“And in abnegation of self.”

The stone which stood before the sepulchre had rolled away. At her side the Christ stood. In his eyes were golden parables, in his face Truth shone revealed. She stared, dumb with the unexpected joy of belief confirmed, blinded by the sudden light, while he who had rent the bonds of death passed on into the budding day.

When the brief procession of the night before returned to the tomb, it was empty. At the door Mary lay, her arms outstretched and vacant.

FINIS MARIÆ.

Transcriber’s note

The table of contents has been added in the electronic version.

The following changes have been made to the text:

	[page 36], “forget” changed to “forgot”, “Hew” changed to “Her”
	[page 38], “a” added before “sword”
	[page 46], period added following “roof”
	[page 108], “surperber” changed to “superber”
	[page 118], “is” changed to “it”