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'Well, if you think I am handsome, it is not so much matter whether the mirror tells me I am or not, returned Calladon. And with this they kissed each other, and fell asleep. When they awoke next day, Calladon stretched himself, and shivered a little. The lamp seemed to be burning rather more dimly than usual, and the air seemed thin and cold.
'I will fill my pockets now, at all events, replied Calladon, 'and make up for lost time. What a heap of them! and how heavy they are! I'm afraid we shan't be able to carry them all. 'I can hold a great many in my apron, said Callia; 'and we can take them to some safe place, and then come back for more. I wonder whom they belong to?
'That lamp that burns in the centre of the room will be no use to us. We shan't be able to see anything without a lamp of our own. 'Well, I suppose we must, said Calladon. 'Now I think of it, though, that was another of the things the Master said we ought not to do. 'What did he say would happen to us if we did do it? 'I don't remember his saying anything.
Then there was silence. Save for the wavering flame of their little lamp they were in darkness. 'What have you done, Callia? said Calladon. 'It is your doing as much as mine, she answered. 'Well, I suppose we must make the best of it. At any rate, it is not so cold here as it was in the other room. 'No, and there is not that terrible light to dazzle our eyes.
And that sword we are safe from that! 'I think, upon the whole, we are better off where we are; and I am glad we came, said Callia. 'It is more mysterious here, and I like mystery. If you can see everything around you merely by opening your eyes, it is stupid. Here we have the excitement of going about and not knowing what we may find. 'It is strange it should be so dark! remarked Calladon.
It was by this means that Calladon had studied geography, and he had enjoyed the study more than most boys do. At other times, the ball would bring the images of the stars on the disc, so that you would have thought you were aloft in the sky, watching all the myriad worlds of light, and their movements.
But after a while he added, 'Still I do not understand why those two other rooms should be there, since I never go into them. 'You live in them, even though you do not go into them, the Master answered. 'If you did go into them, you would not live in them so much as you do now, because you could not take the light of the lamp with you. Calladon said nothing more, but he became thoughtful.
One morning, soon after Calladon's seventh birthday, the Master called him to him and said: 'My dear Calladon, you have now arrived at the age when I must leave you for awhile, to think your own thoughts, and do your own deeds. I am going away, and it is uncertain when I may come back. Before I go I shall tell you a few things which I hope you will remember.
For a moment they tried to struggle against it, and not to be driven from the alabaster room in which they had lived so happily; but the blast grew stronger, and the sword came nearer; and at last Callia cried out: 'Let us go, Calladon, or our light will be lost! 'Come, then! said he; and hand in hand they staggered through the opening, which closed behind them with a hollow sound.
'It is very strange, however, he said; 'for though I can remember living here for a long time and not seeing you, still I cannot imagine your ever having been away from me. We seem always to have been together. 'So we have, replied Callia; 'and we will always stay together, won't we? 'Indeed we will, said Calladon; 'so now give me a kiss, and let us have our breakfast.
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