was bein g played
.
,
and he entered i n the v ery m iddle of the

‘ ’
speech To be or not to be I remember .
how he l ooked perfectly , What eyes he.
”
h ad —
t h ey positively scared me I
H er husband glanced at her admiringly .
‘ “
Do you know I dina h e said
,
that
—
,
E l- R a mi told me on that very n i g ht — the

‘
nigh t of H amlet ’
that I was desti ned to
marry you
S he l ifted her eyel i ds in surprise .
N o ! Real l y ! An d did you feel your

self compelled to carry out the p ro p hecy
and she lau g hed .
N o I di d not feel myself compelled

, ,
’
b ut some h o w it hap p ened didn t it
,
—
he
i nqu i red wit h na i ve p ersistency .
O f course it did ! H o w absurd you

“
are ! and she laughed a g ain Are you
sorry
H e gave her an expressive look h e w as ,
—
really v ery much in love and she w as still a

,
new enough bride to b lus h at h i s amorous

re g ard S trathlea moved im p atiently i n his
.
seat ; the assured h appiness of others made

h im envious .
I sup p ose this prophet E l R a mi as ,

— -
,
o u call him p rophes i es no longer if h i s wits

y , ,
are l ackin g h e said

—
otherwise I shoul d
h ave asked him to p rophesy something good
for me .
N 0 one ans w ered Lady Vau g han stole a

.
he lost all h is fortu ne his furniture w as ,

—
sold u p h é stared at t h e bailiffs and said

,
—
‘
Pourquoi Later on he was sus p ecte d of
being i n a plot to a ssassinate the K ing ,
men came and seized h is papers and took

h im away to prison h e made no res i stance
,
—
,
-
h e only said Pourquoi H e was tried ,
fou nd g u ilty and condem ned to death ; t he

’
j udge asked him if he had anythin g to say

H e re p lied at once Pourquo i N 0 answ er
was vouchsafed to h i m and i n d ue time h e ,
was taken to the sca ffold There the e xe c u .
t io n e r bandaged h i s eyes h e sa i d Pour ,

—
quoi h e was told to kneel down ; he did

—
‘
so bu t aga i n demanded Pourquo i ? the ’
—
,
knife fell and his head w as severed from h is

,
body yet before it rolled into the basket it

—
,
tremb l ed on the block its eyes o p ened its , ,
li p s moved and for t h e l ast t i me uttered

that fina l never to b e answered query Pour
,
- - -
i ? ’
V
q uo
They all laughed at this story and j ust ,
t h e n the carria g e stopped The driver g ot .
down and ex p lained i n very bad F renc h that

he could go no furt h er that t h e road h ad ,
—
term i nated and t h at there wa s no w on l y a

,
footpat h wh i ch led throug h t h e trees to the

l i ttle monast i c retreat w h ither they were
b ound They alighted t h erefore and found
.
, ,
themselves close to the ru in supposed to

“
ha v e once been the Temple o f Venus .
T hey paused for a moment looking at t h e ,
scene i n sil ence .
There must have been a great j oyous

ness i n the old creeds said S trathlea softly
, ,
’
with an admiring glance at I rene s sl i g ht
slim al most fairy like fi g ure c l ad in its close
,
-
“
fittin g garb of silky w hite At the shri ne
’
o f Venus for example one could declare one s
,
l o ve without fear or shame .
That can be done stil l observed S i r ,

—
F rederick lau g h in g ly And is done pretty ,
’
O ften . People ha v en t left off ma k ing love
b ecause the faith i n Venus is exp l oded I .
-
’
expect they ll g o on i n the same old aban
do n e d way to the end of the cha p ter .
And th rowing his arm round h is w ife s

,
wa i st he sauntered on with her towards the

,
thic k et of trees at the end of whic h their

d river h ad told them the refuge was
situated leaving S trathlea and M adame

,
V as s ili u s to follow S trathlea perceived and

.
was grateful for the opportu nity thus g iven ,
and ventu re d to approach I rene a l ittle more

closely S he was still gazin g out to the sea
.
,
her soft eyes were d reamy and abstracted ,
her sma l l ungloved right hand hun g down

’
at h er side after a moment s hesitation he
,
—
,
bol dly lifted it and touc h ed its delicate white

ness w ith a kiss S he started nervously she
.
—
h ad been a w ay in the land of dreams — and ,
now she met h is gaze with a certain va g ue

reproach i n the sweet expression of her
face .
I can not h elp it said S trathlea quickly ,
and in a low eager tone I c annot I rene ! ,
You know I love you you have seen it ,

-
,
and you have discourag ed and repel l ed me

in every possi b le w ay bu t I am not made ,
—
of ston e or marble I am mere flesh and —
blood and I must speak I love you I r e ne I

, .
,
I love you I wil l not unsay it I w ant you

—
.
to be my w i fe Will you I rene.

? Do not ,
be in a hurry to answer me think long —
enough to a l lo w some p ity for me to mingle

Why are you so anxious to see th i s

man w ho has lost h i s wits this E l R a mi ,
— -
Z ar an o s he asked with a touch of j ealousy

,
i n h is accents Was he more to you than

most peo p le
S h e raised her eyes w ith an ex p ression of
g rave remonstr ance .
Your thoughts w rong m e she said

“
sim p ly
— I never sa w E l R a m i but twice i n
-
my l i fe I only p it i ed h i m g reatly I used

,
—
.
to have a strong instinct upon me that all

would not be well w ith h im i n the end .
Why
F irst because he had no faith secondly
, ,
—
b e c ause he had an excess of pride H e dis .
m i ssed God out of h i s calculations altogether ,
and was perfectly content to re ly on the o n

ward march of his own i n tellect I ntellectua l .
E goism is always doomed to destruct i on ,
th is seems to be a Law of the U n iverse .
I ndeed E goism whether sensual or inte l

, ,
lectual is al w ays a defiance of God

,
.
S trathlea walked along i n silence for a

minute then he said abruptly
, ,
I t is odd to hear you speak like this as ,

if you w ere a re l i gious woma n You are .
not re l i g ious e v eryone says s o you are a

,
—
,
—
free thinker and also pardon me for r e

-
,
—
,
e at i ng it soc i ety su p poses you to be ful l of

p ,
”
this sin you condemn I ntellectual E go i sm —
.
S ociety may suppose what it p leases of

me said I rene I w as never its favour i te ,
and never shall be nor do I court its good ,

‘
o p inion Yes I am a free t h inker and freely

.
,
-
,
think w itho u t narro w la w or b oundary of th e ,
maj esty beaut y and sur p assin g g ood ness of

,
God A s for intel l ectu al ego i sm I ho p e I

.
,
—
am not i n an y res p ect gu i lty of it To be .
proud of what one does or w h at one kno w s , ,
h as always seemed to m e the poorest sort of

va n ity and it is the stumbling block over
,
— -
wh ich a great many w orkers in the literary

p rofession fall never to rise again B ut you
,
.
‘
are quite righ t i n sayin g I am not a r e
lig iou s w oman I never g o to church and I
’
”
never patronize bazaars .
The sparkle of mirth in her eyes was

infectious and he laughed B ut suddenly
,
.
she stopped and laid her hand o n his

,
arm .
2 06 T H E S O U LO F L I L I T H
Listen she sa i d with a sl i ght tremor i n

, ,
“
her voice You lo v e m e you say a nd ,
I—
I am not altogether indifferent to y o u I —
”
confess that muc h Wa i t ! for in an excess.
of deli g ht he had caught both her hands i n

his o w n and she loosened them gently
,
Wa i t you do not k no w m e my d e ar
—
,
friend You do not understand my n atu re

.
at all I somet i mes th i nk myself it is n o t

,
—
‘
w hat is understood as femin ine I am an ’
abnorm a l creatu re and per h aps i f you kne w

—
me b etter you w ould not like me

I adore you said S trat h lea impetuously ,
and I sha l l a l w ays adore you

S h e sm i led rather sadl y .
“
You th i nk so no w she said but y o u
,
—
can not b e s ure no man can al w ays be sure

,
—
of himsel f You s p o k e of society and its

.
O p i n i on of me ; no w as a rule average , ,
people do not like me they are v aguely ,

-
afra i d o f me and they thin k it is strange

,
—
and al most dangerous for a writ i n g w oman

to b e still y oung and not entirely hideous, .
Literary women general l y are so safe l y and

h armlessly repellant in look and bearin g .
SO U L OF L I L I T H
?
2 08 TH E
honoured by your proposal to ma k e me your

W ife I do not This sou nds very b rusque
. .
,
I k no w b u t I think as a general rule i n

,
.
marriage a woman gives a great de al more

,
than s h e ever recei v es I am aware h o w .
very much you r position and fortune m i g ht

a p p eal to many of my sex but I need ,
-
scarcely tell you they have no infl uence upon

me F or notwit h stand i ng an entire lack of
.
,
‘
l og rollers and p ress booms
- — and s h e
smiled my boo k s br i ng me i n large sums ,
sufficient and more than su fficient for all my

worldl y needs And I am not am b itious to .
be a duchess .
You are cruel I rene — said S trathlea ,
S hould I ever attaint you w it h world l y

motives I never wanted to be a du k e — I
was born s o and a horrid bore it is ! I f I
—
,
were a poor man could you fan c y me ?

,
H e looked at her and her eyes fell u nder

—
,
h is ardent gaze H e saw h is advantage and .
profited by it .
“ ”
You d o not positively hate me ? he
asked .
S he gave h im one fleeting glan c e th rough

her long lashes and a fa i n t smile rested on

,
her mouth .
” “
H o w could I ? she murmured — you
are my friend .
Well W ill you try to like me a l i ttle more

,
t han a friend h e continued eagerly -
“
Wi l l you say to yoursel f no w and then
‘
H e is a big b l uff clu msy E nglis h man w ith
, , ,
more fau l ts than virtues more money than ,
bra i ns and a stu p id t i tle stick i ng u pon him

,
’
like a bow of r i bbon on a boar s head b ut he ,
is very fond of me and would give up every ,
thing i n the W orld for me w i l l you say that —
to yoursel f and think as well as y o u c a n of

,
me —
w ill you I rene ,
S he raised h er h ead All co ldness and .
hauteur had left her face and her eyes w er e ,
very soft and tender .
“
M y dear fr i end I cannot hear you do ,
“
yourself w rong she said — and I am not
—
as unj ust as you perhaps imagine I k n o w .
y our worth You have

. more virtues than
faults more bra i ns than money you are
, ,
—
generous and ki ndly and in t h is instance ,

—
,
yo u r title sets off t h e grace of a true and

VO L . 111 .
gallant gentleman Give me time to con

.
sider a little let us j oin the Vaughans — I

,
—
,
promise you I w ill give you your a n swer to

”
day .
A light flashed over h is features and ,
stooping he once more kissed h er hand

,
.
Then as she moved on a gracefully gl iding

, ,
figure under the dark arching boughs he ,
fo l lo w ed with a firm j oyous step such as

m i ght have b e fi t t e d a kn i ght of the court of
K ing Arthu r wh o b ad after hard fight i ng at
, ,
l ast won some disti n ct pled g e of his lady e s ’ ’
future favour .
head throu g h the leaves as though i nviting

attention H o w peaceful ! and l isten !
What grand music they are singing !
S he held up her fi ng e r the others obeyed ,
—
the g esture and hus h ed their steps to hear

,
every note o f the state l y harmony t h at pealed

’
out upon the a i r The brethren were chant .
i ng p art of the grand Gree k H ymn of

”
Cleanthes a translation of w hich m ay b e
,
roughly rendered i n the following strophes
M an y -n am ed an d m os t g lor i o u s of t h e I m m or t al s , Al m i g hty
for ev e r ,
R u l er of N atu r e wh o s e g o v e r n me n t is or d er a n d la w,
Hai l, a ll h a il ! fo r g o o d it is th t a m or t a s l s h ou ld p r a sei
th ee !
W e ar e T hy o ffs p r n gi we ar e t h e I m ag e o f T h y V o c e , i
An d o n l y t h e I m ag e, as all m o r al t th i ng s are th t l i v
a e an d
m o v e b y T h y p o w er ,
h
T er e fo r e do we e al T h y N a m e x t a n d s ng o f i T h y g l or y
fo r e v er
T h ee d tho t h e s p l en did U i
n v e rs e o b e
y
M o v i ng w h i th e r s o ev er T h ou l e a d es t,
And all a r e g l a d l y s w ay e d b y T h ee .
N aug ht i s d one in th e e arw i th o u t T h e e O Go d

th ,
N or i n t h e di i
v ne s p h er e o f t h e h ea v e n s n o r i n t h e d ee e s t
, p
dep th s o f t h e s e a,
S av e th e w or k s th ta ev il m en c om mi t in th e r i h o ur s of
foll y .
TH E SO U L OF L I L I T H 2 1 3
Y et th ou k no w e s t w h e r e to fi nd p l ac e for su p e r fl u ou s
th i g n s,
Th d tou os o r de r th t w h i h
a c s e em s di s o r d er ly ,
A d th i g
n n s n ot d ear t o m en ar e c ear l to T h ee I
T h ou do s th ar m o n s e i i n t o O n e b oth G oo d an d E v i l ,
F or th er e i s O ne E v e r l as t i ng R e aso n for th em all .
0 th ou All-G i v e r , D well e r i n th e l
c ou d s, L or d of th e
t h u n den
S av e th ou m e n fr om th i
e r o wn se l f-s oug ht un h i
ap p n e s s ,
D th
O ou, 0 Fa th e r, s c a tt er dar k n es s fr o m th i
e r s ou s , a n d l
g i v th e e m l i g ht t o di s c o v e r t r ue w i s d om .
I n b e i ng h o n ou r e d le t th em p ay T h ee H o n o ur ,
H ym n i n g Thy gl or i o u s w o r k s c on ti nua ll y as b e s eem s
m or t lm
a en ,
S i nc e th er e c a n be no g r ea t er g l or y for m en or g o d th s an
th i s,
T o p r a i se for e v er an d e v er th e g r a n d an d U n i v e r s al La w I
Am e n —
Am e n l— Am e n
S trange they should elect to s i n g that

“
S aid S trathlea m usin g ly I remem b er -
l earn i ng it off by heart i n my student days .
They have left out a verse o f it here and

there b ut it is quite a P agan h y mn
,
-
.
I t seems to me v ery good Chr i stian i ty

said I rene V as s iliu s her eyes k i ndling w ith ,
emotion I t is a grand and convinc i n g act

of thanksgiving and I think we have more ,
cause for thankfu l ness t h an supp l icat i on .

