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Updated: May 31, 2025
'It would be good fun to explore them, wouldn't it? said Calladon. 'Why shouldn't we do it? asked Callia. 'It makes me feel quite lively again to think of it, exclaimed Calladon, springing to his feet. 'Only, he added, 'that is one of the things the Master told us not to do. 'Oh, I don't believe the Master would mind, said Callia. 'Besides, how should he ever know anything about it?
But the thought that, unless it were finished, he would see Callia no more, gave him new strength, and he fell to again, and worked like a whirlwind; and the mountains of mud gave way before him, and the mould fell from the walls in showers, and the dangling weeds were swept down in mighty heaps.
The next instant the walls closed together again, but a faint illumination still remained, in which Calladon and Callia again seemed to themselves to resume their natural form. But even then, Calladon caught a glimpse of himself in the enchanted mirror; and there was once more the crook-backed, grisly-faced dwarf that had frightened him in Cada, now made more ugly yet by the serpent-mud of Bra.
'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?
'Oh, no; only the Master said that I was to look in it every once in a while, to find out what I really am. 'You really are the handsomest and dearest boy in the world, and so the mirror will tell you, said Callia; and she held it up before him as she spoke. Calladon looked; and certainly the mirror did show him the image of a very charming little face and figure.
They proposed many things, but afterwards rejected them, either because they had done them yesterday, or because they did not find them any longer attractive. 'This is rather a small room, after all, for two people to pass their lives in, remarked Calladon at last. 'Especially when there are two other larger ones outside, added Callia.
'And it would not make any difference whether we were in Abra or not. 'I should hardly mind even if the lamp were to go out, said Calladon. 'I only care for the lamp because it lets me see you, she answered. 'And because it lets me see myself in the mirror. 'Why should you believe the mirror more than me? asked Callia.
As Callia was about to reply, they heard a flapping sound in the air above their heads; and looking up, they saw a hideous great bird or perhaps it was a bat with black wings outstretched, fiery eyes, and a long hooked beak, that it kept opening and shutting with a snap.
What a lucky thing that we thought of coming! 'And how much wiser we are than we were before! added Callia. 'When I was in that dreadful white place, I used to feel as if I knew almost nothing, and as if the great lamp were the only light in the world.
It told the truth, and the truth was very agreeable. 'I am glad of it for your sake, Callia, said Calladon. 'I hope I shall always be as handsome as you want me to be. 'I don't mind whether you are handsome or not, as long as you are Calladon, she answered. 'It seems to me, Callia, that if I have you, and you have me, we do not need anything else.
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