THE S W A R A\ 



p.irt5. are the tliree. four, six, or twelve 

 sealed palaces, vast in size compared 

 with the otr.ers. wliere the adolescent 

 princesses lie who await their hour, 

 wrapped in a kind of shroud, all of 

 them motionless and pale, and fed in 

 the darkness. 



0:i the da\-. then, that the Spirit of 

 the Hi\'e has ordain.ed. a certain part of 

 the population will i;-o fortit. selected in 

 accordance wnh sure and immowible 

 laws, and make wa}- for hopes that as 

 yet are formless. In the sleepin.g- city 

 tliere remain the niales. from wliose 

 ranks i::e ro\"al iO\"er shall come, the very 

 youn^- bees tnar tend the brood-cells, 

 and son:e tiiousar.ds of ^^■orkers who 

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