In place of my former terror there passed into me a sense of contentment, of joy, of confidence in myself and in the being before me.

I rose and spoke in my own language.

He listened to me with apparent attention, but with a slight surprise in his looks; and shook his head, as if to signify that I was not understood.

He then took me by the hand and led me in silence to the building.

The entrance was open--indeed there was no door to it.
We entered an immense hall, lighted by the same kind of lustre as in the scene without, but diffusing a fragrant odour.