Epilogue pt.13

My heart lightened gloriously, as the rising sun struck the world to fire. The shadow had at last been rolled back, and I felt a wave of emotion close to tears. Yes! The torment was ended. The people scattered over the country, desperate, leaderless, starved... the thousands who had fled by sea, including the one most dear to me, all would return. The pulse of life, growing stronger and stronger, would beat again