小说园

第52部分（第3页）

〃And　the　Lord　said；　My　spirit　shall　not　always　strive　with

Man；　for　that　he　also　is　flesh；　yet　his　days　shall　be　an　hundred

and　twenty　years。

〃There　were　giants　in　the　earth　in　those　days；　and　also　after

that；　when　the　Sons　of　God　came　in　unto　the　daughters　of　men；

and　they　bare　children　unto　them；　the　same　became　mighty　men

which　were　of　old；　men　of　renown。〃

Over　this　Ursula　was　stirred　as　by　a　call　from　far　off。　In

those　days；　would　not　the　Sons　of　God　have　found　her　fair；　would

she　not　have　been　taken　to　wife　by　one　of　the　Sons　of　God？　It

was　a　dream　that　frightened　her；　for　she　could　not　understand

it。

Who　were　the　sons　of　God？　Was　not　Jesus　the　only　begotten

Son？　Was　not　Adam　the　only　man　created　from　God？　Yet　there　were

men　not　begotten　by　Adam。　Who　were　these；　and　whence　did　they

e？　They　too　must　derive　from　God。　Had　God　many　offspring；

besides　Adam　and　besides　Jesus；　children　whose　origin　the

children　of　Adam　cannot　recognize？　And　perhaps　these　children；

these　sons　of　God；　had　known　no　expulsion；　no　ignominy　of　the

fall。

These　came　on　free　feet　to　the　daughters　of　men；　and　saw　they

were　fair；　and　took　them　to　wife；　so　that　the　women　conceived

and　brought　forth　men　of　renown。　This　was　a　genuine　fate。　She

moved　about　in　the　essential　days；　when　the　sons　of　God　came　in

unto　the　daughters　of　men。

Nor　would　any　parison　of　myths　destroy　her　passion　in　the

knowledge。　Jove　had　bee　a　bull；　or　a　man；　in　order　to　love　a

mortal　woman。　He　had　begotten　in　her　a　giant；　a　hero。

Very　good；　so　he　had；　in　Greece。　For　herself；　she　was　no

Grecian　woman。　Not　Jove　nor　Pan　nor　any　of　those　gods；　not　even

Bacchus　nor　Apollo；　could　e　to　her。　But　the　Sons　of　God　who

took　to　wife　the　daughters　of　men；　these　were　such　as　should

take　her　to　wife。

She　clung　to　the　secret　hope；　the　aspiration。　She　lived　a

dual　life；　one　where　the　facts　of　daily　life　enpassed

everything；　being　legion；　and　the　other　wherein　the　facts　of

daily　life　were　superseded　by　the　eternal　truth。　So　utterly　did

she　desire　the　Sons　of　God　should　e　to　the　daughters　of　men；

and　she　believed　more　in　her　desire　and　its　fulfilment　than　in

the　obvious　facts　of　life。　The　fact　that　a　man　was　a　man；　did