f the Rest to come.

But perhaps I saw all things irradiated by the light which had risen
upon my darkness--the light that never was on land or sea, but shines
reflected in the human face.

* * * * *

"George, I am waiting for your interpretation."

"It is very simple, Lindy," he said.

But there was a tone in his voice I had heard once--and only
once--before, when, through the first terrible hours that followed my
accident, he sat patiently beside me in the darkened room, holding my
hot hand in his broad cool palm.

"It is very simple. It is the most easily explained of all the accounts.
It was a dream from beginning to end. She fell asleep praying, thinking,
as she says; what was more natural or inevitable than that she should
dream of the ghost? And it all confirms what I say: that visions are
composed by the person who sees them. Nothing could be more
characteristic of Cissy than the story she has just told us."

"And let it be a dream," I said. "It is of no consequence, for the
dreamer remains, breathing and walking on this solid earth. I have
touched her hand, I have looked into her face. Thank God! she is no
vision, the woman who could dream this dream! George, how do you explain
the miracle of her existence?"

But Atherley was silent.

THE END

Transcriber's Note: Several spelling errors were corrected:
childen/children, greal/great and spendid/splendid.

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