Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories

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Benson Arthur Christopher. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories

Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories

Table of Contents

PREFACE

PAUL THE MINSTREL

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II

III

IV

V

THE ISLES OF SUNSET

THE WAVING OF THE SWORD

RENATUS

THE SLYPE HOUSE

OUT OF THE SEA

THE TROTH OF THE SWORD

THE HILL OF TROUBLE

THE GRAY CAT

THE RED CAMP

THE LIGHT OF THE BODY

THE SNAKE, THE LEPER, AND. THE GREY FROST

BROTHER ROBERT

THE CLOSED WINDOW

THE BROTHERS

THE TEMPLE OF DEATH

THE TOMB OF HEIRI

CERDA

LINUS

ENVOI

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Arthur Christopher Benson

Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset

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Then it seemed to him that his soul slipped like a bird from the window, and rising in the air over that magical land, beat its wings softly in the pale heaven; and then like a dove that knows, by some inborn mysterious art, which way its path lies, his spirit paused upon the breeze, and then sailed out across the tree-tops. Whither? Paul knew not. And so at last he slipped into a quiet sleep.

He woke in the morning all of a sudden, with a kind of tranquil joy and purpose; and when he was dressed, and gone into the hall, he found Mistress Alison sitting in her chair beside the table laid for their meal. She was silent and looked troubled, and Paul went up softly to her, and kissed her and said, "I have chosen." She did not need to ask him what he had chosen, but put her arm about him and said, "Then, dear Paul, be content—and we will have one more day together, the last of the old days; and to-morrow shall the new life begin."

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