Wonders that would give you power to work for our mutual benefit. But you, an infidel to the Night, may not learn the extraordinary truth by my bidding. The Night has yet to dwell in your heart, you having been touched by the light of day through your love by another. She still lingers. The Night has decreed that you shall remain in the outer darkness called ignorance." "But how can I break down this strange barrier that precludes our happiness? Can you not leave your husband?" She started. Her lips quivered, and the color left her cheeks. "If I could leave my husband and preserve your life I would. Our only salvation together is for you to enter the Realm of Shadows, or by the other door find the truth to use the gem. Then I can come to you as a lover. To endeavor to learn my secret at present will be futile. Suffice it for you to know that there is more mystery to penetrate than you have ever dreamed of, and that only by finding the truth that dwells afar can you hope ever to bring us nearer to each other to…" A sigh finished the sentence. …show more content…
She paused as though in deep thought. "Then hearken," she said, raising herself upon her arm and looking earnestly at him. "The secret of this, the Eye of the Leviathan, is forbidden you, yet if you dare to travel to a distant country far away over the waterless regions beyond the Marki, if you will penetrate the lands of hostile tribes in the disguise, you can learn that which will give wealth and power and will purchase my dowry to at last bring us together." "To