Then she threw it back, showing her lovely eyes and glittering hair, and laughed.
"We have still an earthly hour," she said; "therefore let us forget the far, dead past and the eternities to come and be joyful in that hour.
Now throw your arms about me and I will tell you strange stories of lost days, and you shall look into my eyes and learn wisdom, and you shall kiss my lips and taste of bliss--you, who were and are and shall be--you, the beloved of Yva from the beginning to the end of Time.".