Her eyes were tearless, her head in a whirl, her heart scarcely beat.

"That is what God has prepared for me!" That was all she could think, as, unwilling, bewildered, she was carried along by the crowd.

Everything seemed sunk in a blue darkness, yet stars danced before her eyes.
At length the procession emerged through the vaulted double gateway into the open.

A dim, pale light lay over the barren land.

The rocky hill stood out clear on the right.