The WandererI met him at the crossroads, a man with but a cloak and a staff, and a veil of pain upon his face. And we greeted one another, and I said to him, “Come to my house and be my guest.” And he came. My wife and my children met us at the threshold, and he smiled at them, and they loved his coming. Then we all sat together at the board and we were happy with the man for there was a silence and a mystery in him. And after supper we gathered to the fire and I asked him about his wanderings. He told us many a tale that night and also the next day, but what I now record was born out of the bitterness of his days though he himself was kindly, and these tales are of the dust and patience of his road.
And when he left us after three days we did not feel that a guest had departed but rather that one of us was still out in the garden and had not yet come in. |
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... saying, “Hypocrite and liar in words! From this day unto my coffinday I shall hate all poets for your sake.” Tears. And. Laughter. Upon the bank of the Nile at eventide, a hyena met a crocodile and they stopped and greeted one another. The ...
... saying in her heart, “I am disgusted. How unmannerly and ill bred are these men. It is beyond all patience.” A year passed during which that very comely girl thought much of Fairs and men. Then she came again to the Fair with the lily ...
... saying, “Nay, there is salvation for those only who are baptized of water and of the spirit.” And even as he spoke a bolt from the sky fell with thunder upon the cathedral and it was filled with fire. And the men of the city came ...
... saying, “I too have escaped my nurse for awhile, but she will find me out.” And the child said, “I know mine will find me out too.” At that moment a woman's voice was heard calling the child's name, “See,” said the child, “I told you ...
... saying in his heart, “Behold another dream is even now turned into mist.” And the woman was saying, “Well, what of a man who turns me into a mist and a dream?” The. King. The people of the kingdom of Sadik surrounded the palace of their ...