"She was coming. I watched the slight figure……" — Mary Johnston

She was coming. I watched the slight figure grow out of the… - Mary Johnston

"She was coming. I watched the slight figure grow out of the dusk between the trees, and the darkness in which I had walked of late fell away. The wood that had been so gloomy was a place of sunlight and song; had red roses sprung up around me I had felt no wonder. She came softly and slowly with bent head and hanging arms, not knowing that I was near. I went not to meet her - it was my fancy to have her come to me still - but when she raised her eyes and saw me I fell upon my knees."

— Mary Johnston

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My feeling toward the animal is that he is our younger brother, and that we are our brothers keeper.

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