I am not yet qu i te sure about that

myse l f — murmu red S trathlea in her ear
I sha l l k now b etter when the day is ended
”
which I need most prayer or thanksgiving
,
.
S h e coloured a l ittle and her eyes fe ll ,
mean w h i l e the solemn m usic ceased .
”
S ha l l I rin g ? i nquired S ir Frederick as
t h e l ast note d i ed away on t h e air .
They all silently acquiesced and by ,

—
means o f a coarse ro p e han g ing down

amon g t h e flowers the bell w as gently set
i n motion . I ts soft clang w as almost
i mmediately answered by a v enera b le monk
i n wh i te g ar m en ts with a long ros ary t w isted
,
i nto h is g i rd l e and a Cross and S tar b lazoned

i n go l d u p on h i s breast .
Benedic i te ! sa i d this per s onage m ildly ,
makin g the s i gn of the cross be fore other

w ise addressin g the visitors then as they ,
—
,
i nstinctively bent their heads to the pious

greetin g he opened the door a l ittle wider
,
and asked them in F rench what they sought .
For answer M adame V as s iliu s stepped

forward and g ave him an open letter one ,
whic h she knew would serve as a pass to

The monk shook his head .
O h no M adame not so
, We none of , .
‘ ’
us lay claim to geni us ; that is for those
i n the outer world here w e simply w ork ,
—
and do our best for the m ere love of

doing i t .
H ere preceding them a little he th rew

, ,
open a door and ushered them into a qu aint

,
lo w room panelled i n oak and begged t hem

, ,
to be seated for a few moments W hi l e he

”
w ent to inform Brother S ebastian of t heir
arrival .
Le ft alone they g azed about in sil n c e ,
t i l l S ir Freder i ck after starin g hard a the

,
panelled walls said

You m ay be p retty sure these fe llo w s
h ave carved every b it o f that oak t h
M onks are always wonderful wor
‘
Lab o r ar e est orare you kno w ’
the
way I noticed that mon k artist who was w i th
,
us j ust now w ore no tonsure I wonder ,

—
w hy ? A nyho w it s a v ery ugly dis fig u r e

’
ment and qu ite senseless ; they do we ll to

abj ure it .
I s t h is man you c ome to see — E l R a mi ,

-
— a member of the Fratern ity asked ?
S trathlea of I rene in a lo w tone .
S he shoo k her head compassionate l y .
O h no p oor creature
— h e would not
,
—
understand the i r rules or their d iscipline .
H e is simply in t h e i r charg e as one who ,
”
m ust for all h is l i fe be w eak and helpless .
At that moment the door o p ened and a ,
ta l l slim figure appeared clad i n the traili ng

,
white gar m ents of the b rotherhood ; and in

the dark p oetic face bri ll iant eyes and fine
,
sensit i v e mo ut h there w as l ittle difficulty in

recognisin g F e raz as t h e Brother S ebastian
for whom they waited H e advanced towards
.
them with singular grace an d qu iet dignity ,
the former timid ity and i mpetuosity of y outh

-
had entirely left h im and from h is out w ard

,
aspect and b earing he looked l i ke a young

saint whose thou g hts were always set on the
h i ghest th i ngs yet who nevertheless had
,
k no w n what it was to suffer in the searc h

for peace .
You are most welcome M adame ,

— he
said i nclining h i ms e lf wi t h a courteous gentle
,
ness to w ards I rene , I expected you I felt ,

—
2 18 T HE SO UL OF L I L I T H
s u re that you w ould one day come to see us .
I k no w you were al ways interested in my

brot h er
I w as and am sti l l
,
re p lied I rene gently ,
and i n yourself al s o .
“
F e raz or B rother S ebastian as he was
,
now cal l ed made another gentle sa l utation

,
expressive of gratitude and then turned h is ,
eyes questioningly on the ot h er members of

the p arty .
You w ill not need to be reminded of S i r

F red e rick V au g han and Lady Vaughan ,
went on I rene then as these exchanged ,

—
greet i ngs she added

, Th is gent l eman
w ho m you do not k now i s the D uke of
S trathlea we have m ade the journey from
,
—
E n g land i n his yacht and she hesitated

,
a moment the colour deepening a l ittle i n

,
“
her fair cheeks he is a great friend of
”
m ine .
F e raz g lanced at h er once then on c e at ,

—
S trathlea and a g rave sm i le softene d h is

,
pensive face H e extended his hand with a

.
frank cordiality that was charming and ,
S trathlea pressed it warmly fascinated by ,

They hes i tated all except I rene Lady

,
-
.
Vaughan was a nervous creature she had ,

—
a very vivid remembrance of El R a m i s -

’
terrible eyes they looke d fiery enou g h

—
w hen he was sane but how would they look

,
—
now w hen he was mad ? S he m oved

uneasily her husband pulled his lon g
moustache doubtfu l ly as he studied her
somewhat alarmed countenance and F e raz , ,
glancing at the group s ilent l y u nderstood

,
the situation .
”
Will you come w ith m e M adame ? he
,
“
said addressin g hi mself solely to I rene
,
It
is better perhaps that you should see h im
first a l one B ut he w ill not distress you
he is quite harmless poor E l R a m i -
I n spite of h imself h is voice trem b led ,
’
and I rene s w arm heart s w elled for sympathy .
I w i l l come at once — she said and as ,
she prepared to leave the room S trathlea

wh ispered Let me go with you !
S he gave a m ute s i gn of assent and ,
—
F e raz leading t h e way they quietly followed

, ,
wh i le S ir F rederick and h i s wife remained

behind The y passed first through a lon g
.
stone corridor then i nto a beautifu l quad

,
—
r an u lar court w ith a fountain i n its centre

g ,
and wooden benches set at equal d i stances

u nder its moss grown vine co v ered colon
- -
nades . Flowers gre w every w here i n the

wildest lovel i est p rofusion
, tame doves ,
strutted about on the pavement with peaceful

and proud com p lacency and p al ms and ,
ma g nol i as g rew up i n tall and tan gled pro

fusion w h erever t h ey could obtai n root hold -
,
casting the i r long leafy tremb l i n g s h adows

,
across the qu adrangle and softening the too

dazzling l i g ht reflected from the bri l liant sky
a b ove U p i n a far corner of th i s l i tt l e
'
g arden paradise under the shade of a spread

,
ing cedar sat the p la c id figure of a man

, ,
o ne of the brethren at first h e seemed for he ,
was clothed i n the garb of the monast i c

order and a loose cowl was flung b ack from
,
h is unco v ered head on which the h a i r shone

whi te and glistening as fine spun sil v er H is .
h ands were loosely clasped toget h er h is ,

—
large dark eyes were fixed on the rays o f

l i g h t that qu ivered prismatically i n the foam
of th e tossing fountain and near h is feet a
,
couple o f amorous snowy doves sat brooding

i n the su n H e did not seem to hear th e
.
footsteps of h i s approaching visitors and ,
even w hen they came close up to him i t was ,
only by slo w degr e es that h e appeared to

become conscious o f t h eir presence .
E l R a mi ! said h i s brother w ith tender

-
gentleness E l R a mi these are friends who

-
,
have j ourneyed hither to see you .
Then like a man reluctant l y awaking fro m

,
a long and p leasant noonday dream he rose ,
and stood u p wit h sin g ul ar l y maj estic dignity ,
and for a moment looked so like the proud ,
indom itable E l R a mi of former days that

-
,
I rene V as s iliu s i n her i ntense i nterest and

compassion for h im half fancied that the
,
surprise of seeing old acquaintances had for

a brief interval brought b ack b oth reason and
'
remembrance . B ut no his eyes rested

,
—
upon her unrecognisin g ly though he greeted

,
her and S trathlea also with the stateliest of

,
salutations .
F riends are always welcome — h e said ,
B ut friends are rare i n the world — it is ,

'
not i n th e world one must look for them .

224 THE SO UL OF LI LI TH
do w n beside E l R a mi took his hand i n her

-
,
o w n H e turned and looked at her at the

. . .
,
—
fair de l icate face and soft ardent eyes at ,

—
the sli g ht da i nty figure in i ts close fi t t i ng -
w hite garb and a faint wonderin g smile

,
—
brightened h is features .
What is th is he murmured then glan e ,
ing do w nward at h er small w h i te ringless

h and as i t held h is I s this an a ngel Yes
i t must b e — wel l then t h ere i s h ope at last
, , .
You bring me news o f Lilith

I rene started and her heart beat nervously
, ,
she could not understan d t h is to her new , ,
phase of h is wandering m ind What was .
she to say in answer to so strange a question ?

for wh o was Lilith ? S he g azed he l plessly
at F e r az h e returned her look w ith one so
,
—
earnest and im p lorin g that sh e answered at ,
once as she thought most advisable

Yes
A sudden trembl ing shook E l R a mi s -
’
frame and he seemed absorbed

, After a .
lo ng p ause he lifted h is dark eyes and fixed

,
the m solem nly u pon her .
T hen she kno ws all now

, he de
m a nde d S h e u nderstands that I am

p at i ent that I repent
— — that I b e l ieve
and that I love her as s h e w ould have me
love h er faithfully and far beyond al l l i fe
,
—
and t i me
Without hesitation and on l y anx i ous to ,
soothe and comfort h im I rene answered at ,
once
Y es yes she u nderstands
— —
Be con .
soled b e p atient st i ll you w il l meet her

— —
soon a g ain .
”
?
S oon agai n he echoed w i th a pathet i c ,
gl ance up w ard at the dazzling b l ue s k y

S oon I n a t h ousand y ears o r a thou —
sand thousand for so do h a p py an g els

-
count t h e time To me an hou r is lon g but

.
—
”
to Lilit h cycles are moments
,
.
H i s head sank on his breast h e seemed ,

—
to fa l l suddenly into a dreamy state of med i

t at i o n
,
and j ust then a slo w be ll be g an to
—
toll to and fro from a w ooden turret on the

monastery roof .
“
That i s for v espers said F e raz Wil l
'
you come M adame and hear our sin g in g ?

, ,
”
You shall see E l R a mi ag ain after w ard s - .
VOL . 11 1 .
2 26 TH E SO U L OF L I L I TH
S ilently s h e rose but her movement to ,
depart roused E l R a mi from h is abstraction

-
,
and he looked at her w istfully .
They say there is ha p piness in the

“
world h e said slow l y but I ha v e not
found it Litt l e messen g e r o f p eace are y o u
.
,
”
hap p y ?
The pathos o f h is rich musical voice as he

“
said the words little messen g er of peace ,
w as i ndescribably touch i ng S trat h lea found .
his eyes suddenly gro win g d i m w ith tears ,
’
and I rene s voice trembled g reatly as she
answered
“
N o not quite happy dear friend ; w e
, ,
none of us are quite h a pp y .
”
N ot w ithout love sa i d E l R a m i speak
,
- -
,
i ng w i th sudde n firm ness and decision

Without lo v e we are po w erless With i t .
,
w e can compass all things D o not m iss .
l ove ; it is the cl u e to the g reat S ecret ,
’
— the only key to God s mystery B ut you .
k now t h i s al ready better than I can tell

—
,
y o u ,
for
—
I have m issed i t not lost i t y o u ,
—
,
understand but only missed it I shall find

, .
take h im alone i nto the chapel and p l ay to

him on the org an H e is very peaceful and .
,
never at any t i me violent .
And p ursued S trath l ea h es i tatin gl y

, ,
w ho is or who was the L i l ith he s p eaks of

,
“
A woman he l oved answered F e raz —
qu i etly an d w hom he lo v es stil l S he .
lives for h i m i n H eaven

— —
.
N o more quest i ons w ere asked and i n ,
another m i nute they arrived at the o p e n door

o f the little chapel w here S ir F rederick and ,
Lady Vaughan attracted by the so u nd o f ,
mus i c w ere a l ready await i n g them I ren e

, .
briefly w h i s p ered a h urried ex p lanat i on o f

E l R a m i s condit i on and Lady Vaug h an de
’
-
,
c la r e d she w ou l d g o and see h i m afte r the
ves p er service was o v er

-
.
“
You must not ex p ect the usua l sort o f
'
“
v espers said F e raz then
— O ur form is
not the Roman Catholic .
I s it not queried S trathlea surprised ,
Then may one ask w hat is it ?

