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WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL

“I wonder,” said Mary Elizabeth, “if it would be wrong to quest for the Holy Grail now.”

We stood there against the west, where bright doors seemed opening in the pouring gold of the sun, thick with shining dust. The glory seemed very near. Why not do something beautiful? Why not—why not . . .