Yes... Rachaela too got up. ‘I’ll go with you, Ruth.’ Ruth stood still, docile from the years of casual obedience. Anna said, ‘She knows the way, Rachaela.’ ‘I’m sure she does. But I’d like to watch the piano lesson.’ All about the room the Scarabae faintly stirred, like l...
Shezael and Drezaem At the time of the earth’s flatness, the soul did not enter the body of a child until some days before its birth. The embryo grew in the womb, a plant, without thought or motive, until the moment that the elected soul flooded invisibly into the sleepy chambers. Presently, th...
One with another. A heavy heart and a hidden face, Mother, my mother. —Swinburne A girl is grown like a flower in the house of her kindred. She is nurtured for her hues and perfume. At the blossoming she will be plucked from her native soil and planted elsewhere. In other ...
It was a quarter to twelve, but the lunchtime drinkers had already assembled. He had seen plenty of them before, but they might not remember him. Mr. Glass's lads. Luke was over by the walled pool, at the little secluded table under the yucca tree. He raised his hand. It w...