,
”
O ur o w n was the brief response
, .
Three or fou r wh it e c o wl e d W hite gar v

,
-
m e nt e d figures now beg a n to glide i n to th e

chapel by a s i d e entrance and S ir F reder i c k

-
,
Vau ghan asked with some curiosity :

Which i s t h e S uperior ?
We have no S uperior replied F ér az -
There is one M aster o f all the Brother

hoods but he has no fixed h abitation and he
, ,
i s not at present in E urope H e visits t h e .
different branches of our F raternity at di f

fe r e n t i ntervals but h e has not b een here
,
—
s i nce my brother and I came I n th i s house .
w e are a sort of small Repu bl ic each man ,

-
g overns hi mself and we are all in p erfect

,
u nity as w e all i mplicitly follow the same

,
fixed r ules Will you g o i nto the chapel

.
no w I must l eave yo u as I have to sing

,
the chorale .
They obeyed h is gesture and went softl y ,
i nto the l ittle sacred place no w glowing w ith ,
l ight and redolen t of sweet p erfume the

, ,
natura l i ncense wafted on the air from the

many flo w ers w hich w ere clustered in every
nook and corner S eating themselves quietly
.
on a wooden bench at the end of the building ,
they w atched t h e proceedin g s in m ingled

W onder and reverence for such a re l i g ious
,
—
service as t h is they had assuredly never wit

nes s ed There w as no altar o ni y an arched
.
,
—
recess wherein stood a large rough l y carved

, ,
w ooden cross the base of w hich w as entirely

,
surrounded w ith the rarest flowers Through .
the stained glass w indow beh ind the warm ,
afternoon l i ght streamed gloriously i t fel l ,

—
upon the wooden beam s of the S i g n of S alva

tion with a rose and purple radiance like
,
that of new l y kindled fi e and as the few

r — -
,
monks gat h ered together and k nelt before i t

i n si l ent p rayer the scene was strangely i m
,
p ressive though the surrou ndi ng s were so

.
simp l e And when throug h the deep still

.
,
ness an organ chord broke grandly l ike a -
wave from the sea and the voice of F ér az , ,
dee p rich and pathet i c exclaimed as i t were

, , ,
in song ,
Qu a r e t r i s tzs es a n i m a mea
'
Qu a r e con t u r b a s m e
g i ving the reply in still s w eeter ac c en ts ,
”
Sp er a i n D eo I
then I rene V as s ili us sank on her knees and

h i d her face i n h er clasped hands her w hole
'
,
In a ll l
t h e c au s e es s g r e fs i w h er e w i th y o ur h ea r s t ar e
m ove d
H av e y e no ti m e to h e ar i
th e V o c e of t h e B e l o v e d?
O h e ar k en i
t o th e Vo c e of th e B e o e l v d I
S wee tth m i
er it w t f
is an us c , —s e e er ar
Th g l
an a n th m i h p p t I
e -a n e s n a a y s ar
O w d i g h i l d n f t h F th H
an er n c re o e a er s
’
o u s e,
T n h m w d
ur o the mi g f th
ar ere i g ht e co n o e n ,
F ll w t h p th w y l
o o e d i g t t h l i g ht I
a a ea n o e
So s h ll th
a w f l g xi l
e s or r o s o on e e c eas e
An d t b t
e ar s d t mil e dp i t p
ur ne o s es an a n o e ac e
L i ft p y u h t nd l t y f i th b p
ou r ea r s a e our a e ro ved
An s w e r , o h an s w er i
t h e V o c e of t h e B e o e l v d I
Very s i m pl e stanzas t h ese and yet sung , ,
by F e raz as only he could sing they carried ,
i n their very utterance a sin g ularly p assionate

and beautiful appeal T he fact of his singin g .
the verses i n E n g lish i mplied a g race fu l ly

i ntended compl i ment to his v isitors and —
,
“
after the last line Ans w er oh ans w er the ,
”
v oice of the Belo v ed I a deep s i l ence reigned
i n the l i tt l e chapel After some m inutes th i s .
,
silence was gently distu rbed b y w h at one

m ight express as the g radual fl owi ng i a of -
m usic a soft p ersuasive r i pple o f sound

,
—
,
t h at seemed to wi nd i n and out as though it

had crept forth from the air as a stream
c reeps through the grasses A nd while that .
THE S O UL OF L I L I T H 2 33
del icious harmony rose and fel l on the other

w ise absolute sti l l ness S trathlea w as thri l led
,
th roug h every nerve of h is being by t h e

touch of a small soft warm hand that sto l e
tremblingly near h is o w n as the music sto l e
.
into his heart ; a hand that after a litt l e ,
hesitation placed i tsel f on h is in a wist fully

submissive w ay that filled h i m with rapture
and wonder H e pressed th e clin g in g dainty
.
fingers i n his own broad pal m

’
”
I rene ! he whispered as b e bent h is ,
head lo w er i n ap p arent devotion I rene ,
is t h is my ans w er
S he loo k ed up and gave h i m one fleeting
glance th rough eyes that were dim w ith
tears ; a faint sm ile qu i vered on her l ips ,
and then she h id her face again but left

,
—
,
—
her hand i n h is And as the mus i c solemn

. ,
and s w eet surg ed around them both l i k e a

,
roll in g w ave S trathlea kne w his cause w as

,
w on and for thi s favour of hi g h H eaven

, ,
mentally uttered a brief but passionately

“
fer v ent L au s D eo H e had obta i ned the
.
b est blessin g that God can g ive Love —

,
and he felt devout l y certain that he had

nothin g more to as k for i n th i s w orld or the

next Love for h i m w as enough as in deed
.
,
—
it should be enough for u s all if only w e w i ll

understand i t i n its hig h est sense S hall w e.
ever u nderstand o r never

-
o f the cedar tree O ne of the tame doves

- .
that had previously been seen nestling at his

feet had no w taken up its position on h is
,
knee and w as compla c ently huddled do w n

,
there a l low i ng itself to be stroked and

, ,
utteri n g crooning sounds of satisfaction as

h is hand p a s sed caressingly over its fold ed
w hite w in g s F e raz said very l ittle as he
.
escorted all his guests u p to W ith in a yard or

so of E l R a mi s secluded seat but Lady
-
’
,
-
Vaughan p aused irresolutely gazing ti midly ,
a n d with someth in g o f awe at the quiet

reposefu l figure t h e drooped head the deli
, ,
’
cate dark hand that stroked the do v e s w ings ,
-
and as she looked and strove to real i ze
that th i s g ent l e submissive med itative h e r
, , ,
m it l ike m a n w as i ndee d the once proud and

-
i ndomitable E l R a m i a sudden tremblin g

-
,
came over her and a rus h of tears blinded

,
h er eyes .
I cannot speak to him — she whispered

sobbin g ly to her husband H e looks so
far away I am sure he is not here w ith us
,
—
at all I
’
S i r F rederic k d istressed at h is wife s tears
, ,
mu rmured someth in g sooth i n g b ut he too —
w as rendered nervous by the situation and

he cou l d find no words i n which to make his
fee l ings intelligible S o as before I rene
.
, ,
V a s s i liu s took the i nit i at i v e Go i n g c l ose .
up to E l R a mi she w ith a qu i c k y e t gracefu l

-
,
i mp ulsiveness thre w herself i n a h al f k neel i n g -
att i tude before h i m .
”
E l R a mi I she said
- .
H e started and stared do w n upon he r

,
amazedly yet w as careful in all h is move

,
—
ments not to disturb the dro w sin g w h i te

dove u p on h is knee .
“
Who calls me he demanded Who
speaks
I call you repl i ed I rene regardless ,
h o w h er qu i te u nconventional b ehaviour
might affect the Vaughans as onlookers I
ask you dear friend to liste n to me I w ant
, ,
.
to tell you that I am ha p py v ery ha pp y —

,
and that before I go you m ust g i ve me your ,
blessing .
A p athetic pai n and w onderment cross e d

E l R a mi s features H e l ooked helplessly
’
- .
at F e raz for though he did not recognise

,
—
h i m as h i s b rother he w as accustomed to ,
rely upon him for everyt h ing .
”
Th is is very stran g e I he faltered No
one has ever asked me for a blessing M ake .
her u nderstand that I have no power at all

to do any g ood by so much as a word or a
t h ought I am a very p oor and i gnoran t
.
’
man quite at God s mercy
—
F e raz bent above h i m with a soot h i ng

gesture .
”
Dear E l R a mi he said -
this lady ,
honours you You wi l l wish her w ell ere

.
she de p arts from u s t h at is all she seeks ,

—
.
E l R am t t urned again to w ards I rene w h o

-
,
remained p erfectly qu iet i n the attitude she

had assumed .
“
I thoug h t h e m urmured slowly
, I
thoug h t you w ere an angel i t seems you ,
—
are a w oman S ometimes they are one and

.
the same th in g N ot often but sometimes .

,
.
Women are wronged much w ronged , ,
when God endo w s them they see ,
further than we do But you must not .
honour me I am not worthy to be

,
-
h onoured A little child is much wiser

.
H e closed h i s eyes languid l y the n and

see m ed fati g ued h i s hand st i ll mechanically
,
—
’
stroked t h e dove s wings They left h i m so .
,
mo v ing away from h i m with hushed and

cautious ste p s H e had not noticed S i r
.
F reder i ck or Lady Vau g han an d they were ,

—
a l most g l ad of th i s as t h ey w ere t h emsel v es

,
l
ent i rely dis i nc i ned to s p eak To see so .
g reat a w reck o f a once b r i lliant intel l e ct

w as a p ainful s p ectacle to g ood n atured S ir -
F rederic k w h i le on Lady Vaughan it had

,
—
the effect of a se v ere nervous shock S he .
t h ought she w ould have b een better able t o

b ear the s i ght of a d i str a cted and howl i ng
man i ac than the solem n pit i fulness of that
.
s i lent su b m i ssion that g ra v e p atience of a

,
p hysica l ly strong man transformed as i t ,
w e re i nto a ch i ld
,
They walked round
.
the court F e raz g atherin g as he went

,
bouquets of roses and j essamine and passi

fl o r a for t h e t w o ladies .
H e seems comfortable and happy Sir

Frederick ventured to remar k at last .
H e is perfectly so
,
— rej o i ned F e raz .
I t is very rarely that he is depressed or

uneasy H e may l ive on th us till he is quite

.
old they tell me his physical h ealth is

, ,
—
ex c eptionally good .
And you wi l l always stay with hi m ?

said I rene .
Can you ask M a dam e I an d F e raz ,
“
smiled I t is my one j oy to serve him I .
grieve sometimes that he does not kno w me

really wh o I am but I have a secret fee l in g
'
—
, ,
that one day that part of the cloud will l i ft ,
and he wi ll kn ow For the rest h e is pleased .
and soothed to have me near h im — that is ,
all I desire H e did everything for me on c e

.
,
— i t is fitting I should do everyth ing for hi m

now God i s good — and i n H is measure of
.
,
a fflictio n there is al ways a great sweetness .
S urely you do not think it well for your

b rother to have lost the control of his brilliant
”
intellectual faculties ? asked S ir F rederic k ,
surprised .
I think everythin g well that God designs

answered F e raz gently now giving the ,
flowers he had g athered to I rene and Lady ,
Vaughan and looking as he stood i n h is

, ,
white robes against a back g round of rosy

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sunse t light l i ke a glorified young sa i nt in

-
,
'
“
a pic t ure E l R a mi s intellectual faculties
'
-
,
were far too brilliant too keen too dominant , , ,
— h is grea t force and supremacy of will too

absolute With such powers as h e had he
.
would have ruled t his wor l d and lost the ,
next That is he w ould have gained the

.
,
S hado w and m issed t h e S ubstance N o no ,
‘
it i s best as it is
— E xcept ye become as .
l ittle ch ildren ye shall not enter the K ing

,
’
do m of H eaven I That is a true sayin g .
I n the Val l ey of H u miliation the b irds of

-
’
paradise sing and i n E l R a mi s earth dark
.
,
- -
ness there are gleams of the Li g ht D i v ine .
I a m content and so I firmly and de v outly—

,
believe is he , .
W i t h this and a few more parting words

, ,
the visitors now prepared to take their leave .
S uddenly I rene V as s iliu s perceived an ex

u is i t e rose hangin g do w n among the vines
q
that clambered about the walls of the little
monastery a rose pure white i n its outer
—
petals but tenderly tinted with a pale bl ush

pink towards its centre Actin g on her own .
impulsive idea she gathered it and hastened , ,

en 8 8111 011 1 1
1 e 0118 s ,
S E L E C T E D F R O M AM O N G T H E B E S T W O R K S O F
F I C T I O N O F E AC H Y E AR
E a c h v o lu m e c an b e ob ta i n ed s ep ar a te l y i n c r own 8 vo , c l oth , .
10 7 7506 a t a ll b oo ks e ll er s a n d r a i l wa y b ook s ta ll s i n th e
’
U n i ted K i n g dom , a n d a t a ll t h e l ea di ng b ooks e l l er s an d

