She saw Heaven opened....
And then the Veil descended, and the Gates closed.

She came down from the mountain-top, leaving the golden dawn very far behind her.

She opened her eyes in darkness and silence.
Someone was bending over her.

She felt warm hands about her own.

She heard a voice, sudden and imploring, close to her.
"Avery! Avery darling! For God's sake, dear, speak to me! What is it?
Are you ill ?" "Ill!" she said, bewildered.
His hands gripped hers impetuously.