Bring Down the Sun
“Myrtale whipped about. The voice was so unexpected and the speaker so completely unlooked for that for a moment she did not recognize the woman at all.
Then the world sharpened into focus. Her aunt stood in the center of the hall, mantled in black as always, looking not a day older or a fraction less forbidding than she had when last Myrtale saw her.
It was startling to realize that her aunt was young—or at least not old. She had been so terrible a presence for so long, but here in this alien p...lace, she had shrunk to mortal stature and rather less than august age. She was not so very much older than Philip.
Myrtale was in no way minded to underestimate her. She stood calmly in the light of the lamps, showing no sign of either rage or longing for revenge. She must not have been caught in Myrtale’s spell for long, then.
That was a relief of sorts, though it was also a warning. If Myrtale ever hoped to do such a thing again, she would have to fight for every step of it.
She let none of that show on her face.MoreLess
Then the world sharpened into focus. Her aunt stood in the center of the hall, mantled in black as always, looking not a day older or a fraction less forbidding than she had when last Myrtale saw her.
It was startling to realize that her aunt was young—or at least not old. She had been so terrible a presence for so long, but here in this alien p...lace, she had shrunk to mortal stature and rather less than august age. She was not so very much older than Philip.
Myrtale was in no way minded to underestimate her. She stood calmly in the light of the lamps, showing no sign of either rage or longing for revenge. She must not have been caught in Myrtale’s spell for long, then.
That was a relief of sorts, though it was also a warning. If Myrtale ever hoped to do such a thing again, she would have to fight for every step of it.
She let none of that show on her face.MoreLess
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