’
i mp or ter s i n t h e Col on i es , a n d a t t h e r ai lway b ooks ta ll s i n

’
I n d i a an d Au s tr a li a .
TH E INITIA L S .
B y t h e B AR O N E S S T AU T P H CE U S ( M O N T G O M E R Y)
’
n ee .
th
On e p ci
of l d i di os e s e a an n v i du al tc mi g
al e s th e o n of w hich i s
pl t l y w l c m d I t m t pl
easa n e o e . us eas e ll wh
a l v ch ct o o e ar a er in p e r s on s
l w o th A t y d C l p t
er an n on s an eo a r as . N b tt
0 h m d
e er u ou r e or l es s c ic ar a
t d p ict
ur e f lif i G m y h
ur e o e n er an as v b
e er x c t d byeen e e u e an E g li h
n s
p ci l
”
en Th Ath
. m e en ceu .
TH E LAST O F TH E CAVA L I E RS .
By an AN O N Y M OU S AU T H OR .
i c t h l it y w l d h p d c d
I t is l on g s n e v l e bl d e r ar or as ro u e a no e so a e an so
th g hly f i t cl w ll c c i v d d ti tic lly x c t d I t b d

or ou o s ass e on e e an ar s a e e u e . a ou n s
i p
n
g d c
as s a f g
es a n i p th d i
s cc i l ly t t h l v l
en es o en u n e a os , a n r s es o as o n a o e e e
o f t p t
rue
y W h
oe r v h it ti
. i c mm di g T h L t f
e c an a e no es a on n re o en n e as o
t h C v li th w k f v y hi g h i f t t h hi g h t c l ”
Th
’
e a a er s , as e or o a er no e es as s . — e
, ,
Lit y G
er a r tt a ze e.
A w k xc di g ly i mi l
or t
e m f W lt
ee S tt b t ff t
n s ar o so e o a er co 8 es e or s on e
o f t h b t hi t i c l
e es v l w h v s or df m yy a noTh M i g
e s e a e r ea or an ear s . — e or n n
Ch r oni cl e .
Q U IT S !
B y t h e B AR O N E s s T AU T P H cE U S ( M O N T G O M E R Y ) n ee .
Q ui t s i s an ad m i a bl e n ov el Witty s en t e n ti u s g r aphic f u ll
r .
,
o , ,
b r i ll i an t p ict u r es of l i f e a n d m an n e r s it i s p o iti v e ly o n e of t h e b es t ,
s
m od er n s t or i es a n d m a y b r ea d w ith del i g h t f l i n t e e s t f r o m c o v e r
, e u r
c ov er Th e M or ni ng P ost
.
— .
“
In t er es ti g i
n n thehi g h t d g Th Ob es e r ee .
— e s er ver .
TO O S TRANG E N O T T O B E TR U E .
FUL L E R T O N
B y L ADY G E OR G I AN A .
On e of t h e m os t fas ci n a ti n g an d del i g ht f u l w o k s I e v e r h ad t h e g o od r
f or t u n e t o m e e t w ith i n w hich g en i u s g od n e s n d b eau ty m e e t t og e th er

, ,
o s ,
a
i n t h e h a pp i es t c om b i n ati o n w ith t h e a dditi on al c h ar m o f a n hi t or ica l

, s
b as i s .
”
E I NONAOH i n N ot es a n d Qu er i es ,
”
.
T H E THRE E CL E RKS .
AN T H ONY T R OL L O P E By .
T r ol l op e s n e xt n o v e l was ‘ T h e T h r ee C l e r k s
’
w hic h we h av e ’
,
al wa y s g re a t l y a d m i r e d a n d e n j oy e d b u t w hic h we f a n ci e d h a d c o m e be for e ,
t h e e cc l es i as tic a l ficti o n s T h e s or r o w s t h e t h r ea t en e d m or a l d e g r a d ati on

.
,
of
p oor C h ar l i e T u d or t h e p e r s e cu ti on h e u n d er w en t f r om t h e l ow m on ey
,
l en d er all t h es e thi n g s s e em ed v er y a ct u al t o u s an d n ow we k n o w th a t
—
,
th ey w er e ph otog r aph s r epr odu c ed fr om t h e l i fe T h e n ov el s ee m s t o h a v e .
b e en a s p e ci al fa v ou r it e o f i t s au th or s an d p er h ap s h e pl a c es al m os t hi g h er ’
th an we s h ou ld b e i n cl i n ed t o do t h e u n d ou bt edly p ath e tic l o v e s c e n e s o f -
w hich K at e Woodwar d i s t h e h er oi n e H e d e cl a r e s e l s e w h e r e if we r e .
,
m e m b e r a r i g ht th a t o n e Of t h es e s c en es wa s t h e m o s t t ou c h i n g h e e v e r
,
w r o t e An d h e s ay s h er e T h e p as sag e i n w hich K a t e Wo o dwar d t h i n k

.
, ,
i n g s h e w i ll di e t r i es t o t a k e l e av e o f t h e l a d s h e l o v e s s ti ll b r i n g s t ea r s t o
, ,
m y ey es w h e n I r e ad it I h ad n o t t h e h e ar t t o k i ll h er
. I n e v er cou ld .
do th a t An d I do n ot do u b t b u t t h a t th ey ar e l i v i n g h app i ly t og e th er t o
.
thi s day T h e T i m es ( r ev i ewi ng A n th on y T r ollop e s A u t ob i og r ap h y )

.
’ ’
.
M r T r oll op e a m pl y b e ar s ou t i n t h e w or k t h e r e pu a on b e a u r e
. cq i d t ti
‘
b y B ar ch t
e s e r T o w er s W e r e g ar d t h e en er n e s s a n d s el f -s ac r i fi c e O f
.
’
t d
id
L n a a s o n e o f t h e m os g r a e fu l a n d ou h n g p t
u r e s O f f em n n ec er o s m t c i ict i i h i
i n t h e w h ol e r a n g e O f m o er n n o v e l s — J oh n B u ll d . .
I r e urn tTh e T h r e e C l e r k s w h ou r r u e an k s a n d a p p r e a on it t th ci ti .
W e bo u th q it
e ag r e e w y ou i n on s de r ng ith
t h e b es Of t h e r ee c i
le v e r i it t th c
n o v e l s b e f or e t h e p u b l ic
M y h u s b an d, wh o c an s el om g e t a n o v e l t o
. d
h dol h i m , h as b ee n h e l b y al l r ee , an d b
y s d
t h e s r on es
g Al th
so thi t t it .
q iti
h as u al e s w h h t h e o er s g a v e n o s g n o f ic th
F o r n s a n e , I was wr u n g i i t c .
t
t o ear s b y t h e h r v ol u m e a t id
a or ou g l y m a n s b o o k
’
is
. Wh t th h it
L etter of M r s E li z a b eth B ar r ett B r own i ng t o M r s T A T r ollop e
. . . . .
U NC L E S I L A S .
B y J O S E P H S H E R ID AN L E P ANU .
W e c or di al ly r e c om m e n d th i s r em ar k a bl e n o v e l t o all wh o h v li a e e su re
t o r ead it sati s fi e d t h at for m an y a day aft e r w ar d s t h e

,
ch ct th
ar a er s er e
B E N TL E Y S F A VO U R I TE N O VE L S
’
4 .
c i p al ch ct ar a er — the h i
i s or g n al an d f u ll O f s w ee n e s s an d t e n ds
er o n e — i i t
n e ss . t
T h e s r u g g le i n h e r mi n w en , wr e h e , om el e s s , an d wi t h O d h tc d h
lov e , h er a r i s o ra t c tic
l o v er as ks h e r t o b e om e h i s m s r e s s , p r om i s n g h c it i
all fid it el t
y an d l o v e wi h ou t h e form of m ar r a g e , i s b ol ly an d ru t ful i d t th
d ra wn .
”
— T h e Sp ect a t or .
C O M E TH UP AS A FLO W ER .
B y RH O D A B R O U G H T O N .
t ik i g ly
A s r n or i g i na l an d cl e v er t al e t h e chi ef m e r its Of which
c s , on
i t h p w f l v ig
n e m
o er u f i t t ll i g i
,
th xc di g b
or ou s ann er o s e n , n e e ee n eau
and p t y f it k tch
oe r d c O y d i th
s s l il q ie m tim es an s en er ,
an n e so o u es so e
q i t ly h m
ua n m ti m cy ic ll y b itt
u or ou s , m tim p l i ti
sov e es n a er , so e es a n e a
m l ch ly w hi ch tt d b y t h h i ”
e an o , Th T i m ar e u er e e er o n e . e es .
A S I S T E R S S T O RY
’
.
B y M R S AU G U S T U S C R AV E N ( P AU L IN E
. DE L A F E R R ON AY S )
A b ook which t oo k all F r an c e an d all E n g la n d by t
s or m . — B la c
wood s M a g a z i n e
’
.
A S s er s S it ’
t or y
’
is ch
w r itt en an d ex c ell en tly t ra n s la te
ar m n g l y i ,
I t i s fu l l O f fas ci n a ti n g r e v e l a ti on s O f f am i ly l i f e M on t a l em b er t s l e tt er ’
.
an d t h e m e n ti on o f h i m as a y ou n g m an a r e d el ig ht f u l I n t er w o v en wi , .
t h e s t or y of Al e x an dr i n e a r e acc ou n ts of t h e diff er en t m em b e r s of t
f am i ly of La F er r on ay s T h e s to r y o f th e i r l i v e s an d d eath s i s b eau t if u
.
th ei r l ett er s an d di ar i es ab ou n d i n exqu is ite th ou g ht s an d t en d er r eli g i o

f ee l i n g T h e A th enceu m
.
— .
BREEZ I E L ANGT O N .
M AJ OR H AW L E Y S M AR T By .
A cap ita l n o v el fu ll O f s wee t E n g l i s h g i l s a n d b r av e Ope n h ear t

,
r ,
-
E n g l is h g e n t l em e n I t a b ou n d s with s ti rr in g s c en es on t h e r ac ec ou r
.
a n d i n t h e c am p to l d w ith a r ar e an i m a ti on a n d a th or ou g h k n owl edg e

, ,
w ha t t h e wr i t er i s t alk i n g a bou t T b e G ua r dia n .

”
— .
W e p r edic t for thi s b oo k a d e cid ed s u cc es s H a d t h e au th or o m i t t .
h i s n am e fr om t h e tit l e p ag e we s h oul d u n h e s it ati n g ly h av e c r e dit -

,
M r Wh y t e M e lvi l le w ith h i s l ab o u r s T h e for c e an d t r u th O f t h e h u n t i

. .
an d r aci n g s k e tch es t h e l i ve l y ch a t o f t h e c l u b a n d t h e b ar r a c k s t
, ,
p l eas an t fli r ti n g s c en es an d t h e g e n er al t on e O f g oo d s oci e ty all c ar r y

, ,
bac k t o t h e d ay s of K a t e C o ven t r y an d D i g by G r an d T h e S at u r cb .
’
AND S E N S IBI L ITY

