CHAPTER XXVIII 



THE WAY OF DESTRUCTION 



'HE little mother did not un- 

 derstand; she only had a 

 growing sense of distrust, of 

 repulsion, and an innate ha- 

 tred of that strange com- 

 plexity of smells. The children did not 

 understand, but something there was 

 about their father these times that made 

 them much afraid. 



They knew only the sorrow of it. They 

 had no knowledge of how it came or how 

 to prevent its coming. But big and every- 

 where is the All-Mother, Mother Carey, 

 the wise one who seeks to have her strong 

 ones build the race. Twice had she 



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