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The Fires of St. John 85
To its ancient pagan fires I empty this glass. To-night
they shall burn and flame up high high and again
high!
George and Marie meet. They, too, have had
their instinct locked away even from their own
consciousness. And on this night they break loose
with tremendous, primitive force. They are
driven into each other s arms because they feel
that they belong to each other; they know that if
they had the strength they could take each other by
the hand, face their benefactor and tell him the
truth: tell him that it would be an unpardonable
crime for George to marry Gertrude when he
loves another woman.
Now they all but find courage and strength for
it, when the pitiful plaint reaches them,
"
Oh,
mine Mamie, mine daughter, mine child." And
Marie is cast down from the sublime height of her
love and passion, down to the realization that she
also, like her pariah mother, must go out into the
world to struggle, to fight, to become free from
the bondage of gratitude, of charity and depend
ence.
Not so George. He goes to the altar, like
many another man, with a lie upon his lips. He
goes to swear that all his life long he will love,
protect and shelter the woman who is to be his
wife.
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