SENSE .
B y J AN E AU S T E N .
I h v w d v g i ll M i A t v l Ch mi g ’
a e no r ea o er a a n a ss u s en s n o e s. ar n th
ar e . Th i t h w ld c mp iti w hich pp h
er e a r e n e or no o os on s a r oac n ea r e r
f ti M l M y 1 t 1 85 1
”— ’
per ec l y J
on . aca u a s ou r n a , a s , .
Fi t df m t l t J
rs an A t b m d th g
or e t t ti t os e an e u s en e na e , e r ea e s ar s th
h as v w itt
e eri g t h t m t i g i fy t h m t p f t m t
r en , u s n e er o s n e os er ec as e r ov
B E N TLE Y S
’
F A VO U R I T E N O VE L S .
5
t h e m e an s t o h er en d t it
L fe , as i t p r ese n s ih t
s e lf t o an E n g l s
.
g en l e i
c cti d q it i i d
wom an , p ea e f u lly y e t a v ely e n g ag e i n h e r u e v l lag e , i s m r r or e i n
it it fi it th t
h e r w or k s w h a p u r y an d de l y a t
m u s en do w th ith i t
em w n er es t
ti
for all me d . i ct x i c
T o r e a on e of h e r b o ok s i s l k e a n a u a l e pe r e n e o f li fe .
i i
Y ou k n o w t h e p eopl e as f y ou h ad l v e d w ith t thi
h em , a n d y ou f e el s om e ng
cti t d th
o f p er s on al a ff e on o wa r s em it t
T h e m ar v ellou s r e al y an d su b l e .
di ti c i t it tic
s n t ve ra s no t it c c
ea b l e i n h e r p or r a s h as l e d M a au l ay t o all h er a
p Sh k p
r os e a G RG E I
es e ar e .
”—
EO E L OT .
B t t h y q ic k p l I h b ld th i ll i g l f
’ ’
ea s u u s e o er nc a s r n ea ,
h ig h m l Op i d p w g ht g i f ’ ’
B t ru n on s or a , e s ee r ou r e
H t h m i l d ch p cl i m d t h y y i ldi g h t
as e a e r on a e e n ear ,
C ll d k p g T ly
ar r o g tl t’
s ar a e, r eve an s
’
en e ar
O i it t h A R r AU s N H ou , LL P E F E CT S TE er e
L t p w t h d e t h yon e l y b i oor r ea a or n e ar er ,
Th t c c ll w d t h y m d t y th t c l i m
a s ar e a o e o es ou o a
I t l i v i g p ti f th y c t i f m
’
s n or on o er a n a e
Oh M B t M N i t rs . en n e rs . or r s oo
Whil m m y v i v w ll d m f y e e or su r es e
’
r ea O ou .
A d M W dh wh n b t mi li p
r . oo ou s e , os e a s e ou s
M t thi b t t t thi h i g l i p
us n, u no oo n, s ru e s .
Mi B t id l th g h t h v i ll g b
ss a es , o u r o , ou e a e or e
A dM E lt d t t pln rs . on , ar en o ex or e .
W h i l t h d tyl fl w w ith t p t c e e ea r s e o s on ou r e en e,
Wit h t i d p ity d m tch d uns a ne ur an un a e s en s e .
O if it ch d t h t h ’
a s s e r e er a e r on e ,
pp r, r oa e
S h c ll d t h ich I h it c h w e a e e r n er an e er o n .
T H E E AR L or C ARLI S LE .
PRID E AND PR E J U DIC E .
S T C l id g w l d
. . m tim
o er b t t i t hig h c m i m f
e ou so e es ur s ou n o en o u s o
Mi A t ss v l
u s en s n o
’ ‘
b i g i th i w y p f ct ly g e s as i d i di e n n e r a er e en u n e an n
, ,
v id l p d cti
ua ro T h T b l t lk f S m l T y l
u on s .
’
C l idg e a e -
a o a ue a or o er e .
F i d A t
e r r er a n h v g i v p t it f l ci ty f
u s en
p i t a e en or ra s O r ea so e ar su e r or o
an y t h i g v i n m h a n
p d c d f th l ik
an t I h v
as d gi ro u e o e e na ure . a e r ea a a n,
t h thi d tim Mi A t v y fi ly w itt v l f P id ’

an df or e r e, ss u s en s er ne r en no e O r e
d P j di c Th t y g l dy h d t l t f d c ibi g t h i v l v
’
an re u e . a ou n a a a a en or es r n e n o e
m t d f li g
en s a n d ch ct f di y l i f w hich i t m t h m t
ee n s an ar a er s O or n ar e, s o e e os
w d f l I v m t with H
on er u e erxq i it t ch which d c m m
e . er e u s e ou ,
r en er s o on
p l c thi g
a e d ch
n ct i t ti g f m t h t th f t h d c i p ti
s an ar a er s n er es n ro e ru o e es r on
an d th ti m t i d i d t m Wh t p ity g i ft d c t di d
e s en en , s en e o e . a a so e a r ea u r e e
s o e ar ly S W — S IR ALT E R CO T T .
P id d P j dic A t p f ct t yp v l f ’
r e an by J i
re u f e, an e u s en , s a er e e o a no e o
c mm l i f t h t y c ci ly d d m tic l ly t l d t h l g g
o on e e s or so on se an ra a a o , e an ua e so
si m pl t h h d f h m ch ct
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’
s n s er a u r e .
f th b t f M i A t q ll d w k H w p f ctl y it ’
O ne O e es o ss u s en s u n e ua e or s . o er e
i w itt
s r Th Sp t t
en — e ec a or .
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B y J AN AU S E N E T .
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a r ea no e r ea F ch v l
er , u se o r ea er an o r r en no e s .
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er s ar e oo ard E g li h v l a . e s o r ea n s no e s,
p tic l ly th w itt b y w m C t t t éc l d m l ’ ’
ar u ar os e r en o en . es ou e une o e e or a e .
Mi A t ss Mi F us i t f m ch l wh ic h i t h xc ll c d
en, ss e r r er , e c .
, or a s oo n e e e en e an
p f i
r o u s on Of i t p d cti sm bl roth cl d f d m tic p t f t h
u on s r ese es e ou o ra a oe s O e
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r ea G UI
e n an a e .
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— ZOT .
Sh k p h a esit h q le ar e asc d B t m g th w i t
ne er e ua n or se on . u a on e r er s
wh h v o pp a ch d e a t t th m
r oa e f th g
n e ar e s tm t w h v o e an n e r O e r ea as e r e a e
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es a on n w m
a n f wh m E g l ane d i j t ly u s en , a o an o o n an s us
M l y E
’
p d
r ou .
—
y a ca u a s ss a s .
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a e er eas an a e en n o nn e
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y H er a
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ear oo s , i w h ich t h
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,
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a d
e e se r ea o ne O ss u s en s or s a - r ea
w ith i t t n d wi th j t t h d g
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us e e r ee o a ra on a ss u s en
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er s e h ght
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a ve t ou s en s e an su a e . n n e ar
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er e s afid l ity m i i t d l ic cy i t h p i i g S h ffl
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an an o as on a ra e u u s an re o n on oo re u en
c v w it h t h m w ld fl l t h m th l g c f h p g
on er s e e ou ru H e e s oo e e an e o er ro r e ss . er
b i i
u s n es s t h lf m ch w i h t h h m
s no a soh t w ith t h h m y
u t e u an e ar as e u an e es ,
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ee . a s ees e en ,
S ea s a , o es ex ,
it it h t t d y b t wh t th b f t d f ll th g h hidd wh t
su s er o s u u a ro s as an u ou en , a
th bl e d h t h g h wh t i t h
oo r us es r ou t f lif d t h ,
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a s e u n s e e n s ea O e , an e s en en
t g t f d t h th i M i A t i g
ar e o ea —
s Sh m ss w ith h m i d us en n or es . e no or e er n
’
s
e y b h ld t h h
e e t f h
o s c th e e ar c h m w i h b dily v i i
o er r a e an ea an , t o s on , s e es
th h e t i h i h vi g b
ea r n t s J A t
ea w n c m pl t d m t r eas . ane u s en as a o e e an os
i b l l dy b t v y i c mpl t d th i
s en s e a ,
u a er ibl ( n o l ) e e an ra er n s en s e not s en s e e ss
w m o I f th i i h
an .
y I c t h
s l p si t C R
er e s B R N E a nn o e .
”—
HA LOT T E O T .
MAN S FI E L D PARK .
I h v t h p ict t i l l b f m f L d H l l d ly i g h i b d
a e e ur e s e or e e O or o an n on s e ,
wh tt ck d w it h g t h i i t M i F b i d h i m di g l d
en a a e ou ,
s s s er , ss o x, es e r ea n a ou ,
as s h l w y di d
e a t h cc i a ms f Mi A t on v l f es e o as o n s , s o e on e O ss us
’
en s no e s, O
w h ic h h w v w i d I w l l c ll ct t h ti m w h th
e as n e er ch m e ar e . e re o e e e en es e ar
i g
n v l l m t iq i th i ty l f h m
no e s, a b t d d ly
os unth ue n e r s e o u ou r , u rs su en on e
RED A S A RO SE I S SH E .
T h er e ar e fe w r ea d er s wh o w i ll n ot be fas ci n ate d by thi t s a e l .
T h e Ti mes .
L ADY S U S AN — TH E W AT S O N S .
J AN E AU S T E N By .
W it h M m i f t h A th
a e b y th R
o r o J E A t e L ig h u or e ev . . . u s en - e .
I f I c ld g t m t i l I ou ell y w l d w it a er a s h t l i f f th t r ea ou r e a s or e o a
w d f lw m
on er u d i o l itt l m y t p t p m
an , an r a se a me t t h e on e o u u a on u n o er
i Wi ch t C th d l M ” ’
n n es e r a l y J e l 1 85 8
ra .
— a ca u a s ou r n a , .
“
I h v h d S y d y S m ith m t h
a e ea r ne c d w l l with l q c ,
or e an on e, e e o u en e on
t h m it f Mi A t v l H t ld m h h ld h v j y d
’
e er s O ss u s en s n o e s . e o e e s ou a e en o e
g i v i ng h t h p l er f di
e g h
e as u r e o
p i i t h ‘E di b
r ea
g h R i w n er r a s es n e n ur ev e .
’
y P ic w f h i p im f v it I m m b fMi M itf d ’
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sa y gi nt m I w
o l d lem t t ff ou f m y h d a i f it w l d
os bl cu o on e o an s, ou en a e
m t w it l i k y
e o r et w ith t h e ou r TH R
au n J E AU N e — E EV . . . S TE
L IGE H .
Mi A t lif w ll h t l t m t iq m g t h
’
ss u s en s e as e as er a en s ee s o u s un ue a on e
li v es of th au f ficti Th Q
or e s s es o t ly R i w on .
— e u a r er ev e .
“
T h i v ti e f n t l i m cc d t i P i b t i E g l d
en on o na u r a s o urre no n ar s , u n n an
an d th cc f l i v t i t Z l b t J A t
e su es s u n en o r M T he d s no o a, u an e u s en . . o or e
D ur e t di ti g i h d c itiq d
, a s n u s tg d i
e b t t f m l t thi
r ue
’
a v an ar e, s a ou o or u a e s
i g i
n e n ou sth y i y eor I t i c t i ly
n an m k bl th t t h
es s a . m s er a n re ar a e a e na e
o f Mi A t
ss h ld t l t b k w i P i f
u s en s ou a t m as y m th e no n n ar s or no an on s
a g o a w ll k w F ch th w i f m d i t h ffic f t h R
e - no n r en au or as n or e n e O e o e evu e
C t mp
on e i th t or a n e l i F a c h d v h d fh
n o on e C
e se n r an e a e er ear O er . er
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e v it h b
er b f as I the en c l b t d l i t f 1 00 b t b k l t ly
e or e . n e e e ra e s O es oo s a e
p bl i h d b y t h
u s e P ll M ll G t t e m d
a v li t wia m y aze e, n o o er n no e s ns so an
su ff g ra Mi A t
es a s A d ss w i P i th y
u s en . m ki g h th g d
n no n ar s e ar e a n er e o
m th o f Z l l
er O B t Lito a
”
—
y W ld
os on er a r or .
O U GHT WE T O VI S IT H E R ?
B y MR S . ANNI E E DW AR D E S .
To thi
v el t h e epith et s S pi r it e d l i v ely or i g i n al O f d es i g n an d
s no , , ,
v i g or ou s i n w or k i n g it ou t m ay b e appl i e d with ou t le t or h i n d r an ce I n
,
.
s h or t i n al l th a t g oes t o m a k e u p a t o n c e a n a m u s i n g a n d i n t er es ti n g s t or y
, ,
it “i s i n e v er y way a su cc es s — 7 h e M or n i ng P os t .
'
M r s E d w ar de s h as n ev e r do n e b e tt e r th an i n h e r c h ar m i n g n ov e l
. ,
Ou g ht W e to V i it H
s er ?
’
Va n i ty F a i r .
B E N TL E Y S ’
FA VO U RI T E N O VE L S .
9
G O O D BY E -
,
SW EE TH E ART
By RH O D A B R O U G H T O N .
W e ar e m or e i mp r ess e d b y thi th b y y f M i B g h t
s an an o ss r ou on s
’
p re v i ou s w o r k s . I t i s m or e ar e u c f lly w k d t d c c i v d i m ch
or e ou , an on e e n a u
h g ih er s p r i it i . M s s B r ou on r es g ht w it f m t h v y b tt m f h h t ro e er o o o er e ar .
T h er e i s a t i
er r i
b l e r eal s m a b ou t h er
”
.
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I h e E ch o
’
.
T H R O W N T O GET HE R
By FL OR E N C E M ON T GOM E R Y .
Thi ch m i gs ar n s t or y c a n n o t f a i l t o p l ease — Va n i t
y . Fair .
A d l i g ht f l t
e u s or
y . Th ere is a r e ad O f g ol in th u po n w d it hich ar e
t
s r un
g m a n y l o v ely s en ti m en s
”
t
T h e W a s hi ng t on D a i ly Ch r on i cle
. .
NANC Y .
B y RH OD A B R O U G H T O N .
If w ear i e d b r i ll i an cy of s ty le p ict u r es qu e d es c ri p ti on h u m or ou s a nd
un , ,
or i i n a l di a l o u e a n d a k e e n i n s i ht i n t o h u m an n a t u r e c an m a k e a n o v e l
g g , g
‘
p op ul ar th e r e i s n o d ou b t w h a t e v e r th a t N an c y w i ll t a k e a hi g h er p la c e
,
th an an y thi n g w”hi ch Ll i ss B r ou g hton h as y et wr itten I t i s adm i r abl e

