All the future lay clear ahead it presented no difficulties yet; a mad, ecstatic confidence was mine for the wildest, happiest moments of my life.
I stood upright in the darkness.

I saw her light! It was ascending the tower at the building's end; now in this window it glimmered, now in the one above.

At last it was steady, high up near the stars, and I stole below.
"Eva! Eva!" There was no answer.

Low as it was, my voice was alarming; it cooled and cautioned me.

I sought little stones.