CHAPTER 3Felicita drew a deep breath and said, shakily; “Well! I never thought—Kevin, my dear boy! You are incredible! Such depths of insight! Such a magnificent perception!”
From the gathering a thin man, bearded, dressed as a guru said quickly; “Felicita, my dear, how often have I told you that you underestimate yourself? From the first moment I saw your masterpiece I have been working on a mantra to describe it in a single phrase. The symbols elude me but they will come.”
“It has inspired my finest poem,” said a girl eager to get in on the act, and immediately began to quote:
Genesis growing gathering gloom
Silver shining straightly severe
Gold giving greater grace
Scarlet showing sinful space
“Our friend has the advantage,” interrupted the man who knotted string. “I am, myself,
