CONTENTS
| [BOOK I The Children] | |
| [BOOK II The Dark] | |
| [BOOK III The Quest] | |
| [BOOK IV The Light] |
[Transcriber’s Notes] can be found at the end of this eBook.
BOOK I
THE CHILDREN
CHAPTER I
Stephen lay on his stomach, one sharp elbow comfortable in a velvet bed of moss, his chin cupped in his palm, his beautifully shaped head thrown back, his alert face lifted to the sky, his eager eyes following hungrily the flight of a bird.
Hugh, crunched up against the big oak tree, was making a chain of blossoms, and making it awkwardly enough, with many a restless boy-sigh, many a destruction of delicate spring wild flower.