Cecilia de Noel by Lanoe Falconer

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"And at last it spoke, and the whisper was not far away, but near. It
said:

"'It is enough; now I know what God is!'

"After that I remember nothing more, till I woke up and found myself
lying on the floor beside the bed. It was morning, and the spirit was
not there; but I have a strong feeling that I have been able to help
it, and that it will trouble you no more.

"Surely it is late! I must go at once. I promised to have tea with the
children."

* * * * *

Neither of us spoke; neither of us stirred; when the sound of her light
footfall was heard no more, there was complete silence. Below, the mists
had gathered so thickly that now they spread across the valley one dead
white sea of vapour in which village and woods and stream were all
buried--all except the little church spire, that, still unsubmerged,
pointed triumphantly to the sky; and what a sky! For that which
yesterday had steeped us in cold and darkness, now, piled even to the
zenith in mountainous cloud-masses, was dyed, every crest and summit of
it, in crimson fire, pouring from a great fount of colour, where, to the
west, the heavens opened to show that wonder-world whence saints and
singers have drawn their loveliest images of the Rest to come.

But perhaps I saw all things irradiated by the light which had risen
upon my darkness--the light that never was on land or sea, but shines
reflected in the human face.

* * * * *

"George, I am waiting for your interpretation."

"It is very simple, Lindy," he said.

But there was a tone in his voice I had heard once--and only
once--before, when, through the first terrible hours that followed my
accident, he sat patiently beside me in the darkened room, holding my
hot hand in his broad cool palm.

"It is very simple. It is the most easily explained of all the accounts.
It was a dream from beginning to end. She fell asleep praying, thinking,
as she says; what was more natural or inevitable than that she should
dream of the ghost? And it all confirms what I say: that visions are
composed by the person who sees them. Nothing could be more
characteristic of Cissy than the story she has just told us."

"And let it be a dream," I said. "It is of no consequence, for the
dreamer remains, breathing and walking on this solid earth. I have
touched her hand, I have looked into her face. Thank God! she is no
vision, the woman who could dream this dream! George, how do you explain
the miracle of her existence?"

But Atherley was silent.

THE END

Transcriber's Note: Several spelling errors were corrected:
childen/children, greal/great and spendid/splendid.

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