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Chapter 24

           Afterthis,theregraduallyappearedagainsttheskyabroadblazeofredlightlikethereflectionofsomegreatprairiefire—itstreamedapparentlyupwardfromtheground,bathingusallwherewestood,initsblood-likeglow.Thewhite-robeddancing-girlswaltzedonandon,theirarmsentwined,theirlovelyfacesirradiatedbytheluridflame,whileabovethemnowflewcreatureswithblackwings,batsandowls,andgreatnight-moths,thatflappedandflutteredaboutforalltheworldasiftheyweretrulyaliveandnotmere‘stageproperties.’Anotherflashoflightning—andonemoreboomingthudofthunder——andlo!—theundisturbedandfragrantnightwasaboutus,clear,dewyandcalm—theyoungmoonsmiledpensivelyinacloudlessheaven—allthedancing-girlshadvanished—thecrimsonglowhadchangedtoapuresilveryradiance,andanarrayofprettypagesineighteenthcenturycostumesofpalepinkandblue,stoodbeforeuswithlightedflamingtorches,makingalongtriumphalavenue,downwhichLucioinvitedustopass.

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