French fiction -- 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
She smiles, vague as an angel, hovering in the purity of the evening
between light and darkness. I am so near to her that I must kneel to
be nearer still. I kiss her wet face and soft lips, holding her hand
in both of mine.
Yes, there _is_ a Divinity, one from which we must never turn aside for
the guidance of our huge inward life and of the share we have as well
in the life of all men. It is called the truth.
THE END
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Light, by Henri Barbusse
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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