And I promise you this," he went on, "when you pass from the greyness of these sordid lands into the everlasting sunshine of the East, you will not care any longer about these people who go about the world on all fours.
Day by day you will know what life and love mean.

You will find the cloying weight of material things pass from your brain and body, and the joy of holy and wonderful living take their place." Her whole being was in a turmoil.

She drew nearer to the papers upon the table.

She was now within a yard of Prince Shan himself.

He made no effort to intercept her, no movement of any sort to stop her.