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140 Chit-Chat by Puck.
themselves down his cheeks, but when they ceased
his eyes closed in sleep, and his curly head rested
against the hard stone for a pillow.
Then Dan fancied that the mountain opened
behind him, and that he was gradually drawn into
its embrace. Above his head darkness closed in,
but as he slowly sank all became luminous and
bright, and when he opened his eyes he found
himself standing in a great hall, where floor and
roof glistened with the treasures of bright ores and
gems. All around the great hall, up and down, to
and fro, glimmered many thousand flames, of which
some radiated like bright stars, others more dimly ;
nothing of life appeared, save these glancing, flicker-
ing flames.
And a voice, as if of a thousand voices in one,
vibrated in the air, and was re-echoed from all sides
of the great hall: “The flames that thou beholdest
here are the spirits of truth, that long to be set
free, but they cannot disperse among the people of
the earth before the way to the Temple of Truth
has been found. Upon earth there are many roads
that cross each other, but if thou have a stout
heart, follow the path that leads to the Temple of
Truth. Great obstacles will rise on thy way, thou
wilt falter many a time, but only take heart again,
and persevere steadily, and thou wilt gain release
and freedom for us all.”
At this time a star glimmered more intensely than
all the others, and, as it were, beckoned the little lad
to follow it.
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