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peace within myself, and let me remain only with you?—Lily, aren't you listening to me? Where are you going?” As if she did not hear Adam, Lily proceeded to make the cottage comfortable, seeing that everything was in good order-She busied herself in the kitchen, putting things in the oven of the small thermionic range, taking them out again. She arranged dishes, cups and saucers in a scurry of motion that left Adam breathless. Her eyes, blue as the lakes of northern America, set off by the Helen-of-Troy features, finally looked into his own, as she paused in her duties. “Be open, Adam, but be still. What is your own will come to you. You asked for a meeting with another world, and now you are in the fulfillment of that wish. I have not called you. You have called us. But we answer as though we have called you. Ask for whatever you may, Adam, and if it be existent, it shall respond to you. Thus, I am and you are. You call and I hear you. Call upon an angel, and an angel will respond. Call upon something lesser, and it, too, will respond. You have called me, and I am here. Now, if that is clear in your mind, you are on our level and no more special preference will be given to you. Unless you become one of us in spirit you can learn nothing, and nothing shall be added unto you.” Thus spoke the elementary teacher to Adam, who loved her. He drew close to her, and looking into her eyes, said, “I am sorry, ma’am. I have yet to meet Launie. But I do not want to meet her alone. I want you to be present. Whatever she has to add to me will be welcome, but I do not choose to lose what you have already given me. I want your person and your spirit to be at my side at all times. I need you. Even Launie could not overcome that need. Please, may I ask that much in humble sincerity?” Lily thereupon assumed a formal attitude, and charged him, “Adam, you are letting yourself be carried away by emotion. You are not the only thing on my mind, nor are your little wants all I have to attend to. This is my cottage, and will be your home during your stay on Andromeda. An extra room 95 LANDING ABOARD ANDROMEDA