Page 110 - Adventures in shadow-land

pi mg against the wall; but those were the only
sounds tr> be heard.

Even the boat glided along noiselessly, with a
smoothj uniform motion,— and the tiny waves,

which occasionally ruffled the surface of the dark,
still water, passed under her without Eva’s noticing

them. Leaning over the side, Eva could just see
in the water the dim outlines of the trout, which

swam along noiselessly In their respective places.
Then all at once it grew lighter, and in the two

cups of the lilies in which the curved prow and
stern of the boat ended, she saw that a pale, blue

flame was burning, and she knew then that from
these blue flames came all the dim gray light which
illumined the cavern. And presently, without

thinking, she dipped her hand into the brook,
and right away the water all around it was full

of bright sparkles, and yet these little sparkles did
not burn her; and then, one of the six speckled

trout came and rubbed Ills head softly against
Eva’s hand, and asked her what she wanted,

Eva stroked the trout’s back, and said,—
“ Nothing,"

tf Well, when you do want any thing,’1 the trout