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f r om fi r s t t o l as t Th e S ta nda r d
. .
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’
M R S A L E X AND E R
By “
. .
S i ng u l ar l y i n t er es ti n g whi le t h e e as i n es s an d fl ow of t h e s ty l e t h e
, ,
n a t u r al n es s O f t h e c o n v e r s a ti on a n d t h e d e al i n g w ith i n di v id u a l c h ar act er
,
ar e su c h th a t t h e r e a d er i s ch ar m e d f r om t h e b e i n n i n
g t o t h e v er y en d
”
g .
Th e M or n i ng P os t
-
.
A ch ar m i n g s t or y w ith a c h ar m i n g h e r oi n e Va n i ty Fa i r .
— .
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’
g .
on c e t o t h e h e i h t O f
p o p u l ar ity p op u l ar ity s o g r eat th a t we r e c ol l e ct j u s t
—
g ,
a f t er t h e a r a n c e o f t h e f or m er t al e h ear i n f a l u n ch e on ar t y for -
pp ea g O p ,
y ou n g g i r l s f ou r t ee n i n n u m b er w h e r e an e m p ty ch ai r fl ower c r o w ne d
-
, , , ,
v as s e t at t a b l e i n h on ou r O f T r a ff o r d i t s h e r o T h e B os ton L i ter a r y —
yV
.
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or ld .
N OT W I SE LY ,
B UT T O O W E LL .
RH O D A B R O U G H T O N
By .
M i ss B r o u g ht on s p op u l ar ity i n all r an k s o f s o ci e ty s h o ws n o s i g n o f
’
d ec l in e A s h or t ti m e ag o C ap tai n M ar k h am o f t h e Aler t was i n tr od uce d

.
, ,
t o h er a t h i s o wn r e q u es t H e t ol d h e r t h a t i n s o m e r e m o t e Ar ctic l a titu de s
.
a n i c e b ou n d m ou n t a i n was ch r i s t e n e d M ou n t R h o d a as a n a c k n o wl e d e
-
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m en t of t h e pl ea su r e w hich h er t ales h a d g i v e n t o t h e offic e r s O f t h e Aler t ”
.
B E N TLE Y S FA VO U R I T E N O VE L S
’
IO .
C O MIN THR O TH E RY E ’ ’
.
B y HE LE N M AT H E R S ( M R S R E E VE S ) . .
A c l e v er n o v el n e v er d u l l an d n e v e h an g s fi r e ,
T he S t a n da r d r .
— .
T h er e i s a g eat d e a l o f p ow er i n C o m i n t h r o t h e R y e
‘ T h er e i s
’ ’ ’
r .
o r i g i n al it y i n t h e t r ag ic p l o t a n d a n u n c ea s i n g c u r r e n t of fu n w hich sa v e
,
s
t h e t r ag e dy f om b e c o m i ng s om b r e T h e At h enteu m
”
r .
— .
L E AH : A W OMA N OF FA S HI O N .
B y MRS . ANNI E E DWAR D E S .
L ea h t c
i s t h e b e s , t h e l e v e r e s , a n d s r on g es n ov el t
a t we av e as t t thh
y et h a d i n t h e s e as on , as i s it c ti
e r a n l y M r s E dwar des s m as er p e e
”
.
’
t ic .
Th e W or ld .
M r s E dwar de s s las t n o v e l i s t h e s r o n g es an d m os om pl e e w
.
’
t t tc t hich
s h e h as y et p r o u e d cd
— T h e S a tur da y R evi ew
. .
H E R DEAREST FOE .
M R S A L E X AND E R
By . .
M r s Al ex an der h as wr itt en n o t h i n g b e tter

. T h e b oo k al t og e th er .
ab ou n d s i n br i g h t a n d s p ar k l i n g p as s a g es — 1 h e S a t u r da
y R evi ew
’ ’
. .
T h er e i s n ot a s i n g l e c h a r a ct er i n t h i s n o v el w hich i s n ot c l e v e r l y c on
c ei v e d a n d s u cc e s s f u l ly i ll u s t r a t e d a n d n o t a p ag e w hich i s d u ll
”
,
— Th e .
W or ld .
S U CC E S S ,
AND HO W HE W ON IT .
Fr om t h e G er m an of E . W ER NE R .
Su cc es s, an d H ow H e W pr a s e onT h e s or y i s
It
’
d e s er v es a ll i . t
ch i
ar m n
g i i
an d or g n a l, an d i t i s ol t d i
w t h a el a y w d ic c hich it
m ak es
i i i
r r es s t b ly f as ci ti
na n
g an d a ra ve —
tt cti
Th e S t a n da r d . .
A b o ok w h ich c an h i
ar dl y b e t o o h g h ly sp ok e n O f i t t
I t i s f u ll o f n e r es , .
it ab ou n ds i n e xciti ng n d en s , ou g i ci t th h it c t i
on a n s n o thi ti
n g s e n s a o n al ;
it t
i s m ar v el lou sly p a h e ,
th e tic ch c
ar a t e r s ar e d t
r a w n i n a m as er l t y s l
y , e
an d t h e d c i ti
es r p v e p or on s a r e el g f u lti ”
d i ht
T h e L ondon F i g a r o . .
J O AN .
By RH O D A B R OU G H T O N .
T h er e is s om e thi n
g v er y di s ti n ct a nd o r i g i n al i n J oan . I t i s m or e
’
w or thy ,
m or e n obl e , m o r e u n s el s h h an an y o f h er pr e e fi t dc es s or s , w le t h e hi
s t or y i s t o t h e fu ll as b r g h i t
a n d en er t a n n
g t i i
a s a n y O f o s e w fi rs th hich t
i ht
m a de M s s B r oug on f am ou s — Th e D a i ly N ews
”
. .
W er e th
er e e v e r m o r e el g d i ht fi
f ul g u r es i n t on an M r B r own fic i th .
a n d h i s f e ll o w d i
og g es i n M s s B r ou
g t
’
on s i‘ J h
oa n — Th e D a i ly N ews
( on a noth er occ a si on ) .
NE LL I E S M E M O RI E S
’
74 .
R O S A N O U C H E T T E C AR E Y
By .
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, ,
w ithou t t h e s h ad o w o f a m y s t er y t h r ou g h ou t an d wr itte n i n a s t r a i n whi ,
i s v e r y pl e as i n g M i s s C ar ey h a s t h e g i f t O f wr iti ng n at u r a ll y an d s i m pl
.
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e ,
”—
s h a rp . T h e S ta n da r d .
“
A v er y h pp i ly t ld d
a o om e s tic t y which s or re i d
m n s u s , i n i t s m nu i
an d p l e a sa n t d c i pti es r on s of f m i ly l i f
a f Mi e, o s s B r e m er s
’
al es
”
— T t .
E ven i ng S ta r .
P RO BATI O N .
B y JE S S IE FO T H E R G IL L .
Al t g th P b ti o i th m t i t
e ti g v l w h v d f
er ro a on s e os n er es n no e e a e r ea
so m tim e W c l d t h b k w ith v y l g t d f l i g f t
e . e os e e oo er r ea re re ,
an a ee n o
t t dm i ti f t h p w which di ct d d t h pi it w hic h i pi
r u es a ra on or e o er re e an e s r ns r
t h w it
e d w ith t h d t m i
r er , a n ti m v t m k t h q i e e er na on , or e o er , o a e e ac ua n
an c f h th t i
e o T h Sp t t
er o er s o r e s .
— e ec a or .
A bl d b ti f l b k which
no e wh h
an d i l i k lye au u oo n o on e o as r ea s e
f g t Th M
”
or e . h t E mi e a nc es er xa ner .
D O R O THY FOX .
By MR S . P AR R .
W t th
e mus an k th e au thc h m i g v l T h t yl i f
or for a ar n no e . e s e s re
an d n a u r a t l v ig , or o u s w it h t v l g ity i m pl w ith
ou m wk i h
u ar ,
s e ou t a s n es
D or o thy F h OX er s e lf is re
p t d c h
r es e n m i g ll h t d
e h w as ar n a ear s , an s e
char m a ll r ea de r s . W e w i h D th y F
s m y diti or o Th T i m ox an e on s .
”
e
S ECOND TH O U GHTS .
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on n e u ru er
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a s, an d m or e i
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s .
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’
on s er o n e s a r e l n e n t
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AN D R E T H E U R I ET .
ADAM AND E V E .
By MR S P AR R . .
hi ch m i g w it h
T s ar f t h g p hic c
n r er as n e v e r e x c el l e d s om e o e ra s en es
b f
e d i Ad m d E
ou n n Th A d m y a an ve .
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e ca e .
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s a r ea o a T e u su a a a no e as a an ve .
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ch ct ar a d w w ith v i g
er s ar e h d t h i cid t ra t l
n a or ou s an , e n e n s ar e a s na u r a
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p ow w hic
er h i l d m m t w ith I t i g i s cc se d i f it m
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s diti th
es er s T h W h i t h ll R is ee or e e on s an on e
”—
. e e a ev e
N O R EL ATI O N S .
F r om t h e F r en c h Of H E C T OR M AL O T .
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, ,
g e n u i n e p a th os as of g ac e f u l an d d e l ic a t e des c r i p ti on s
r — B l a c lcwood s .
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b ook w ou l d h a v e ch arm e d u s i n ou r y ou th h o w m an y
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h i s m as t er V it al i s t h e o w n e r of t h e p er for m i ng d og s a n d m on k e y on c e
, ,
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, , ,
t o r e ti r e f r o m t h e g az e of t h e e n r ap t u r e d p u bl ic H o w we s h ou l d h av e .
e x u l t e d i n R em i s s t r ok e s o f g oo d l u c k h o w we s h ou l d h a v e w ep t w ith
’
h i m w h e n h e w ep t Al l thi s i s l eft for m an y a h appy b oy t o do wh o l ittl e

k n ows w h at a t r eat i s i n s t or e for h i m w h en h e fi r s t Op en s t h e c o v er of
N O R e l a ti on s w hich b es id es t h e t e m p ti n g l e tt er p r es s c on tai n s en d l es s
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it did i n i t s b ir th plac e F r an c e Th e W h i teh a ll R ev i ew

, . .
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r ea ch e d t h e a l m os t u n p r e c ede n t e d s al e O f 2 00 000 cop i e s i n F r an c e an d ,
w hich h as b e en th er e awar d e d t h e v alu abl e Ac ad e m ic al p r i z e of M .
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,
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f a ce .
NO S U RR E ND E R .
F r o m t h e G er m a n O f E W E R N E R . .
A n e w n ov e l b y t h e c l e v er au th or of S u cc ess m u s t alway s b e
w e l c om e d T h er e i s a lway s s om e t h i ng fr esh v i v i d an d l ifel i k e an d i n
.
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,
m os t d el i g ht fu l h u m ou r r u n n i n g th r ou g h t h e b ook N o S u r r en d e r .
d eser v es t h e v er y war m es t c om m en d ati on and i t i s s o th or ou g hl y well ,
wr itt en th at t h e r eader wh o p u t s it d own m ay b e p er fe ctly s ati s fi ed with

it an d y et n ot k n ow h o w c l e v er it i s b u t i f i t i s c om par e d with n u m ber”
,
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th t ih d c i ith the v e ry
fe w wr it er s o f ficti
o n w os e w or k s a r e, or s ou l h
b e , m a er s O f h d tt i n te r e s t to
r ea d ther s r ou g ou h t
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. .
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f thne fi t E g l i h v l i th d y f J
O e ne s Ey n s n o e s s n ce e a s o an e r e.
’
M a nc hester E xa mi ner .
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By M R S A L E X AND E R
. .
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of th e l g d d wi h t fi
es an re es s o r es a r ea er n ee s o n
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u e d th m pli t i
ar e e re e e u t o e er ,
an e co ca o
a r e or ig i l d i g ina Th A t h
an m n e n ou s .
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— e enceu .
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m en t T h D i ly N w
.
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By .
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— D iar y o f
W i lb erf or c e, B i s h op of W i n c h es t er .
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T s vo lu m e g v es u s w h a O f i t a ll th i ng s i s t h e m os r a r e t o fi n d t
c t
on em por ar y l e r a tu r e — a ru e
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. .
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’
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g ea t es t m as t e O f t en d e r n e s a n d h m ou r w hich n i n e t e en t h c en t y fi c t i
r r s u - ur
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r e a
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’ ”
, T h e W or l d . .
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p ict u r es ar e b r ou g ht v i v i dly b ef o e t h e r a de i n t u r n s p a th e tic g l oo r e r , ,
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p y w o t h y o f r em ar k th at i n w h ic h C ol r —
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’
er s
T h e i r b ol d i nn o c en c e a n d u n c on v en ti o n al f r e e d om r e q u i r e d e xc e e di n g
del ic t t t m t b t M i M tg m y i m th q l t t h t
a e r ea en u ss on o er s or e an e ua o e ar
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on e t ch d h p c c pti
s o u s, e oo un ou e ,
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’
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e s er s ar n au er s . es e r s s e n es an os n s
ch ct i h t y ; i d d it i dmi bl i v y w y
ar a er n t e T s or n ee , s a ra e n e er a .
t y i ch m i g ly f h d tt cti v d v y wh it v l m
s or s ar n r es an a ra e , an e er er e re ea s r e ar
a bl p w e f fl cti o d k wl d g f h m
er s o t d th i t
re e on a n no e e o u an n a u r e an e n er
is a l w y w ll t i d T h i lw y m v m t d v h y
a s e su s a n e . ere s a a s o e en an ne er urr .
”
P a ll M a ll Ga z ette .
W O O ED AND MARRIED
R O S A N O U C H E T T E C AR E YBy .
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’
.
fa i r t o t el l ou r r ead e r s w h e r e i n th a t r om an c e c o n s i s t s or h o w it en ds I .
th e m r ead t h e b”ook for t h em s el ves W e w il l u n d er tak e t o pr om is e t h ,
th ey will l i k e i t — Th e S ta n da r d . .
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’
FA VO U RI T E N O VE L S .
ti on s th t h d d f l d l i b t
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or , p i g c l m wi t
e r ea u , e er a e , an uns ar n a
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ou r
g tit d raI c t l ili v i ly p h i t m b t m
u e . as f g i es i a n u on s o — c u ner e u n or na n .
— F m l di g tic l i Th D i ly lV w
ro a ea n ar e n e a e s .
B E L INDA .
B y RH O D A B R O U G H T ON .
M i ss ht
B r ou g on t y ’
s s or B el i d n a is d m i bly t ld w ith t h
a ra o , e h app i e
h u m ou r , th e c t d cl
los es an ear es t ch ar a ct k tchi g S h i
e r -s e n . ar a s a g em
o n e Of the t t liv li t
r u es ,
e es ,
an dm t os a m i g p us n f m d er s on s O o er n fi cti on
— T h e W or ld .
R O B E RT O RD S ’
AT O N E M E NT .
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By .
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, ,
ch ar acter an d i n s ti n cti v e with th at d e”l icate path os which i s t h e s al i e

