Chains of Gold
“And although the stories said nothing to our hands, to tell us what we should do, they spoke to our hearts and comforted us, for we sensed that they made us part of a great circling pattern and a great wheeling dance.
On the first day he asked me questions about myself and Arlen, about our love. How had we come to be so much in league with each other, after such a short time, that we had conspired to run away together? In a confused fashion, I told him about that first night and my first sight of Arlen in the stable of the blessed on the Sacred Isle.
“There was a sort of—sheen of glory on him.”
“The glamour of the goddess. Yes. But you stayed together once it was gone?”
“Well.…” I hestitated, faltering. “The bond.…”
“The golden chain of the goddess. Yes. But have you regretted it?”
I looked at him in astonishment. Times had some of them been hard for us, for Arlen and me, but how could I regret? “But I had never been loved before,” I protested.
“Yes, you speak as one who knows the val...ue of love.”MoreLess
On the first day he asked me questions about myself and Arlen, about our love. How had we come to be so much in league with each other, after such a short time, that we had conspired to run away together? In a confused fashion, I told him about that first night and my first sight of Arlen in the stable of the blessed on the Sacred Isle.
“There was a sort of—sheen of glory on him.”
“The glamour of the goddess. Yes. But you stayed together once it was gone?”
“Well.…” I hestitated, faltering. “The bond.…”
“The golden chain of the goddess. Yes. But have you regretted it?”
I looked at him in astonishment. Times had some of them been hard for us, for Arlen and me, but how could I regret? “But I had never been loved before,” I protested.
“Yes, you speak as one who knows the val...ue of love.”MoreLess
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