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When the World Shook

CHAPTER XII
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Well had we named her the Glittering Lady, for in the starlight literally she seemed to glitter.

I suppose the effect came from her golden raiment, which, however, I noticed, as in her father's case, was not the same that she had worn in the coffin; also from her hair that seemed to give out a light of its own.

At least, she shimmered as she came, her tall shape swaying at every step like a willow in the wind.

She drew near, and I saw that her face, too, had filled out and now was that of one in perfect health and vigour, while her eyes shone softly and seemed wondrous large.
In her hands she carried those two plates of metal which I had seen lying in the coffin of the Sleeper Oro.

These she gave to him, then fell back out of his hearing--if it were ever possible to do this, a point on which I am not sure--and began to talk to me.


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