,
p oi n t O f all t h e wr iti n g s O f thi s a u th or T h e S t a nda r d . .
“
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am o n g th e m N ot L i k e O th er G i r l s Q u een i e s Whi m et c thi s s t or ’ ’ ’
—
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i s of l i v e ly i n t er e s t s t r on g i n i t s s itu a ti on s a r ti s tic i n i t s ch ar acte r an

, ,
l oc al s k e tc h i ng an d ch ar m i n g i n i t s lo ve s c en es E v e r y b ody th at lov es
,
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.
l o v er wi ll l ov e thi s b ook ”
T h e B os t on H ome J ou r na l . .
B E RNA B O Y L E .
By M R S J H RIDD E L L . . . .
InB er n a B oy l e thi s v er y c l ev er au th or h as br ok en
n e w gr ou n d .
fi i t dt
m or e er y , p as s on a e , e erm n e , a n d we m u s add, m or e u n c omfor t ab i d t
t i c
l ov er h an G er m an M u r o ul ar ly av e b e en e volv e ou t o f t h e c o dh d h d
s c i ou s n e s s Of E m l
y B r on e e r s el f
”—
Tih e S tta n d ar d h . .
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er t ai n] . idd ’
c
t h e b es I t h
av e r ea of er s s n e d h
G eor g e G e i t h — T r ut h
’
i c . .
TH E E X E C U T O R .
B MR S . A L E X AND E R
NEA R N EI GHBO URS .
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S ke h e w tc d ith q
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’
.
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’
.
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W e m ay s a y a t on e c w i t h ou t
h it ti th t N N i g h b es a on a ear e ou r s I s an
e xc e ll en t no e v l . I t is a t y f m d li f i t h N th l d
s or o o er n e n e e er an s, an d it
r em n i d s on e of a g all e r y f D tch p ic t
o w ith t t h i c
u ur es ou e r oar s en es s .
Th e S a tur day R evi ew .
NOT LI KE O THER GIRL S .
By R O S A N O U C H E T T E C AR E Y .
th h i
The q it d li g htf l d th i m th
r ee er o n e s ar e xc ll t u e e u , an e r o er , a n e e en
p er s on w it h i p ch b l m rre d h t f
r oa
g l d i l g d a e an n er s an a ear o o , s a so oo .
P hi ll i th s, c d d g h t t h b i f t h f m i ly i
e s e on t l au er , e ra n O e a ,
s as n a ur a as
a m i g us n d g , llyan ti f ct y y g w m
as w h v m t
en er a sa s a or a ou n o an as e a e e
w ith i ficti f n l g ti m on Th A d my or a on e .
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e ca e .
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h v e p ci lly g t f l
a e c ll cti f thi t y t h th
a s e a ra e u re o e on o s s or m
e au or s
’
m t pi c
”
as er J h B lle e .
— o n u .
Th t yi e s or f th w t t d i ti t dm t i t
s on e o ti g f t h e s e e es , a n es , an os n er e s n o e
p b lic ti g g i l fi d th m lv il
’
s e as on s Th u y a ons
p . d r ee ou n r s n e se es en n es s , a n
th i m th h d lic t h l t h T h i t y l t i ch m i g f hi
e r o er as e a e ea . s s or r e a es, n a ar n as on ,
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o d th i b d d k p t th m lv t g th
e e ar n e e r d th y l f t r ea an e e se es o e e r , an e e
t h fi ld f t if ith d d w d d Th N w Y l H m ”
on e ne n or — e or c o e
u p e e O s r er ea ou n e . e
J ou r n a l .
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B y MR S . J . H . RIDD E L L .
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vigor o u sly i t t i t h p i ci p l ch ct
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”
t y
s or Th T i m
. e es .
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th c i t he au d w ith h f m t h fi t p g t t h l t
or ar r e s e r ea er er ro e rs a e o e as .
A d f ll t h g i l w
n o a c ll t m i d i c t v l w c c l y k w
e r s e c an a o n n r e en no e s e s ar e no
one th t pl l ik B y l S h i
a f h
e as e s b i g ht
us t d e er . e s so r es ,
so r ,
so en er
h t d ch m i g v f h f l t th t w f ll i l v w ith h
ear e , so ar n ,
e en or er au s, a e a n o e er
alm t t fi t i g h t
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. e su or na e ar a er s a r e s e e r ea
f l icity
e dc id bl k ill i di pl y d i t h c t cti f t h p l t
, an on s er a e s s s a e n e on s r u on o e o .
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e th th g ht p ithily d l q tly x p d which
e, oo, e ou s, an e o u en e r es s e , ar e
c tt d th g h t t h v l m
s a er e Th F t ig h t ly R i w
r ou ou e o u e .
”
e or n ev e .
110
A GIRT O N GIR L .
ANNI E E DWAR D E S B y MR S . .
M r s E d w ar d e s i s on e O f t h e c l ev er es t o f l i v i n g l a d y n o v e l i s ts
. S .
h as a p iqu an cy of s ty l e an d an or i g i n al i t y o f v i e w which ar e v e r y r e fr es
i n g a f t e r t h e d r ear y i n an iti e s Of m an y O f h er o wn s ex T h e n ov e l .
th r ou g h ou t m os t en j oy able r eadi n g an d i n par t s dis tin ctly br i ll ian t ”

,
.
T h e Aca demy .
O n e Of t h e b es t
ith wh ich t h w l d h b an d b r i g ht es t no v el s w e or as e
f va d f v y l g ti m i A G i t Gi l All t h ch ct t
ou r e or a er on e s r on r .
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b i g htly d pi g mm tic lly

r and t l l th i w e t i i th i li v ra a a , an e e r o n s or es n e r e
c v ti
on T h L dy
er sa on .
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e a .
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. ar es e s a s or s u o su e o se r a on , en
v l t
o en c m d i i ti bl b i g ht
s ar as Th M ,
i g P t
an r r es s e r n es s .
”
e or n n os .
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By W . E N ORR I S
. .
ch ct f t h t b i g phic l h
The ar a er o f thi v li d v l p
e au o o ra a er o O s no e s e e o e
w ith k i ll f m t
th e s It i b k w hich if t h
o a th h d w itt
as er . s a oo , e au or a r e
no thi g l w l d t bli h M N i
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— e an ar .
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.
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W e a e en ea ou r e n no n so e r e v ou s oo s o s au o
to exp hig h pp ci ti f h i g phic p w

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s e z ur e f i bl o w ll t h vi t e f m ki do d t A th es a s e as e r u es o an n ,
an o n on
D O CT O R C U PI D .
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M s s B r ou g t on h as s o m an y th d f dm i c tt d p d ou san s o a r er s s a er e u an
d i
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g a th t
a ll t h e e diti f h v l lw y g ly on s O er no e s ar e a a s ea er
pp d p
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ct C p id i v y cl v b k d l y j t c p b i g
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e au u I t i c t i l y t h b t b k th t M i
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y t e es oo a ss r ou on as e
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r Th S p t t
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’
ss r ou on s n e no e s e o a e an e en r ea er o ue
th an y fani t p d Oc I ts h l m t b th f h m
re e es s or s d f . as e e en s o o u ou r an o
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os , a n t k p wi
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a ti en uf t h d t t h re a n e a en on o e r ea er o e
cl os e . T h Gl b
”
— e o e .
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“
d f ll f m v m t ll y M i B g h t v l ’
r an u O o e en as ar e u s u a ss r ou on s no e s,
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es p cie l ch am t h lar t t w k Doct C p id

er T h M
a es i g P t or , o or u .
— e or n n os .
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sh i e c p it l h d t wh t f l c k f b tt t m i
s a a a an a ll y c ll d a , or a o a e er er , s u sua a e a
ch t k t h 1 h L dy
ar ac er s e c .
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e a .
B O RD E R L AND .
B y J E S S I E F O T H E R G IL L .
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e s en edB d C tl d t h t y g i l
s a n an ar ou n ar n ar as e, a n e s or a ns a
th ch m f t h p ict q w hich M i F th g i ll k w w ll h w t
e ar O e ur e s ue ss o er no s e o r
u s e. T h A th— m e enoeu .
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er b k w lw y p s on e O os e n o e s s os e oo s e a a s o e
w ith d xp ct ti
as s u r e d v cl w ith di pp i tm t W d
e e a on , a n ne er os e sa o n en . e
no t y th t t
sah q l ity f xca ll c i ch
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uah ch i v o e e en e s a ar a er s o er a e e
m t en h i t m ch s w it e f g s i di ti g i h d f m
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tl tt w k p
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or u on a .
ea e e . n a er or e n e nu s
t k bl t ch f m t y t h i m g i ti v g p f t h c t
a a e ou o as e r t th ,
e a na e r as o e r ea o r , n o
m c ft m h ip f t h c t ct t h v i i
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u an n er e s , o on s u a e er ar s .
— e a nc es er
A R O MANC E O F TW O W O R L D S .
M AR I E C OR E L L I By .
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’
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p y
s c h o l og ic a l r o m a n c e i t ca nn o t f a i l t o m a k e a ,d ee p i m p re s s i on u p on m
t ell e c t u al m i n d s
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f . .
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C l e v er and i ng en i ous — Th e G lob e . .
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p oe ti c a l f e e l i n
g Th e b o o k i s. e v id e n t l y t h e o u t c om e of a g r ea t d ea l 0
s e r ous i th ou g ht .
— The S a tur day Revi ew .
U NC L E MAX .
By R O S A N OU C H E T T E C AR E Y .
“
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s b ook M s s C ar ey h as m a e a v e r y s n a v an e ; s h e h a s
c d ic d fi i chi i h
l e v er ly all owe a w k e , s el s h m s e f-m ak n g wo m an t o r e v eal er s el f ,
by h er o wd n ct
w or s a n d i
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.
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ar a er s i n w d s h e u su al l y id
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u m an n a ur e d i t ti dditi c t ficti
S h e h as m a e an n e r es n g a
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t h e w or l o f n o v e l r e a e r s ou g to b e
i t
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Th e L a dy . .
MAJ O R AND MIN O R .
By W . E . N ORR I S .
The au th
fi d el ity Of an al ys i s th r ou g h ou t thi s c l e v er b ook i s r em ar k
or s
’
a bl e As a r ul e h e h er e d eal s w ith o r di n ar y s en tim e n t s b u t t h e m or e c om

.
,
p l ic a t e d ch a r act er s O f G i l b e r t S e g r a v e an d M i s s H u n t l e
y a r e d r a wn wi th
t h e s u b t l e t ou ch O f t h e acc om pl i s h e d ar ti s t T h e s e m er it s ar e fam i l i ar t o .
t h e r ea d e r s of M r N or r i s s f o r m er w o r k s b u t i n n on e O f th e s e i s t o b e
’
; ,
fou n d a v e i n O f s u ch g en u i n e h u m ou r as i n M aj or an d M i n or T h e i rr e
’
.
p r ess i bl e c on t r act or B u s w e l l M r D u bb i n an d t h e fa i r M i s s J u l i a w h os e
, .
, ,
ad m i r ati on for p o or B r i an l an d s h i m i n a m or e th an a wkw ar d di l e mm a ,
a r e e a ch a n d all as l i f e l i k e a s th ey ar e di v er ti n - I n thi s h i s l at e s t b ook

g .
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.
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h a“v e‘be c om e w ider an d m or e r eal Th e M or ni n g Pos t

