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I will hope that it is so. Nay, I am sure that it is so. It will be remembered that in Kor we found the immortal woman. There before the flashing rays and vapours of the Pillar of Life she declared her mystic love, and then in our very sight was swept to a doom so horrible that even now, after all which has been and gone, I shiver at its recollection. Yet what were Ayesha's last words?
In truth, so far as I was concerned, the matter had an academic rather than an actual interest, such as we take in a fairy tale, since I did not believe that I should ever put on this kind of immortality. Nor, I may add, now as before, was I at all certain that I wished to do so. These plans of Ayesha's were far reaching and indeed terrific.
"She opened the door and went in; I seated myself on the threshold. And after a time she came out from the house, and led me, still leaning on her, into her chamber. "A man lay, as in sleep, on the carpet, and beside him stood another man, whom I recognized as Ayesha's special attendant, an Indian. 'Haroun is dead, said Ayesha. 'Search for that which will give thee new life.
"Aye Holly," I heard Ayesha's mocking voice make answer, "in the dark, as thou wast ever, the thick dark of ignorance and unbelief. Well, now, as ever also, I will give thee light." As she spoke I heard something roll back; I suppose that it must have been a stone door. Then, indeed, there was light, yes, even through the thicknesses of that prepared garment, such light as seemed to blind me.
What the scene signified I cannot conceive, unless it meant that this mistress of magic was consulting her familiars. Then that vision vanished and Ayesha's voice began to seem very far away and dreamy, also her wondrous beauty became visible to me through her veil, as though I had acquired a new sense that overcame the limitations of mortal sight.
For the rest are not the priest and the Divine he bows to, oft the same?" It was on my lips to answer, Yes, if the priest is a knave or a self-deceiver, but I did not. "Farewell, Allan, and let Ayesha's benison go with thee. Safe shalt thou reach thy home, for all is prepared to take thee hence, and thy companions with thee.
I asked doubtfully, having a lively recollection of Ayesha's powers as a chemist. "That thou shalt learn, or shalt not learn if it pleases thee to stay behind. Come, Leo, my love, my love, and leave this wise philosopher first to find his riddle and next to guess it."
There is not the slightest trace of external injury. Everything was done by its own muscles." He looked around. "I hope nobody covered Ayesha's bet, after I left. If they did, she collects. The large outer membranes in the comb seem to be unaffected, but there is considerable compression of the small round ones inside, in just one area, and more on the left side than on the right.
The Abencerrages had supported the claim of Ayesha's rival, Zoraya; and it is said that Boabdil invited the Princes of this clan, some thirty in number, to a friendly conference in the Alhambra, and there had them treacherously beheaded at the fountain. But whether this blood-stain upon his memory is as doubtful as those upon the stones at the fountain, seems an open question.
I sprang to him, and there, withered in Ayesha's kiss, slain by the fire of her love, Leo lay dead lay dead upon the breast of dead Atene! I heard Ayesha say presently, and the words struck me as dreadful in their hopeless acceptance of a doom against which even she had no strength to struggle. "It seems that my lord has left me for awhile; I must hasten to my lord afar."
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