With a Tangled Skein
“Atropos thought. I know some men I'd send here! Mira sobered enough to recover her bearings. "You're no ordinary prospects!" she said accusingly. "You knew what this was like-better than I did. Who are you?" It was time for truth. They sat down on one of the few clean places on the fence of the sty, and talked. "I am Fate," Niobe said. "I came here to talk to you, and to persuade you-" "Fate! An Incarnation!" "And this is Gaea, who lent me the lorgnette." "Nature! No wonder she doesn't need glasses to see the truth!" "We want to persuade you not to do an errand for Satan." Mira laughed again, this time mirthlessly. "If Satan wants an errand, I'll do the errand. My soul is already lost!" "It's not lost," Gaea said. "Don't you understand? I became Staff because I had no soul left to give! They were going to cut me off the food-" She put her hand to her mouth, realizing. "Oh!" Gaea gazed intently at her. "Your soul has been corrupted, Elsa Mira, but not that far; there is twenty-four per...cent good remaining." "No!MoreLess
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