And each and every one of the shades nodded his head.
‘Descend once more into your tabernacles then, in peace, O spirits of our forefathers, and may nothing disturb your rest ever again. Blessed is your memory amongst us, as is reflecting upon our past.’
And the shades disappeared once more into their graves, until they had all vanished, glimmering; yet the wind continued to sigh mournfully through the valley.
But because in the meantime the night had spread thickly over the earth, and there was no domicile to be seen in the vicinity, I lay myself down to sleep upon the mounds in which our forefathers rest.
But I could not fall asleep for a long while, for my mind was full of the vision I had just experienced, until at about midnight, finally, I fell into a deep slumber and behold — a
