26/32 So you are enchained, witched, held by the great sorceress!... Elspeth is only one of her little names--her great name is just love--love between man and woman.... Oh yes, the whole of the sweetness is distilled into one honey-drop--the whole giant thing is shortened into one image--the whole heaven and earth slip silkenly into one banner, and you would die for it! You see, my dear," said Mrs.Alison, who had never married, "I loved one who died. I know." Glenfernie took her hand and kissed it. "Nothing is loss to you--nothing! For me, I am more darkly made. |