The Getting of Wisdom
by
Henry Handel Richardson
TO MY
UNNAMED
LITTLE COLLABORATOR
Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs, iv, 7
| [ I] | [ II] | [ III] | [ IV] | [ V] | [ VI] | [ VII] | [ VIII] | [ IX] | [ X] |
| [ XI] | [ XII] | [ XIII] | [ XIV] | [ XV] | [ XVI] | [ XVII] | [ XVIII] | [ XIX] | [ XX] |
| [ XXI] | [ XXII] | [ XXIII] | [ XXIV] | [ XXV] |
I.
The four children were lying on the grass.
"... and the Prince went further and further into the forest," said the elder girl, "till he came to a beautiful glade—a glade, you know, is a place in the forest that is open and green and lovely. And there he saw a lady, a beautiful lady, in a long white dress that hung down to her ankles, with a golden belt and a golden crown. She was lying on the sward—a sward, you know, is grass as smooth as velvet, just like green velvet—and the Prince saw the marks of travel on her garments. The bottom of the lovely silk dress was all dirty——"