The Mind's Eye by Paul Fleischman

Author:Paul Fleischman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

[Long pause.]

Guess she decided not to wait.

Five

Elva:

[Gravely.] “I will come on thee as a thief.”

[Pause.]

“I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.”

Courtney:

[Pause.]

What are you talking about?

Elva:

Death, dear girl. From the Bible. Revelation.

[Pause.]

Read on.

Courtney:

“While the soft parts had decayed, their forms remained imprinted on the hardened ashes, which have been ingeniously used as molds, the cavities being filled with plaster and displayed in Pompeii’s small museum, showing their attitudes at the time of the catastrophe: a young girl with a ring on her finger; an elderly and a young woman; a man lying on his face; a dog; a man with well-preserved features lying on his left side.”

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