For
she is certainly a flower dropped from the hand of the Divine."
So when the sun was high His Majesty, again followed by the
Dainagon, went through the forest swiftly, and like a man that
sees his goal, and when they reached the place where the maiden
went by, His Majesty straitly commanded the Dainagon that he
should draw apart, and leave him to speak with the maiden; yet
that he should watch what befell.
So the Dainagon watched, and again he saw her come, very poorly
clad, and with bare feet that shrank from the snow in her grass
sandals, bowed beneath a heavy load of wood upon her shoulders,
and her face flat and homely like a girl of the people, and her
eyes blind and shut.
And as she came she sang this.
"The Eternal way lies before him,
The way that is made manifest in the Wise.
The Heart that loves reveals itself to man.
For now he draws nigh to the Source.
The night advances fast,
And lo! the moon shines bright."
And to the Dainagon it seemed a harsh crying nor could he
distinguish any words at all.
But what His Majesty beheld was this.
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