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VI. The Black Wood by Night

           Themoonlightwasnolongergraciousandkind,butlikethedead-fireswhichtheoldfolksaidburnedinthekirkyard.Confusionontheoldfolk,fortheirtalesweremakinghimabairnagain!...Butwhatnowbrokethestillness?foritseemedasiftherewereveritablytonguesintheair--nothonestthingslikebirdsandwinds,buttongues.Theplacewasstillsilentsofarasearthlysoundswent--herealizedthat,whenhestoppedtolisten--butneverthelesshehadanimpressionofmovementeverywhere,ofrustling--yes,andoftongues.

           Fortunewasagainsthim,forhereachedagladeandsawthatitwastheonewhichhehadleftandwhichhethoughthehadavoided....Therewasachangeinit,forthealtarinthecentrewasdraped.Atfirsthethoughtitonlyafreakofmoonlight,tillheforcedhimselftogonearer.Thenhesawthatitwasacoarsewhitelinencloth,suchaswasusedinthekirkattheseasonsofsacrament.

           Thediscoveryaffectedhimwithaspasmofblindterror.AllthetalesoftheWood,alltheshrinkinghehadoncefeltforit,rushedbackonhismind.Forthemomenthewasaninfantagain,lostandfluttering,assailedbytheshapelessphantomsofthedark.Hefledfromtheplaceasiffromsomethingaccursed.

           Uphillheran,forhefeltthatsafetywasinthehillsandthatsoonhemightcometotheclearspacesoftheheather.Butawallofcragforcedhimback,andheranashethoughtwestwardtowardstheoaksandhazels,fortherehedeemedhewouldbefreeofthemagicofthepines.

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