"Eilidh! Eilidh! Eilidh!" Isla cried, and the tears that were in his voice were turned by Angus into dim dews of remembrance in the babe-brain that was the brain of Isla and Eilidh. "I hear a word," said Angus Ogue, "and that word is a flame of joy." Isla listened. He heard a singing of birds. Then, suddenly, a glory came into the shine of the sun. "_I have come, Isla my king!_" It was the voice of Eilidh. He bowed his head, and swayed; for it was his own life that came to him. "_Eilidh!_" he whispered. And so, at the last, Isla came into his kingdom. * * * * * But are they gone, these twain, who loved with deathless love? Or is this a dream that I have dreamed? Afar in an island-sanctuary that I shall not see again, where the wind chants the blind oblivious rune of Time, I have heard the grasses whisper: _Time never was, Time is not._ PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS IN CAMBRIDGE DURING JUNE M DCCC XCVI. FOR STONE AND KIMBALL NEW YORK [Decoration] Transcriber's Note Some stories are divided into roman numbered sections. In some cases, the first section had no number. This is preserved as printed. Minor punctuation errors have been repaired. Hyphenation and accent usage have been made consistent where there was a clear prevalence of one form over another. The footnote on page 321 had no corresponding marker in the text. The transcriber has guessed the most likely position of the marker. Variations in spelling are preserved as printed, for example, Annir-Coille and Annir-Choille; Cailliach and Cailleach; Halival and Haleval; Haskeval and Haskival. However, the following appeared to be printer errors, and have been amended as follows: Page 50--Brighde-nam-Bratj amended to Brighde-nam-Brat--... is "Brighde-nam-Brat," that is, ... Page 54--Loc amended to Loch--... that was then called Loch Feobal. Page 135--Padruice amended to Padruic--... I sailed with Padruic Macrae and Ivor McLean, ... Page 254--Bad-a-sgailch amended to Bad-a-sgailich--_Baille 'n Bad-a-sgailich_: the Farm of the Shadowy Clump of Trees. Page 329--thae amended to that--... that passeth not, though its soul is Change. Repeated titles have been deleted. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Washer of the Ford, by Fiona Macleod