13/18 I bring these here, but Elspeth is with me everywhere! There is a riddle--there is a strange, huge mistake. She must solve it, she must make that port of all ports--and you and I must make it.... It is a hard, heroic, long adventure!" "I speak of the pine-tree in the blast, and such as you would give me pansies! I speak of the eagle at the crag-top in the storm, and you offer butterflies!" "Ah, then, go and kill her lover and the man who was your friend!" Glenfernie rose from the step, in his face strong anger and denial. He stood, seeking for words, looking down upon the seated woman and her flowers. |