nelida's

Updated: May 14, 2025

Nelida's graceful movements grew slower and slower, till she merely seemed to sway indolently to and fro like a mermaid rocking herself to sleep on the summit of a wave, ... and then, from among the veiling shadows of the trees, there stepped forth a man, beautiful as a sculptured god, of magnificently moulded form and noble stature, clothed from chest to knee in a close fitting garb of what seemed to be a thick network of massively linked gold.

Marie Corelli - Ardath