第32章 MRS. ZANT AND THE GHOST.(32)

At the touch, my heart throbbed with an overwhelming joy.

Exquisite pleasure thrilled through every nerve in my body. Iknew him! From the unseen world--himself unseen--he had returned to me. Oh, I knew him!

And yet, my helpless mortality longed for a sign that might give me assurance of the truth. The yearning in me shaped itself into words. I tried to utter the words. I would have said, if I could have spoken: "Oh, my angel, give me a token that it is You!" But I was like a person struck dumb--I could only think it.

The Invisible Presence read my thought. I felt my lips touched, as my husband's lips used to touch them when he kissed me. And that was my answer. A thought came to me again. I would have said, if I could have spoken: "Are you here to take me to the better world?"I waited. Nothing that I could feel touched me.

I was conscious of thinking once more. I would have said, if Icould have spoken: "Are you here to protect me?"I felt myself held in a gentle embrace, as my husband's arms used to hold me when he pressed me to his breast. And that was my answer.