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SON OF THE SUN standable. Why, he could supersede Leo in understanding now, and Launie was his by every law of nature, by every human right. Even her smile seemed to be waiting merely for him to decide to 1 o4 1 make her his. The Corona shone brightly on the screen, the resolving point of all thoughts, of all desires, the fountain in which all things were cleansed. Launie was being cleansed spiritually, and suddenly Adam was not sure of himself. She could not look so bewitchingly lovely and not be attainable. She must, by any means he could use, be included in his little world, to be forever held in it, protected against any harm, to be loved as she should be loved. He turned his eyes once more to the Corona, then back to Launie. Why, she had already changed in perspective! In his rapid changing of focus, she now stood out for what she truly was. In the pure light and glory of the Corona, which again overcame him, Adam could see Launie as an equal and as a woman. She was at once a beautiful creature, free of negative qualities, and a fellow being in the vibrant universe who lent her beauty and her feelings to soften the otherwise grinding friction of mere existence. Her feminine attributes gave warmth and happiness to his masculine appreciation. She took on and nurtured what he merely observed, discarded. His history was given to her to be preserved for posterity. At this moment he was far ahead of her mentally, but it was only for this moment and only because she had agreed to bring him into the present experience. Adam felt that he would lead her into new and better things, but Launie believed there were no better things than those she had already encountered, and which she absorbed with her entire being. Having become the epitome of womanhood to him, Adam saw in Launie not only a flower which would adorn the barren life of a man, but a delicate flower to be nurtured and cherished unto its fullest bloom. He saw her hidden beauty, saw that sometimes woman was unaware of the role she had to play, just as a man was unaware when 124 was unaware of the