"Now I wonder what it is you find in that dark pool to keep you staring so?" the stranger asked, first of all.
"I do not very certainly know," replied Manuel "but mistily I seem to see drowned there the loves and the desires and the adventures I had when I wore another body than this. For the water of Haranton, I must tell you, is not like the water of other fountains, and curious dreams engender in this pool."


Ch. I : How Manuel Left the Mire - Figures of Earth (1921)

James Branch Cabell Quotes

Now I wonder what it is you find in that dark pool to keep you staring so? the stranger asked, first of all. I do not very certainly know, replied...

Now I wonder what it is you find in that dark pool to keep you staring so? the stranger asked, first of all. I do not very certainly know, replied...

Now I wonder what it is you find in that dark pool to keep you staring so? the stranger asked, first of all. I do not very certainly know, replied...

Now I wonder what it is you find in that dark pool to keep you staring so? the stranger asked, first of all. I do not very certainly know, replied...