ty Slavonian
hunter, loath to die, and, half uprisen, borne back and down by the
thirsty spears.

Then he saw above him the face of Oona, and felt about him the arms of
Oona; and for a moment the sun steadied and stood still, and the great
walls were upright and moved not.

"Thou art a brave man, Negore," he heard her say in his ear; "thou art my
man, Negore."

And in that moment he lived all the life of gladness of which she had
told him, and the laughter and the song, and as the sun went out of the
sky above him, as in his old age, he knew the memory of her was sweet.
And as even the memories dimmed and died in the darkness that fell upon
him, he knew in her arms the fulfilment of all the ease and rest she had
promised him. And as black night wrapped around him, his head upon her
breast, he felt a great peace steal about him, and he was aware of the
hush of many twilights and the mystery of silence.

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