![]() ![]() ![]() Indeed it was by this light that I saw them, an internal, peculiar light, proceeding from each, and not reflected from a common source of light as in the daytime. It was now dark enough for me to see that every flower was shining with a light of its own. I particularly noticed some tall lilies, which grew on both sides of the way, with large dazzlingly white flowers, set off by the universal green. ![]() Some of the garden flowers had wandered into the wood, and were growing here and there along the path, but the trees soon became too thick and shadowy for them. So, with warm thanks for their hospitality, I took my leave, and went my way through the little garden towards the forest. “When bale is att hyest, boote is nyest.”īy this time, my hostess was quite anxious that I should be gone. In this chapter, he encounters a number of its denizens. The hero, Anodos, is pulled into Fairyland. George MacDonald’s Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is one of the classics of the fantasy field, originally published in 1858. ![]()
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