The Greater Trumps
“The two who crossed the room heard it and heard it roaring still higher as Henry unlocked the inner door. But when they had entered that other room, just as they passed through the curtains, there was a change. The high screech of the wind altered by an infinitely small but complete variation. Nancy heard it no longer screaming, but singing. Her hand in Henry’s, she paused between the hangings.
“Do you hear? My dear, do you hear?” she exclaimed. Holding the hangings for her, and listening, he l...ooked back. “I hear,” he said. “It’s catching us up, Nancy.”
“No, but that’s gone,” she protested. “It sounds different here. Hark!”
As he dropped the curtain, the habitual faint music of the room greeted them. It seemed to the girl that the roar of the wind was removed to an infinite distance, where it mingled with other sounds, and was received into the feet of the dancers, and by them beaten into fresh sound. She stood; she looked; she said to Henry, “Have you the Tarots, darling?”MoreLess
“Do you hear? My dear, do you hear?” she exclaimed. Holding the hangings for her, and listening, he l...ooked back. “I hear,” he said. “It’s catching us up, Nancy.”
“No, but that’s gone,” she protested. “It sounds different here. Hark!”
As he dropped the curtain, the habitual faint music of the room greeted them. It seemed to the girl that the roar of the wind was removed to an infinite distance, where it mingled with other sounds, and was received into the feet of the dancers, and by them beaten into fresh sound. She stood; she looked; she said to Henry, “Have you the Tarots, darling?”MoreLess
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