Did you ever guess that I felt like that, Esther ?" "No, Auntie." Aunt Amy shivered.

For a moment her faded eyes grew large and dark.

"I'm glad you did not guess it.

It is a dreadful feeling, like night and thunder and no place to go.

A black feeling! I used to be afraid I might get caught in the blackness and never find a way out and then--" "And then what, dear ?" "Why, then--I'd be mad, Esther!" "Oh, darling, how awful!" Esther's warm young arms clasped the trembling old creature close.