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’
. .
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t om e d xp ct f
us to e e ro m h im .
”
—
T h e A c a dem y .
O j ym t i
ur en o en s u n al oy e l d ,
f or Ma j or an d M i n or is a th or ou g h ly
br i g ht t y ich i s or , r n l ife l i ke- ch ct ar a er an d
p l e as an t h u m ou r .
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Th e
S p ec t a tor
TH E L MA .
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A r ea ll y dmi bl
a ra e no v el , pu r e in sp ri it wh l m , o es o e in d ct i
o r n e, i
p c
t u r es q u e , p oe a , ass on a tic l p i t e,
pa th tic e .
”
-Th S t J m e . a es s
’
Ga zette .
“
On e of t h e fe w oo s b k of the s eas on w hich g l dd a en th e re v i e w er ’
s
h tear
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— T h e S t a t es m a n
. .
A v er y cl e v er b ook Th e Gr a p h i c .
”
—
.
Th e r ich l o ca l c ol ou r i ng t h e g l o w i n g , h t t h v i v id d b t l d
ea , e an su e e
s c r i p t i on s o f s u r r o u n di n g s a n d s en e r c y ,
a ll h l p t m k th b k
e f o a e e oo on e o
e xc p ti
e on a l m er it , as th e h i er o ne i s on e O f xc p ti el b ty d f
e on a e au an o ex
c ep t i o n al ta en s l t .
”
Th e W h it h e a l l R ev e i w .
“
No thi ng c an b e m or e v i v id an d a t th m ti m m d l ic t ly
e sa e e or e e a e
c l
o ou r e d th t h an
p ict e u r es of t h e L an d Of th e M id ig ht S
n T un .
—
M or n i g P tn os .
“
A S w di h t e s l ti r an s a on o f T h j tb
el m a h as us e en i d t S t kh l
s su e a oc o
T h e s am e n o v li D t h
e n u c i s pu bl i h d t A h i m
s e a rn e , an d Sp i h v
a i an s er s
m th b l i M d id
”
h as for s o m e on s e en on sa e Th
n a r . e D a i ly T eleg r ap h .
FICK L E F O RT U N E .
Fr om t h e G er m an of E . W ER NE R .
A fas ci n ati n g t
S t J a mes s Ga z ette
s or y .
— Th e .
’
.
W t ihd c i
er n er h as es a bl s e it th
h er l a m t o r an k w ht os e v er y fe w wr i e
h d tt i t t d
w os e w or k s ar e , or s h ou l b e m a er s of n er es t o all r ea er s Of c ul t i v,
ti th h t
on r ou
g ou E u r op e
”
— Th e Gr a h i c
p . .
“
t t t t it
T h e ale p ar ly r e s em bl e s h a O f R om e o an d J u l e , i n s o far as t
h h i
er o a n d t fi t i ht di c
er o n e f all i n l o v e a l m os a t th t
rs s g , a
nd s o v er a th
i i hich
b el on g t o f am l es w d d d
ar e a t ch d d d c
ea l y f eu , b u t s u ea l y feu as
id it t
b e car r e o n b y m ean s o f l a wy e r s an d l a ws u s iti T h e s y l e of w r n g .
e xc t cid i ci
ell en , O f t h e e asy , l u t ich , v
va i c
ou s s or wh n e v e r n du e s we ar i n e ,
c c ti
an d s ar e l y a ll o w s m e for a p au s e — Th e I llu s tr a ted L ondon N ews
”
. .
W t t d t
e r n e r i s s ee n t o t h e g r ea est ti
a v an a g e i n h os e p or on s of t
ti hich
n arr a v e w i thi c d
app ea l t o t h e g r a v er f e e l n g s ; n o n
g ou l O f i t s k i
tt th
b e be er i t i
an t h e t d cti
n er v e w b e w e en O s wal a n d h i s u n s u sp e n g cow
t c t ch ch d i d
af er t h e f or m er h ad b e o m e a war e of t h e r ea er y w h i e pr v e h im
i ht T h e M or ni ng P ost
”
h is r g . .
ON LY TH E G O V E RN E S S .
By R O S A NO U C H E T T E C AR E Y .
T hi s no v el i s for th wh l ik t i with m thi g f J

os e o e s or es so e n O
Au s t en s
’
p o we r , b ut wi th m i t ity f f l i g th J
or e A n en s O ee n an an e us
di pls ay e d , wh o ar e n o t i cli d t c ll p th t w dd l d wh c t
n ne o a a os a e , an o ar e o
l if e an d h u m an t i th i m t b ti f l f m Th P l l M
na ur e n e r os eau u or .
”
— e a
Gazette .
One of th e s wee t t d pl
es an t t f M i C y b ig ht wh l
easan es O ss ar e
’
s r o es o
d tic t i
o m es s or e s
”
Th e L a dy
.
— .
Mi os a N ou c h et t e C ar ey s n ov e l On l y t h e G o v er n e s s is
’
R ss
e xc di g ly pl
ee n eas an t t
s or y , an d l k e l
y t o b e v er
y p op u l ai
r — Th e Q ueen .
TH E R O G U E .
h d
T h e s r e w an d s p ar kli n g n o v e l t o w M r N or ri s h as g v en hich . i
c ic
l a on b u t s u g g es v e l e of T h e R og u e T h e W es ter n Pr es s
ti tit
’
. .
“
M r N or r s i s u s n ow t o t h e for e
. i j t
H e i s p r oba bly on e O f t h e .
am on g s r s n
g n o t ii
v e l s s M r L it
an g s p eak s o f h i m a s t h
. e T a k er ay . hc '
t
l a er a g e ’
— T h e W or ld
. .
“
M r N or r s i s alway s an ar s
. i T om H ey w oo i s b y n o m ean s ti t . d
B E NTLE Y S F A VO U R I T E N O VE L S
’
.
of li fe ; th e om en s w hich
i f t ll c t t ph am on g all t h e g l or es or e e a as r o e a
i ; t h c t t ph it lf w ith
ru n e a as r o i cid t f t g h e se ,
al l i t s n en s O s r an e or r or , a
p i t
a n ed w ith i m g i ti v e p wan w h ic h f t
a h ti m h l d
na p ll b o er or e e o s us s e ou n
T h c h pt
e d v t d t t h f l l f Al K y i h v t f t b
a er s e o e o q l] e a o -
r s a e no O en een e ua
i n E g l i h l it
n t f ‘w l th d pl d
s er a u r e f l id i v or ti ; ea an s en ou r O ur n en on so
p ti f B ck f d ch th m m t ly b t c v
’ ’
or on s o V th k e pp or s a e a r oa e os n ear ,
u
V t h k i d fici t i
a e s m f th q
e l iti
en whi ch gi v t A d th i
n so e O e ua es e o r a
p c li im p i v T h Sp t t
e u ar r es s e n es s .
— e ec a or .
A v y
“
m k bl b k di ti ct i c c p ti
er re ar a d x c ti
e f m t
oo , s n n on e on an e e u on ro
v l f t h d y M i C ll i h
no e s o e a g . t c mm d f w d d t ss or e as a r ea o an o or s , an
g l ow f h of l i g i er ll i d t eec l n ds t g th fs t y la T e o e a r n e s s an s r en o s e .
p ict f lif i Al K y i th t B byl i city i h l d

ur e O e n - — e r ea a on a n —
s a o a
g r s
p w f l pi c
o er u f w iti g i w hich t h w it
e e o r d t h d p th f m
n n e r er s ou n s e e s o so e
th t‘ g t p i
e s r on es f th h m h t Th D i ly T l g p h
as s on s o e u an ea r .
”
e a e e ra .
A d th
“
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a
’
s d t d ar f ci d it
e l f s ee an en er an es , an s O
c c pti f t h p h
on e on oth g h which h m e l m y p
as e s i t r ou a u an s ou a as s n
d v l pm t t w d t h h ig h t i d l h b
e e o en o ar s w l l d f ith f le es ea s , as ee n e an a u
w k d t
or e T h A th
ou .
—m e en ceu .
S IR CHAR L E S D ANV E R S .
By an AN ONY M OU S AU T H OR .
N o v el s so am u s n g , i so b r i g h t ly w r itt e n s o fu ll O f s i m p l e ,
s en s e a
w itty Ob s er v ati on as S i r C h ar l es D an v er s ar e n ot fou n d e v er y

day I t .
a ch ar m i n g l o v e s t or y l i g ht e n e d u n a ll s id e s b t h h m or ou s en i
p o y e, u g ,
ch ar acter s k etch es Th e S a tu r da y Revi ew .

”
.
S i r C h ar l es D an v er s i s r eally a d e l i g ht fu l b ook W e h av e n ot 1: .
i t t i d wh t h
fa n es ym ea th m y b b t w m t c g t l
o e an on o u s au or a e, u e us on ra u a
h im h vi g d
on c ll t pi c f w k S i Ch l D v
a n on e a n e x e en e e o or . r ar e s an er s
on e f t h m t f ci
O ti g e f t h witti t fi g
os th t d v c
as na n ,
on e o e es u r es a a an e
g t f m t h p g f c t mp y ficti
r ee us ro W m t h i m w ith k
e a es o on e o r ar on . e e ee
pl d p t d f m h i m w ith k
easu r e an g t T
ar e h D i l y N w ro een r e re .
— e a e s .
MI S S S HAFT O .
Th e i
b oo k s w th di g t b c
of M r N or r
h c ll t hi
. s ar e or r ea n , no e au s e e re a s
or th t di ti g i h d p d c
a s n b t b c u sh h ch m i g m
e re e e s s or , u e au s e e as a ar n a nn e
of hi w w h ich i
s o nd d c g i bl t b y cc t icity whi m h
s r en er e re o n sa e no e en r or , r
by wh l m
a ti tic i di v id l ity d
o eso e d art w d y ft
s n ua , an on e oes no no a a s O e
d
r ea f h a b i g ht cl v
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N O RTH E RN S E A .
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i s w id e an d app ar en t S h ak es p ear e M i l t on K e at s S h e ll ey K i n g s l ey
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pas sag e i n t h e s t or y d es c r i b es w ith w o n d er f u l v i v i dn e s s an d w ith s u b t l e

d el icacy t h e shi f ti n g s c en e s O f a g r eat s ea s tor m — we w i s h we c ou ld q uote
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ol d e n f ou n da ti on s i t s fo r c e c om es f r o m n t l e n e ss N o o n e c a n d ou b t
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T HE S O U L O F LILIT H

HE re mained qu i te still standin g near the

tall vase that h e ld t h e clustered roses — i n ,

his hand he grasped u nconsciously the stalk

a w are of his own strange p assiveness ,

was a sort O f inex p l icable i nertia w hich like

ar e d well and natural to him that he should

sta y there so dreami l y w ith t h e scented rose

sta l k in his hand for any len g th of time A

noise i n the outer street roused h i m a little ,

— the wh istling hooting and laughin g o f

d run k en men reelin g home w ards

his eyes from their studious O bservation of

That is the w ay the great maj or i ty O f men

stu p id it y brutality sensuality all b l atan t

p roofs O f m iserable u nresisted w eakness ,

can it be possi b l e that God can care for such 9

Could even the pity O f Christ pardon such

p it i less D id H e not curse a fi g tree because

i t was b arren thoug h tru l y we are not to l d

the cause O f its barrenness O f course the .

lesson is t h at L i fe the ﬁ g tree has no

right to be barren O f results but w hy cu rse ,

the use of a blessing ? N either are heard ;

the blessing so the sorro wful say is never

The noise and the laughter outside died

caugh t sight O f himself i n the mirror and ,

noted h is own reﬂecti v e attitude his brood ,

in g v isage ; and studied h imself critica l ly a s

You are no A ntinous my friend — he

said aloud addressin g his o w n reﬂection wit h

e ntal w i th a p air of eyes i n w hich the light is

more O f hell than heav e n W h at should you

do with yourse l f frown in g at Fate ? You

are a su p erb Eg oist no more,

A s he s p oke the roses i n the vase besid e

him swayed lightly to and fro as thou g h a ,

faint w ind h ad fan ned th e m and their p er ,

fume stole upon the a i r l ike the delicate

There was no window O pen and E l R a mi

had not stirred so that no movement on

his p art could have shaken the vase ,

and yet the r oses q u ivered on their stalks

t h e m w i th a faint sense O f curiosity but —

with no desire to disco v er why they th us

an emotion that threatened to over whelm

h i mself and i nst i nctively h e ke p t h is face

turned a w ay from the tranced Lilit h .

I must not look u p on her I dare not ; —

h e wh i spered to the s i lence N ot yet not —

There w as a lo w cha i r close by and he ,

d ro pp ed i nto it w earily coverin g h i s eyes ,

w it h one h and H e tried to control his

t h oughts but they were rebellious and ran

ran g i n h i s ears For you w ere t h e days of

w hat had they been reno w ned ? For love

and dance for cro w ns O f ﬂo wers for shout

ing O f choruses and tin k ling O f cymbals for ,

exquisite l uxury and voluptuous pleasures ,

for men and w omen who w ere not ashamed

t h ere not better warmer ways of li fe in those

o ld times than now now when cautious and

t i m id souls m ake schemes for marriage as