Chapter VI: Part 6

With a supreme effort HE tore himself free from the bond of numbness and cried to HER fast in his arms; and through her eyes in that one last look her soul crept to his.

‘Demi-gods to-day! better this ending than to-morrow’s;--if there be a future life, darling, it is ours together--body to body, soul to soul.... One kiss, my darling--closer, closer--ah----’

With a stagger the greedy roar fled past into the purple night, its hungering stilled--and from over the shadowy lake under the watchful and silent stars a requiem chime came floating:

[Music]

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Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious punctuation errors and omissions have been fixed.

Page 117: “annyway there will” changed to “anyway there will”

Page 157: “in the camp turne” changed to “in the camp turned”

Page 209: “Oue into a world” changed to “Out into a world”