"Why——?"
I understood, and in that same moment the edifice reared by her with such infinite care shook to its very foundations.
In the twinkling of an eye I was my old self again. The brute, so long subdued and partly tamed, arose in me with fury.
I drove them from the room. No one, except me, had a right there. And then, alone with her, I reveled in my sorrow, or burst into wild rage.
There, on the dome above us, were all the glistening orbs, which she had taught me were radiant evidences of God.
What mockery!
I rushed to the casement, and bellowing in delirium, I shook my fist at moon and stars—and cursed the Mighty Presence.
Then came an interval.
For a time I was cool and realized.
Her soul had flown to the realms above.