impiety.

abnegation,

glacial exhalation.

taciturn

Many went out of curiosity. Others from nostalgia. Others so that God would not take the disdain for His intermediary as a personal insult.

prostration.

That tardy shudder which had not figured in his forethought made his breakfast bitter.

It was a thick night, starless, but the darkness was becoming impregnated with a fresh and clear air.

“Sanskrit,”