Page 61 - Adventures in shadow-land

Eva only smiled; she said nothing \ she had

learned that Aster would not bear being contra -
dictcd. Bat she quietly resolved to be more

watchful thau ever; for, from what she had heard
the flower say, she thought that efforts would be

made to take the little prince from her.
She was wrong, however, for the day passed,

the moon disappeared, and, as nothing had hap­
pened to disturb them, she began to think that

perhaps she had been mistaken, and that Aster
had been right regarding the words which the

flower had spoken ; for he had, all that day, been
cheerful and gentle. But, that night, she was

awakened from her sleep by Aster’s talking, as
though to himself, in a rambling, disconnected
manner, of th ey whom he seemed to fear; and

this being the first time for days— not since he

had awakened from the stupor into which the dis­
appearance of the moon had thrown him— that he
had mentioned or even appeared to think of these

nameless yet formidable beings, she guessed,

seeing that Aster’s words were spoken, as it were,
in a dream, and unconsciously to himself, that
the coming day contained more danger to him

than any of the preceding ones.