The Demi-gods

prised for more than that time. You will come to terms with a ghost within two minutes of its appeara

which anything may emerge, for two explanations are necessary at the one moment, and two explanatio

ld proclaim their quality for the si

ut when he has given a name to any appearance then mystery flies away, and reality alone remains for his cog

ieved as easily as an animal does, for most creatures are forced to credit everything long before they are able to prove anything. We have arranged to label these faculties of imagination and prophecy among the lesser creatures In

and, within an hour of their meeting, the angels and th

he unpleasant emphasis of a cracked trumpet, pealed wheezy confirmation of his slumber. H

at the pale, scarce stars, dreaming dreams and seeing visions, while, all around, down the invisible road

r not she was the first

eir nests; it was an hour of utter silence and uncomeliness; an hour for blind and despairing creatures to move forward spitefully, cursing themselves and the powers; an hour when imagination has no function, and hope would fly aga

than a shadow; she diminished thin and formless as a wraith,

sed her hair and co

r thus. Sometimes she plaited it for the sake of convenience, so that windy days would not whip it into her eyes or lash her cheeks; sometimes, through sheer laziness, she did not even plait it, she rolled i

ang loosely about her shoulders held only at the nape with a piece of ribbon or stuff. An hesitation such as this was new to her; she had never had occasion for such forethought; it was strange and inquieting; more disturbing, i

grasses and the obscurity, and to her mind the real wonder was not that they had come, but that they were still there, and that they were sleep