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V. The Black Wood by Day

           Hesawitagaininthecleftofatinyrivuletwhichcamedownfromapileofrocks,buthemisseditashescrambledupthesteep.Itseemedthatthegownplayedtrickswithhimandledhimon,for,ashecheckedatfault,hehadaglimpseofitlowerdown,whereanaisleinthetreesgaveaviewofthebaldtopofamountain.Davidwasyoungandactive,butthegownwasswifterthanhe,forashewentdowntheslopeingreatleapsitvanishedintotheduskofthepines.Hehaditagain,lostit,founditsuddenlyhighabovehim--alwaysaglimmerofgreenwithbutahintofagirl’sformbehindit....Davidbecamewary.Nymphorhuman,itshouldnotbeathimatthissportofhide-and-seek.Therewasalineoflowcliffsabove,upwhichitcouldnotgounlessittookwings.Davidkeptthelowerground,determinedthathewoulddrivethatwhichhefollowedtowardsthecliffline.Hesucceeded,foraftertwicetryingtobreakaway,thegownflutteredintoatinyravine,withthickscrubonbothsidesandtherockwallatthetop.AsDavidpantedupwardhesawinamossyplacebelowthecragsabreathlessgirltryingtomasterhertumblingtresses.

           Hestoppedshortinadeepembarrassment.Hehadbeenpursuingafairy,andhadfoundamortal--amortalwholookeddownonhimwithaflushedfaceandangryeyes.Hewasfuriouslyhot,andthepaceandhisamazementberefthimofspeech.Itwasshewhospokefirst.

           "WhatdoestheministerofWoodileeintheWood--andbedeckedwithprimroses?"

           Thevoicewasfamiliar,andashebrushedthesweatfromhiseyesthefacetooawokerecollection.

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